Traveling is good
Tarapith is amongst one of the 51 Shakti Pith of Goddess Kali and Shantiniketan is Kabiguru Rabindra Nath Tagore’s University and his home for many years of his life. Tarapith is in Rampurhat district while Shantiniketan is in Bolpur district.
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Journey from Kolkata to Delhi through the awesome Durgapur Expressway, was something I had dreamt of since the time I went to Kolkata back in August 2007. I had my plans sorted out that I will be working in Kolkata not more than 2-3 years and then when I return back to Delhi, I will do that by road. It was January 1st week, when I got an offer in hand for a job back in Delhi, and I immediately had in mind, it’s now or never.
We were all set to start on the 4th of February 2011 for Delhi from Kolkata by road in my most loveable Santro.
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21.12.2010 (Tuesday) Bhadrak (Orissa) to Malda (West Bengal) = 713 kms Starting Place: Bhadrak, Orissa Starting Km Reading: 4247 km @ Bhadrak Starting Time:…
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D and I had gone to Kolkata in December 2010. During our stay there, we went on two trips – a one day trip…
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Welcome to THE CITY OF JOY – Kolkata. Brief History of Calcutta (kolkata) Kolkata is capital of West Bengal situated at the bank of…
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In August I visited Kolkata along with my parents. Our schedule was just full of meeting friends and relatives. We had just one day…
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My recent visit to the Indian Museum in Kolkata was a memorable experience, made even more special by the fact that I got to…
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I planned my visit to Darjeeling last summer because I have always been fascinated by the picturesque mountain town, known for its tea gardens,…
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The Andul Rajbari which is locally popular as Ananda Dham is a popular tourist destination in Howrah district of West Bengal. We planned a short trip to visit the Andul Rajbari recently. One fine monsoon morning we hired a car and reached Andul.
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he pot hole patches, were horrible, near Biprit at least 3 Km stretch was practically same full and just before touching to highway at Islampur a particular stretch was just nightmare.I was really thinking of a breakdown. After reaching highway to Siliguri the last 95 Km was a bliss. The most awaiting good features of highway.
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If you think about Kolkata and music, what immediately springs to mind is Rabindra Sangeet. Rabindra Sangeet are the songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore composed about 2,230 songs which are distinctively intrinsic to the Bengali culture.
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In the morning we got up by 4:30am. All the end moment packing was done starting from camera charger, laptop and mobile charger. We were in a hurry as we had planned to leave by 5:00am and we were running late. Never mind we were ready by 6:15am and left our home sweet home by 6:30am. The Toyota Fortuner which I was going to drive became a small caravan with the facility for breakfast, lunch and some other tits-bits and beverages like a bottle of Coca-Cola, Tea, and Coffee.
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