If you want a city with a soul: come to Calcutta

October 14, 2021 16:46

"Calcutta embodies the Bengali love of culture; the triumph of intellectualism over greed; the complete transparency of all emotions, the disdain with which hypocrisy and insincerity are treated; the warmth of genuine humanity; and the supremacy of emotion over all other aspects of human existence."

Vir Sanghvi's evergreen piece on Kolkata and the Durga puja.

Read this to understand what the pujas mean to Bengalis. And it's not just about the feasting.

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