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Calcutta Walks is exhibiting at the World Travel Market, London, 2009.

Posted on October 31, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , |

Dear Walkers,
Calcutta Walks is attending the World Travel Market in London this year. Please come forth to the WB Tourism stall, in the India Tourism pavillion if you’dlike to meet up.
ifte@calcuttawalks.com

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Darjeeling…Queen of the Hills and Queen of my Heart!

Posted on October 2, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , |

A memorable trip to Darjeeling, the Queen of Hills.

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Email sent out to members of the Calcutta CleanUp Campaign!

Posted on July 24, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |

Dear Friends,
“Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it” – - Gandhi
It has been more than 3 months now that we’re running the Calcutta CleanUp Campaign and I suggest it is time we stood back and saw what we’ve managed to achieve. Reassess our strengths and weaknesses and [...]

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Broom in hand, US official cleans up Kolkata streets

Posted on June 21, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , |

Kolkata:
An 11-year-old boy, Sujit Kumar, learnt the importance of keeping his city clean from US Consul-General Beth Payne on Saturday. Payne was seen cleaning up one of Kolkata’s busiest streets, where Kumar’s father Ravindra Kumar Singh runs a stall.
Armed with a broom, Payne along with members of Calcutta Cleanup Campaign, including school students and young [...]

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Posted on June 15, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , |

New travel news magazine writes about Calcutta Walks.

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CalWalks featured in Business World

Posted on June 12, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |

Calcutta Walks featured in the magazine Business World, in their article Best Foot Forward on walking tours in India. [Issue dated 9-15 June 2009] The article highlights the heritage and culture of the megalopolis cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta, talking about different walking routes covered by the respective city organizers. Here’s a [...]

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Calcutta CleanUp Campaign Day 2 !!!

Posted on May 27, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , |

“These protected buildings are at the mercy of callous citizens and an apathetic administration,” said Iftekhar Ahsan of Calcutta Walks, which takes tourists around the heritage zones, flanked by students from St Joseph’s College and some friends. “I saw the invite on Facebook. It’s about time something like this happened here,” said Kunal Lunawat, 21, down for his summer break from Yale.

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Calcutta CleanUp Campaign Day 1

Posted on May 27, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , |

“We had feared resistance but were overwhelmed by the reaction of the residents. They supplied us ladders and knives whenever required. One resident said ‘Thank you bhai’,” said Iftekhar Ahsan of Calcutta Walks, who has planned to clean up the heritage areas next.

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Calcutta Walks introduces homestays in Kolkata !!!

Posted on April 28, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , |

Calcutta Walks introduces homestays in Kolkata !!!

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Amazing new site Localyte.com

Posted on February 14, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |

Hi Guys!
Anybody interested in learning more about destination experts then here’s a wonderful site I stumbled upon. 
www.localyte.com … in fact you can check out my profile at ….
http://www.localyte.com/profile/14200?lrefKey=z7F123FN

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