To be honest, I was never really interested in visiting Kolkata - at least after all the stories of the city that I had come across. Then in the past 2-3 years, I thought the only time I would come to Kolkata would be for a reason that I wouldn't mention in this blog. But life takes us down alleys that we dare not imagine and the reason I wanted to come to Kolkata was probably to understand more about Bengali's and what makes Kolkata so special to them. Moreover, I wanted to get over a fear and move on with my life.
My first impression of the city is simply of a one that has been stuck in time, the city reminds me of what Delhi used to have been around 15/20 years back - The city has not evolved or rather people have decided to not evolve. Probably the reason, Delhi/Mumbai moved ahead was because of the brands coming into the city, taking away the small vendors and the pretentious nature of the people. People in Delhi would now feel ridiculed going to a small road side vendor and would rather go to a big shop. This is a complete opposite of what I saw here in Kolkata, but that does not mean that nature was any better - The nature can best be described as that of an adamant senile person - who think that any change is bad and hence just don't want to do anything with it.
It's hard to say how much of it can be attributed to the government or just to the basic nature of people here, since a change has to be brought about by the people and hence supported by the government. This has been my first impression of the city - I will continue to add more as I see/witness more :)
My first impression of the city is simply of a one that has been stuck in time, the city reminds me of what Delhi used to have been around 15/20 years back - The city has not evolved or rather people have decided to not evolve. Probably the reason, Delhi/Mumbai moved ahead was because of the brands coming into the city, taking away the small vendors and the pretentious nature of the people. People in Delhi would now feel ridiculed going to a small road side vendor and would rather go to a big shop. This is a complete opposite of what I saw here in Kolkata, but that does not mean that nature was any better - The nature can best be described as that of an adamant senile person - who think that any change is bad and hence just don't want to do anything with it.
It's hard to say how much of it can be attributed to the government or just to the basic nature of people here, since a change has to be brought about by the people and hence supported by the government. This has been my first impression of the city - I will continue to add more as I see/witness more :)
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