Calcutta Caravan

The City of Calcutta often referred as the City of Joy is the food lovers heaven. In a recent study by the Times of India it was revealed that the City of Calcutta is having the highest variety of street foods when compared to any other metro city in India. The streets of the City of Calcutta have many tastes to offer from different parts of the World. Despite of so much food being available in the streets of Calcutta some Foods are there that are only available in the City of Joy. Some of those mouth watering food are: Phuchka at Vivekananda Park Phuchka                     Phuchka is quite similar version of the Pani-Puri of Bombay and Gol-Gappe of Delhi. It is a Small Round Crunchy Puff full of a mixture of Mashed Potatoes, Chick Pea, Coriander, Onion, Spices and Lime which is dipped in water flavored by Tamarind, Chilly and Jal-Jeera. It is a street food to die for and is one of the most favorite snack of the people of Ca...

T he Indian Museum in the City of Calcutta is the largest and the oldest Museum of India. Being founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta in 1814, is over 200 years old. The museum is located in the heart of the city of Calcutta at Park Street.The founder curator of the museum Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish Botanist started the museum as an multi purpose museum. The Museum known as the 'Imperial Museum' before independence of India holds a rare collection of cultural and scientific artifacts in its six sections and thirty five galleries. Presently the Museum is controlled by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India.                    Indian Museum houses a large collection of rare artifacts that describe the social and cultural history of India and the World from Pre-historic times. Unlike other Museums dedicated to specific subjects, the Indian Museum displays a range of objects from different fields which include...

T he people of the City of Calcutta are often referred as 'Mach E Bhat E Bangali' for their love towards food. Every Bengali household in the city has a thing in common as a part of their menu in daily basis that is 'Mach-Bhat' (Steamed Rice served with Fish Curry). Besides 'Mach -Bhat' the Bengali Cuisine is full of lots of dishes to tantalize any food lovers taste buds. In India the food of different states have different flavors like food of North Indian states are spicy, food of the South Indian states are sour but it is different in Bengal. A Bengali typical Meal that starts with 'Luchi' and ends with 'Mishti Dahi' have an amazing combination of items that balances every tastes perfectly from Spicy to Sour and Bitter to Sweet.                  In Calcutta the preparation of food does not always starts in kitchen but it starts from a bunch of other places and emotions as well. In the City of Calcutta people start preparing for their m...

T he City of Calcutta situated on the eastern bank of River Hooghly is one of the cities of the World which is called the City of Palaces, besides Mexico City and Mysore. The city being situated on a strategic location, protected by the river Hooghly on West, by creeks on North and by salt lakes on East became the Capital of British India in 1772. After the beginning of British Raj under Warren Hastings many architectural changes came in the skyline of the city over the period of 18th and 19th Century. The buildings of the city were highly influenced by the European Gothic, Baroque, Roman, Oriental and Asian Indo-Islamic styles of architecture. Some of the buildings of the time being declared 'Heritage Structures' are well maintained till today and bear great history in between their walls. While the other old buildings of the time are dying a slow death over time. Some of the most notable buildings of the City of Calcutta are: Victoria Memorial Hall         ...

E ver wondered what powers a Ferrari Car? The Ferrari gets its beastly power from its special fuel. Similarly the city of Calcutta runs on Cha (Tea in Bengali). Tea is perhaps the reason behind most of the activities of the city dwellers of Calcutta. Across the city be it in the household or the streets of Calcutta, finely crafted tea is available everywhere. Tea acts as the bridge that connect the city dwellers with each other in one string. A perfect tea does not require any occasion, It can be compliment you at all emotions be it of fun, excitement, anger, stress or depression.  Ek Cup Cha (A Cup of Tea)                       Tea might have its roots in China but it got infused in the day to day life of the people of Calcutta like any other daily activity. At Calcutta from the lady of the house to the Rickshaw puller and from the lazy office employee to the busy traffic police, all are the part of the afternoon '...

T he 'City of Joy','City of Palaces','Calcutta' or 'Kolkata' we might call the magnificent city by any name but it all started with "Kal kataa hoye chilo" meaning "I cut it yesterday" in 'Bengali'. There is no official documentation regarding the foundation or naming of Calcutta (Presently Kolkata). According to all the documented prooves the three villages of Kalikat, Gobindapur and Sutanuti along the banks of river Hooghly, later on turned to the present day Calcutta during the late 17th century. In 1698, the British East India Company bought the three villages of Kalikat, Gobindapur and Sutanuti from the local Zamindar (Landlord) family of Sabarna Roy Choudhury. Thus, the British set there foot in Calcutta and established their dominance eventually colonising the entire Indian sub-continent in the next 200 years. Old  look of the City of Calcutta , Source- Pinterest                   There are different theories...