Preview

A Life Called Kolkata

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
505 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
A Life Called Kolkata
It was a smoggy winter morning... The feeble sunshine was trying to warm my bedroom...The chirps of the morning birds started entering into my ears... From under the quilt I searched for the mobile phone and switched on one of the Bengali FM radio channels...The Kolkata special winter morning just started...

At around half past 6 o'clock, when the morning mist was just fading away, we sat down with cups of hot tea...We started playing the Gayatri Mantra...We looked out of the window... The momentum of the nearby roadside market was just getting started...The chit-chat of the school going children were gradually becoming audible...

We got ready to visit the roadside vegetable market...We took a drab carry bag that is popularly called the “Bazarer Thole” in Bengali...

Once we reached the vegetable market, it was a total pandemonium...The shop owners were furiously trying to draw the attention of the customers with their loud, not-so-soothing voice...However, its a very common scene at any market place of Kolkata...And I think it shows the energy level of a thriving market place...If one becomes timid, it would be difficult for him to do the marketing at these market places...

While returning from the Bazar, we picked up few newspapers from a roadside vendor... Here I would like to share one aspect of this city... Here reading newspapers and getting involved in the discussions about almost all of the news at the roadside adda is considered one of the most favourite pass-times... Although people of Calcutta are changing and getting accustomed to the mad office time rushes, but the very basic nature of adda of Kolkatabasi is one of the finest attractions for aam-aadmi as well as intellectuals...I have travelled to Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad...Its difficult to get newspaper from roadside stalls at these places...But the roadside adda with a cup of tea and a news paper is something unique for Kolkata...

People of Kolkata are a bit laid-back...They don't
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Powerful Essays

    Behind Mud Walls Paper
    • 2119 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Behind Mud Walls Paper

    In order to understand India, one needs to understand its villages. Behind Mud Walls does a great job in providing a detailed background of an ordinary village life in India. Since seventy percent of Indians live in villages, it is important to learn about village lifestyle and the changes that take place in it. Only then one can learn about the cities because one needs to understand the relationship between the two in India. Behind Mud Walls provides the opportunity to examine a north Indian village from a non-Indian point of view; in other words, a non-biased point of view. Since the book is broken up into parts by years, it gives the reader a great way to examine the changes that take place in this village; it shows how it was then and how it is now. Karimpur in 1930 was very different from Karimpur in the 80’s and 90’s. Many changes were observed by Wisers and Susan Wadley, who writes the later chapters in the book. These changes were social, economic, educational, technological, political and cultural but most significant of these were social, and educational. The social changes with an emphasis on role of women, the slowing down of the Jajmani system and the rise in education will be the focus of this paper.…

    • 2119 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Muhammad Ali Greatness
    • 1429 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Muhammad Ali Greatness

    “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong… No Viet Cong ever called me nigger.” These words were said by Muhammad Ali when he refused to join in fighting the Vietnam War (Block). There are many ways in which greatness is performed, and Muhammed Ali proved just that. Race, religion, gender, and color do not make anyone superior to or greater than anyone else. Ali gave many people hope that everyone will be treated equally, and courage to stand for what they believe in. Muhammed Ali was a man who performed greatness throughout his illustrious life. Muhammad Ali was a man who stood up for what he believed in, was great in the ring as a boxer, became a civil rights activist, philanthropist, and stood up for his religion.…

    • 1429 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Personal Narrative: A Day In New York City Hospital
    • 287 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Personal Narrative: A Day In New York City Hospital

    It was a wintry day in New York City. I was laying down in bed ,which was super warm, when I heard the melodic music of my phone. I looked at my phone to see who was calling me. Of course,…

    • 287 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Case Study Calcuttas Metro
    • 957 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Case Study Calcuttas Metro

    1. Exclusive possession of the site was not possible. Normal life in the city had to go on as usual. While this is a normal by-product of most metropolitan construction, in a city the size and congestion of Calcutta, with an inadequate road system to begin with, there was a constant battle between maintaining normal traffic flows and creating enough buffers to allow for Metro construction.…

    • 957 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Greeting Card
    • 930 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Greeting Card

    Every Sunday, Sari and her mother go to the market. It is the traditional market. It is not big but complete enough. There are many kinds of goods they can buy. There are many kinds of vegetables, some kind of fruit and other daily needs.…

    • 930 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Analysis of "It Happened in India"
    • 897 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Analysis of "It Happened in India"

    Timing of Calcutta store (pantaloons) was perfect. Durga puja was around the corner. The city was usually plagued by strikes and all. But the worst phase was now over. Moreover, the city had a huge number of middle class families with incomes to spend.…

    • 897 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Belta and Psr
    • 1105 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Belta and Psr

    Dhaka became unexpectedly warmer after a week's unusual cold. The airhostess in Biman Bangladesh welcomed the passengers immediately after they stepped into its cozy comfortable cabin and made everyone laugh. She said, "Welcome to the cold winter in Bangladesh." Thanks BELTA people who had already informed us individually and through their website www.belta-bd.org. The plane flew high. It flew higher and much higher. It could scale the sky over the cloud; it made its way breaking the cloud; and I was sensing the thrill of its ascending height. It made me think about the height of my destination. The plane landed on Shahjalal International Airport. For me it was a beginning since I had not scaled any professional height so far. For me it was a move in the runway. For me this was the first attempt to offer myself as a competent learner in the crowd of such a mega ELT event outside Nepal. At the same time, I should collect some influences of the people and nature in Dhaka and around.…

    • 1105 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Short Story: Swami Agnijoga, And The Story Of Ragha
    • 1669 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Short Story: Swami Agnijoga, And The Story Of Ragha

    “Let the young saints go inside” he said to his fellow traveler. He pushed the passengers in the overcrowded train. Some passenger looked in red eye some gave space. The train was full of devotees. They were sitting in the seat along with floor. Few were sleeping and most of were dozing. Some passengers were put their head on con-passenger’s shoulder. Sometimes the next passenger was shouting and sometimes they give a shoulder jerk to the sleeping fellow. Every one was going to Nasik, for Kumbha Mela. This is the most significant religious fair in India. “Give a seat to the saints.” Another old man said to the co-passengers. No seat was empty. People were sitting on the floor. Some made hanging cradle by sari or dhoti between bunks. Bunks were also occupied by passengers in state of luggage. Luggage were hanging on the handgrips of the couch. Most of the passengers were sitting almost on each on other’s lap. Mothers are feeding babies and babies were crying with little interval. Surprisingly it was not creating any disturbance to the sleeping passengers. Bags are moving like pendulum on the top. Some bugs were under the seat some were on the floor. “Leave two seats for younger saints.” Another passenger also shouted. Every was one looking each and other faces. “You, the young man, why you are occupying the seat? Leave it for the saints. Don’t you have fear of God?” The young man looks at the middle-aged man annoyingly. The middle-aged man replied in red eyes. The young man unwillingly left the seat. The saffron capital started giving interest. People respect saffron and they believe that the person is honest; they thought the man might have some extraordinary power. Dress creates miracles in man’s mind. It is tough to identify the religion of a naked human being. Nudity is irreligious, but some dress can create a Godly makeover to anyone. Initially Jagan and Raghu thought turn into…

    • 1669 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Enn102E Assignment !
    • 410 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Enn102E Assignment !

    writer experiences when seeing the early morning of the city. Almost conveying a sense of t…

    • 410 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    My Personal Statement Examples
    • 803 Words
    • 4 Pages

    My Personal Statement Examples

    I squint through the half open window of my flight; the sun is shining bright.; a rather too bright for my liking. Bangalore and its mild climate, much to the bewilderment of my parents has made me soft. Indore’s heat, a scorching 47 degree Celsius welcomes me, as if to make up for lost time. I employ the use of my trusty cap, and hail a cab home.…

    • 803 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    ewqeqwe
    • 263 Words
    • 1 Page

    ewqeqwe

    We arrived here in the afternoon yesterday . The weather was warm and wet because this time have started to the wet season . After we've arranged everything and we went to the hotel . I've booked the room in the hotel already . The hotel was beautiful and clean.We had a rest after we're planing to go around in HoChiMinh city.At the first place for we visited that is BenThanh market which is a traditional market of my country.In here , you can buy everything if you want and specially the price is so cheap. My friends are so excited about it.…

    • 263 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Ib History Ia
    • 690 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Ib History Ia

    One of the first things I was set out to find while doing the observation in the food court of the Pioneer Square mall was to find the micro cultures. I was able to observe three major micro cultures. There were people who passed by in a hurry, it seemed like they had somewhere to be. They seemed to go by so fast with a phone in their ear, or in their hands to even notice the other people surrounding them. The second micro culture I was able study was the people ordering from various places in the food court. The most common thing I noticed within this micro culture was the way they each stood still for a while as if they were weighing their options of all the food choices they had, then once they ordered their food would sit; whether it was in the lower part or on the stage of the food court, and after that they all seemed to do the same thing. They talked among themselves, and when done they cleaned their space and left. The last and the most obvious micro culture within the food court were the employees working in their little space of a restaurant. Within this micro culture the people seemed very quiet as the food court was empty but as lunch time came around and people started to appear, they seemed to cheer up. When people started coming around the food court into their restaurant,…

    • 690 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    What If I Had Missed the Train....
    • 1461 Words
    • 6 Pages

    What If I Had Missed the Train....

    The preaching hall overflew with the devotees with supreme mirth at their hearts to receive the sacred empowerment from His Holiness. It was on 10th January, 2012, the final day of His Holiness’s 32nd Kalachakra Empowerment at Bodh Gaya; the sacred seat of Buddha Dharma. Personally, it was my first ever journey to the place inside Bihar and so for Kalachakra. It enthralled me for being able to attend this time with my grandpa who just arrived from Tibet.…

    • 1461 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Bangladesh The Coming Storm
    • 469 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Bangladesh The Coming Storm

    Bangladesh looks like half of the human population crammed into a space the size of Louisiana. In the capital of Dhaka, it is so crowded and filled with homeless people on every corner. Among the 15 million people stuck in traffic among the crowded roads, lies an army of Bengali beggers. Bengali beggers sell vegetables, popcorn, and trinkets. Even in the beauty country side filled with lush grass and flowers, there is people wall-to-wall covering the area completely.…

    • 469 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    My New Life in India
    • 767 Words
    • 4 Pages

    My New Life in India

    Tap ... tap ... tap ... I looked up to see a blurry figure of my mother…

    • 767 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More

Related Topics