Amar shonar Bangla...

Amar shonar Bangla (my Bengal of Gold)
Ami tomae bhalobashi (I Love You)...
...That's Tagore's description of Bengal.

Well, I was in Kolkata early this week on official travel, my first ever visit to the City of Joy. Though I did not get to see much of the city. I kinda liked whatever I little I saw of it. Maybe, that's because my trip was completely confined to the more posh Salt Lake area. Or probably my opinion of Kolkata was too biased.

Telegraph, rasmalai, rosgolla and Maach (fish) is the essence of Kolkata (much like The Hindu and filter coffee in Chennai). Interestingly, fish is like considered vegetarian by Bongs and is part of their staple diet along with aloo (potato).

I also went to the popular Park Street on the second day. For lunch, I went to Sourav's (the popular food court managed by Sourav Ganguly) with my colleague. Both the ambience and the bengali food that I got to lay my hands on, were good. I even went to the City Centre mall and let me tell you, the city is not as conservative as everyone thinks it to be. Quite hep actually.

Since my mom grew in and around the Ballygunj area of the city, she has a fascination for the city and would not miss an opportunity to visit the city. Though I would have preferred to travel by the Metro and visit the Victoria memorial, time was too short. Just hope I get another chance to visit the city in detail...