About Us
We were your regular overworked and underpaid individuals, overcome by a sense of ennui. Then one day, we decided to take fate by the throat… and take a look at us now!
We may still be overworked and underpaid.
But there’s a new zest for what we do now.
Calcutta Walks falls under the umbrella of V3 Travels and Tours, a Calcutta-based travel agency that serves tourists and makes sure all its clients have a good time. V3 Travels and Tours, now two years old, excels at creating travel packages suited to the different tastes of our clients.
Though V3 Travels can claim to Calcutta Walks, the latter is still pretty much an autonomous entity. Conceived of, founded, and designed by Iftekhar Ahsan – aka Ifte – an intrepid Explorer, Calcutta Walks is manned by individuals from various walks of life. As Explorers, researchers, and a resource team, we have on board theater veterans, historians, architects, lawyers, businesspeople, home-based professionals, corporate entities, and quasi-intellectuals whose sole job it is to keep us on our toes and at our best – for you!
Road to remember: A walk to explore Kolkata’s heritage
Banu Haralu for NDTV 24 * 7
Friday, March,28 2008 (Kolkata):
If you believe that a walk can change the way you view a city you are visiting or reside in, you will have an opportunity to do so the next time you are in Kolkata.
Calcuttawalks, an initiative of a group of young entrepreneurs, gives you the opportunity to you breathe in the essence of the first capital of the British Raj, better known as the City of Palaces and the City of Joy.
The idea of a heritage walk is ready and tagged for a discovery of Calcutta. Quite appropriately, the tour would start from the Great Eastern Hotel.
“The Great Eastern Hotel was the biggest hotel in the country and you could get almost anything here. The Europenas recreated it give you a sense of being in London that you had a bobby posted outside,” said Manjit Singh, explorer.
Heritage walk is an informative walk and the information is coming from Calcutta lovers, not professional guides.
Anecdotes and stories that recreate the city as it was during the Raj, Dalhousie Square, the writers building, the various influences on the city’s architecture, the when’s and the why’s.
With sweeping changes taking place in the city, the walk provides that opportunity to get close to the historic city an experience that gives you a better understanding of the past.
“I have been here six months and I have walked this square many times but I did not know all these stories. It will certainly make me see the city in a different light. And yes the connection with Britain is quite and nice,” said a walker.
This tour is a part of Calcuttawalks, an initiative of young entrepreneurs in the city. It is been started quite recently and is already popular.
“We are very upbeat with many enquiries form hotels and the tourism board. It is the first season and summer is round the corner but Calcuttawalks should be rocking,” said Iftekar Ehsan, an explorer.
And finally, the special flavour of Kolkata and a memento of the city’s sights and sounds, the rikshawpuller’s bell.
Pritish
March 30, 2008
Dear Iftekar,
Hv u seen kolkatamirror.com?
Read TOI dtd 14/5.
Best wishes.
Shyamal chatterji
SHYAMAL CHATTERJI
May 15, 2008
Hi,
Even though I was born and raised in Calcutta,
I would have enjoyed these walks. Just reading
about them brings back tons of memories. This
is a truly unique way to see a city.
Wishing you guys every success.
Bill
October 9, 2008
Looking forward to more events by you where I can be a part too….
good luck buddies…
Annuja Jain
http://fotograffitti.wordpress.com/
fotograffitti
January 22, 2009
you have an amazing way of looking at our city.I have done IATA and have worked for Hyatt and Yak and Yeti, Nepal. I was working with a travel agency here in Kolkata. I found that you have demand of more explorers who can enliven the heritage and culture of the city. In this regard you can call me on my cell:9051369397/9874550429.I am Surendra Sharma, but its ok to call me just Suren.Waiting to hear from you.
Surendra Sharma
April 3, 2009