After watching visuals of Kolkata in various movies, TV shows and reading about its local places in stories of Feluda and Byomkesh Bakshi, I became eager to visit that place. After a lot of thoughts and delays, the trip finally happened in January this year (2024). The capital of West Bengal and its spirit impressed me thoroughly.

A major reason for this is the old-world charm that the city has still retained. I felt that the main city is found in its simple, everyday scenes that ooze the word ‘art’. Whether it is the old yellow taxi or simply an old structure standing tall while enduring the test of times. The place and its surroundings somehow reminded me of the nostalgic 90s of my home place, Mumbai (then Bombay).  

Needless to say, I clicked plenty of pictures throughout my trip of just under a week. Hence, it was quite a task to zero in on 10-15 pictures that I loved the most and fit well in the theme of Kolkata’s old world charm.

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