SOLO TRAVEL OF THE CITY OF JOY STREETS

SOLO TRAVEL OF STREETS OF CALCUTTA

SOLO TRAVEL EXPERIENCE OF Calcutta STREETS  BY SHUTTER_HUMOR

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Exploring kolkata streets, you can find the touch of old Calcutta days.

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   The Streets and soul of Vibrant India are more than evident in ,The metered-cabs are mostly of the brand "Ambassador" manufactured by Hindusthan motors (now out of production),and Tata indigo cs can be seen painted in yellow.

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              Gali cricket as it is popularly known. who in his childhood in north Kolkata has not played it? North                          Kolkata offers us numerous "galli's" or the by lanes as we all prefer to call it.

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Labours sleeping between the work , this the biggest fruit market in kolkata called "Mechhua fruit market".

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This is how city of joy looks like .The eternal beauty of history & culture can be experience out here,with the sweetest of language & gesture expressed by the people of Calcutta .Here you can find mental peace & a smell of  vintage days in each and every streets.

                                                                                                                 

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DHOBI GHAT IN KOLKATA YES! ARE YOU IMAGINE THE MOVIE OF AMIR KHAN ? MUMBAI ? NO KOLKATA HAVE ITS OWN DHOBI GHAT .

DHOBI GHAT IN KOLKATA  YES!  ARE YOU IMAGINE THE MOVIE OF AMIR KHAN ? MUMBAI ? NO KOLKATA HAVE ITS OWN DHOBI GHAT (BEST PLACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS).

IN THE YEAR OF 1902 BRITISH GOV LUNCHED A DHOBI KHANA ON THE CITY OF JOY.
THIS IS THE OLDEST  DHOBI KHNA  OF WEST BENGAL.

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IN THAT TIME OF BRITISH GOV THIS WAS MOST BUSY DHOBI KHNA BUT NOW A DAYS MOST OF KOLKATA S PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THE  DHOBIKHANA OF SOUTH KOLKATA.

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THE BRITISH GOV BUILT THIS GHAT ON 22 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO CLEAN CLOTHS, THERE ARE ABOUT 150 CEMENT PAVED AREAS FOR CLOTH CULTIVATION . DHOBI’S HAS BEEN WORKING FOR GENERATIONS. THESE DHOBIS MAINLY CAME FROM BIHAR , GUJARAT & RAJASTHAN.

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EMPLOYEES CLAIM THAT THEY WORK MUCH BETTER THAN DELHI , MUMBAI, CHENNAI & LOWER COST.

MANY HOTELS ,HOSPITALS,HOMEMADE CLOTHS ARE COMMON IN THE DHOBI KHANA FOR DAILY WASHES. ABOUT 100-200 DHOBI WORK  HERE FROM 4 O 'CLOCK.

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MUNICIPALITY OF CALCUTTA SUPPLY WATER TO THE TALA TANK TWICE A DAY , BUT THE WATER IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE CLOTH CULTIVATION.

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MANY PEOPLE SAVE WATER DIFFERENT WAYS BUT TILL THEY FIGHT  FOR WATER. THEY COMPLAINT  MANY TIMES BUT NO UP-GRADATION DID BY AUTHORITY.

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THE CURRENT SITUATION OF ANCIENT CENTURIES IS VERY POOR.

THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS DHOBIGHAT IS VERY URGENT RIGHT NOW.

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IF THE ADMINISTRATION DOSENT PAY ATTENTION TO THIS DHOBI GHAT THEN ONE OF THE HISTORY OF KOLKATA CAN BE DELETED THE FEAR OF  LOCAL & EMPLOYEES.

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