Monthly Archives: December 2016

Resolution for 2017: Acts of Rebellion, Great and Small

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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This time last year, I made a resolution to Laugh More and Laugh Easily, because to laugh more is to be more thankful, to have clarity of purpose and to be able to let go. I must say that on the … Continue reading →

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The (Oberoi) Grand Hotel, Calcutta

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 11 photos.

The Grand Hotel is, as its name suggests, the grande dame of the Calcutta hospitality scene. Located, as it was and still is, on Chowringhee Road, it is situated right in the centre of the city’s social and entertainment scene. … Continue reading →

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Kalighat, Dakshineshwar and the Hooghly Waterfront, Calcutta

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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No visit to Calcutta is complete without a day-trip to two of its most important Hindu temples and pilgrimage sites, and without a stroll along the city’s waterfront from Prinsep Ghat to Babughat – perhaps the most Romantic spot in … Continue reading →

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Bowbazar to (former) Black Town, Calcutta

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 34 photos.

Calcutta in its heyday was divided into two main districts – White Town, which was where the British and other Europeans lived their lives and did their business, and Black Town, which was where the local Bengalis resided. Some of … Continue reading →

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Chowringhee Road to the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 38 photos.

The second part of my virtual tour of European, or “White” Town, Calcutta, has the armchair traveller exploring the two most fashionable thoroughfares in Calcutta – Chowringhee Road (today’s Jawaharlal Nehru Road), which was the centre of the city’s cultural and … Continue reading →

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(Former) Dalhousie Square & the Financial District, Calcutta

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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Calcutta’s former European Town is a large, sprawling, highly-planned city that occupies much of the southern reaches of Central Kolkata today. At its heart is Fort William, the fortified, walled settlement that the English East India Company established here, along … Continue reading →

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The Grand Tour III-1: Imperial City…Calcutta (Kolkata)

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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Calcutta (Kolkata) is the first stop on my third segment of the Grand Tour of the East. The capital of the province of West Bengal, and the cultural capital of Bengalis worldwide, it is a worthy first stop, and quite possibly … Continue reading →

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