Tilottama kolkata@1947.আমার তিলোত্তমা কলকাতা ! Our Culcutta "City of Joy"
The city has earned the nickname 'city of joy' for its soulful embodiment of culture, love, mystery, respect, enthusiasm and definitely some amazing sweet delicacies.
1. Chowringhee Street---Calcutta's main thoroughfare, an amazing parade of fascinating sights and sounds.
2. Hooghly river and part of Calcutta's east bank. But for this giant stream Calcutta would likely never have been built---and for that matter, many of us would just as soon it hadn't.
3. Aerial view of Calcutta downtown. In upper left background is Hindustan building, U.S. Army HQ. The oldest part of the city starts at the esplanade and extends upwards. The city was founded in the early 1700's.
4. Hindustan building, one of the most modern in Calcutta, was built for an insurance company but occupied upon its completion by the U.S. Army. Locate in the heart of the city.
5. A bewildering mass of billboards at the corner of Harrison Street (Burra Bazar) and Strand Road. One of the oldest sections of Calcutta, at the foot of Howrah Bridge.
6. Chowringhee Square. The Mohammedan mosque, Juma Masjid, is shown at left.
7. Karnani Estates, mammoth apartment hotel for U.S. Army officers. Known to the many thousands of transient and locally based officers as a social center.
8. The American Red Cross Burra Club, leave center for GI's and recreation spot for all enlisted men.
9. Calcutta's traffic is usually snarled. And the reasons are clearly shown. Shuffling coolies and pedestrians with little regard for their lives seem completely oblivious to the perils of automotive traffic.
10. This buffalo herd's movements .This is Old Court House street, one of Calcutta's busiest. In left background is Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta's best, used by U.S. Officers as a billet.
11. Of Calcutta's assortment of colorful and intriguing characters, the Sikh taxi-driver and his co-pilot rank high. The co-pilot was added in 1944 following an affray in which a soldier knifed a driver.
12. Indians are the bravest commuters in the world. They hang from every handhold.
13. Ragged urchins roam he streets begin GI audiences to let their mangy monkeys dance the 'American Jitterbug' dance.
14. This weird-looking snake charmer is doing his best to coax a balcony audience to toss down enough baksheesh to get his cobra and mongoose in the mood to stage a fight to the finish.
15. A group of GI's take a close look at the snake-wallah's hooded cobra. Both the snake and his master are good specimens
16. Crowd gathers round a sidewalk performer at bus stop while GI's take temporary advantage of an overhead view from steps of a camp bus.
17. Believe it or not, this man has just bitten the head from a live Krait snake. He is professor Sher Mohammed and his feats include drinking acid, eating glass, fire-walking.
18. Native madman is allowed to roam the streets naked, accosting cars.
The city has earned the nickname 'city of joy' for its soulful embodiment of culture, love, mystery, respect, enthusiasm and definitely some amazing sweet delicacies.
1. Chowringhee Street---Calcutta's main thoroughfare, an amazing parade of fascinating sights and sounds.
2. Hooghly river and part of Calcutta's east bank. But for this giant stream Calcutta would likely never have been built---and for that matter, many of us would just as soon it hadn't.
3. Aerial view of Calcutta downtown. In upper left background is Hindustan building, U.S. Army HQ. The oldest part of the city starts at the esplanade and extends upwards. The city was founded in the early 1700's.
4. Hindustan building, one of the most modern in Calcutta, was built for an insurance company but occupied upon its completion by the U.S. Army. Locate in the heart of the city.
5. A bewildering mass of billboards at the corner of Harrison Street (Burra Bazar) and Strand Road. One of the oldest sections of Calcutta, at the foot of Howrah Bridge.
6. Chowringhee Square. The Mohammedan mosque, Juma Masjid, is shown at left.
7. Karnani Estates, mammoth apartment hotel for U.S. Army officers. Known to the many thousands of transient and locally based officers as a social center.
8. The American Red Cross Burra Club, leave center for GI's and recreation spot for all enlisted men.
9. Calcutta's traffic is usually snarled. And the reasons are clearly shown. Shuffling coolies and pedestrians with little regard for their lives seem completely oblivious to the perils of automotive traffic.
10. This buffalo herd's movements .This is Old Court House street, one of Calcutta's busiest. In left background is Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta's best, used by U.S. Officers as a billet.
11. Of Calcutta's assortment of colorful and intriguing characters, the Sikh taxi-driver and his co-pilot rank high. The co-pilot was added in 1944 following an affray in which a soldier knifed a driver.
12. Indians are the bravest commuters in the world. They hang from every handhold.
13. Ragged urchins roam he streets begin GI audiences to let their mangy monkeys dance the 'American Jitterbug' dance.
14. This weird-looking snake charmer is doing his best to coax a balcony audience to toss down enough baksheesh to get his cobra and mongoose in the mood to stage a fight to the finish.
15. A group of GI's take a close look at the snake-wallah's hooded cobra. Both the snake and his master are good specimens
16. Crowd gathers round a sidewalk performer at bus stop while GI's take temporary advantage of an overhead view from steps of a camp bus.
17. Believe it or not, this man has just bitten the head from a live Krait snake. He is professor Sher Mohammed and his feats include drinking acid, eating glass, fire-walking.
18. Native madman is allowed to roam the streets naked, accosting cars.
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