Quotes Tagged With :calcutta

The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta,....

Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's....

For years and years, even during the time of my first visit in 1962, it has been said that Calcutta was....

There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta....

Calcutta has still not recovered from history: people mourn the past, and abhor it deeply.

Those places where sadness and misery abound are favoured settings for stories of ghosts and apparitions.....

As they were walking, a beggar came up, holding his hand out and crying, "Baksheesh! Baksheesh!"Mike....

Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick....

Faxian and Xuanzang might have been the first Chinese to travel to India, but sometimes it felt like....