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Old Posted Aug 9, 2007, 2:43 AM
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Old Posted Aug 11, 2007, 3:31 PM
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Kolkata rising - highrise buildings under construction at Uniworld City and Rosedale Gardens in New Town

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A couple of years old but rare aerial

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Old Posted Oct 16, 2007, 5:31 PM
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Fun to see an aerial, thanks for sharing your find sc.
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Kolkata's biggest festival - Durga Puja was celebrated last week... It is when the unique temporay structures called Pandals (to house the Goddess Durga) are erected all over the city - the artwork is amazing... crowds throng the streets all day and night going from Pandal hopping, eating out catching up with friends and family and having lots of fun.

The shopping

Shopping crowds around the New Market area

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Around Gariahat Area

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The Pandals - just a small sampling of them out of thousands across the megapolis.


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Amazing to see such art work just for 5 days of festivity

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The Pandal that was embroiled in a controversy and finally got resolved

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Bijoya Dashami - the last day of the festival - a mixture of sadness and joy

Dancing at the ghat (Hooghly river bank)



Bisarjan (the immersion)



More dancing

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Old Posted Oct 28, 2007, 4:01 PM
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Approaching the Nivedita Bridge



Unitech Infospace - phase I u/c, New Town



Uniworld City u/c, New Town



Akankha Krishnachura - three 24 storey towers u/c, New Town





The entrance to the under development Kolkata West International City in Howrah and is being built by Indonesian companies.

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Old Posted Nov 7, 2007, 1:04 PM
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Aerial views of New Town

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Note the villages/semi urban areas in both approaches. Also the streches of flattened land ready for new construction.

The approach from Nabadiganta/Salt Lake



The approach from the VIP Road (Airport side). The City Centre II mall u/c is seen in this picture.



Greenfield Heights, New Town

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Globsyn Crystals, Nabadiganta taking shape

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Omega under construction, Nabadiganta

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DCL, Bidhan Nagar

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Anandalok Hospital, Bidhan Nagar



Bhubijnan Bhaban (Geological Survey), Bidhan Nagar

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The recently opened South City Mall, Kolkata's largest at 1 million sq ft

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^ Having worked for many years in the shopping mall arena, those crowds are quite impressive. I did notice that there aren't many people carrying shopping bags, which isn't a great sign for retailers. Hopefully that will change once the initial "touring" of the mall turns to shopping at the mall.
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Awesome thread -sorry not to have discovered it sooner.

India is an amazing place. I went to Calcutta ten years ago. All the crumbling Victorian architecture, plus the general chaos, made the city seem like a sort of post-apocalyptic London. I was particularly struck by the church that is identical to St Martin's In the Fields in Trafalgar Square.

Looks like there has been a lot of new development since, most of it quite unattractive. I can't help but be dismayed by all these new shopping malls. They might look like progress, but they aren't...
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Awesome thread -sorry not to have discovered it sooner.

India is an amazing place. I went to Calcutta ten years ago. All the crumbling Victorian architecture, plus the general chaos, made the city seem like a sort of post-apocalyptic London. I was particularly struck by the church that is identical to St Martin's In the Fields in Trafalgar Square.

Looks like there has been a lot of new development since, most of it quite unattractive. I can't help but be dismayed by all these new shopping malls. They might look like progress, but they aren't...
Why do you say so??
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Because progress has nothing to do with buying the same globalised crap as everywhere else. Many aspects of Western capitalism should not be emulated - they are a disaster for all concerned. KFC in India... what a shame.
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6 Having worked for many years in the shopping mall arena, those crowds are quite impressive. I did notice that there aren't many people carrying shopping bags, which isn't a great sign for retailers. Hopefully that will change once the initial "touring" of the mall turns to shopping at the mall.
Kolkata is a price sensitive city. So if the prices are "right" and also the products are right, the mall should do okay. I hear one of the stores there is going to sell some 40 imported varieties of cheese. Will that sell? Time will tell.

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation (also lovingly called Chorporation; chor = thief).

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Gillander House

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Geological Survey of India

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A building on Lindsay Street - the shoe store Khadim is a city based company which has done pretty well with its huge chain of shoe stores

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All the old buildings in India are so colorful. I hope they can be saved from the wreckingball mentality the US experienced for so many years.
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Photos and text copyright Vegchop (SSC India forumer)

1) Nabadiganta as seen from Nalban boating complex.



2) Closeup view



3) City Center

a) great place to wind off, specially in the open spaces.



b) The new display is a big hit during the IPL matches.



c) Cafe Coffee Day (CCD)- India's equivalent of Starbucks.



d) Kaafila at City Center has great Biryani.

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1) Bylanes of North Kolkata



2) A new residential complex u/c



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1) South City



2) Rabindra Sarobar Stadium



3) Hiland Park, Rabindra Sarobar, South City Mall

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1) South City



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1) Aerial of Uniworld City under construction



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1) Royal Calcutta Golf Club

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1) Hiland Park and Bengal Ambuja



2) New development along Eastern Metropolitan Bypass



3) New development along Eastern Metropolitan Bypass; Also note Kolkata's first cash and carry outlet of the German company Metro.

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