Good Morning Calcutta!

Spent a Sunday morning walking around the streets of Calcutta (Kolkata still feels alien to my tongue). Here are a few images of the streets waking up to a new day. A more detailed post will follow. For now feast your eyes on one of the most picturesque cities in India.

Every nook and corner of Calcutta has a chaiwala and they are masters of their craft. Had one of the best cups of chai on the streets that morning.

Halwa and poori anyone? Breakfast is meant to be the biggest meal of the day and what better way to start than to have some hot halwa with some soft poor is!

Never too early to have an adda… Calcuttans love their taash!

Do you have any special memories of Calcutta in the mornings?

14 Comments

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    Renuka
    April 23, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    Very nice photos! Calcutta's character is well captured.

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    Chaitali Patel
    April 24, 2014 at 2:51 am

    Thanks Renuka! All the credit goes to the city…

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    Ankita Sinha
    April 25, 2014 at 3:36 am

    Thanks for writing about it.I love Kolkata.The people,the food,the chaos,the everything :)

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    Chaitali Patel
    April 25, 2014 at 7:01 am

    Thanks for dropping by Ankita. I agree… Calcutta is really charming.

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    Puru@ShadowsGalore
    April 26, 2014 at 7:17 am

    Beautiful images of Calcutta ! This city is every photographer's delight :)

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    Chaitali Patel
    April 26, 2014 at 11:41 am

    Thanks! Coming from you that's a big thing!

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    Avik chatterjee
    April 26, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Well captured but ending with a Rasogolla would have been fantastic 😛

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    Chaitali Patel
    April 27, 2014 at 6:50 am

    True… though that morning we had kaacha gola and mishti doi. Thanks for dropping by.

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    Siddhartha Joshi
    April 27, 2014 at 4:06 pm

    Lovely shots…especially the first one!

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    Chaitali Patel
    April 27, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    Thanks Siddhartha!

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    R Niranjan Das
    April 29, 2014 at 5:58 pm

    Nice one on Calcutta. And its feels good to read 'Calcutta' instead of 'Kolkata' for a change. :)

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    Chaitali Patel
    April 30, 2014 at 4:24 am

    Thanks for dropping by! Glad to hear you echo my thoughts. :)

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    Anunoy Samanta
    May 1, 2014 at 4:44 am

    Beautifully captured the unsung lane-scape of Kolkata… sorry I've trained my tongue with 'Kol…' :)

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    Chaitali Patel
    May 2, 2014 at 7:57 am

    Thanks Anunoy!

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