Saturday, January 23, 2010

walking again...

Another quick post on walks, especially from someone who is known to be lazy and often avoids walking. From ma to most of my friends, everyone has complained about how I little I walk. But secretly I am quite a walker, though I enjoy walking more when I am all alone.

I have been walking since today morning (my only free day) in the New Market (Kolkata/ Calcutta) lanes and by-lanes and its simply been amazing. Its this purposeless walking that I enjoy. No plans of doing anything, and no destination at all. All that I wanted to do was buy some local chai and basically just look around. Nothing else attracts me more than the old buildings, and Kolkata seems to be full of them - some dead or dying while others still youthful and full of life. I love looking at them both.

I have spent little time on the roads in the city but I could sense a feel in the city, quite unlike any other that I have known. I need to spend days here to know more about the place, many more days. I have many more posts on the city and hopefully I shall post them soon on the Kolkata series.

p.s. unlike the name 'New Market', the place is actually an old market in Kolkata.

New Market then...



New Market now...


4 comments:

  1. N Cal is an ideal place for purposeless walks..you can always stumble on something wonderful or quirky!

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  2. yes very true...the city is best seen on the foot. wish i could have walked more there...

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  3. its full of old heritage dating to the Firangi rule... new howrah bridge (known as Hoogly) is also a good for walk (don't know if pedestrians are allowed now)

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  4. i saw the howrah bridge but from a boat under it...looked amazing on that very very cold night...

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