Suddenly cold Kolkata

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A first glance on Thursday morning at the newspaper and I was dutifully informed that it was the coldest day in fourteen years!
This seems to be the season for dejavu in Kolkata.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/35403907.cms


Slice of England on Elliot Road

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"It’s on Elliot Road... just enter through Ripon Street and pass by St. Mary’s Church and my house will be 300-400 metres from there." When the taxi deposited me outside my destination, I looked around to see a typical Kolkata bylane, congested with traffic, loud motorcycle horns, people sitting on the ledge of houses chatting, leisurely footsteps making way for small items of groceries from the neighbourhood stores.
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