Broom in hand, US official cleans up Kolkata streets
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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“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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“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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The Confluence of Cultures is turning out to be quite a walk. Fascinating to the core. Imagine encountering the cultures of the Anglo-Indians, the Parsis, the Jews, the Chinese, the Armenians, the Marwaris, the Biharis, the Muslims, and the Jains…..plus some sub-sects. Its turning out to be quite an overwhelming experience. Recently, a famous travel [...]
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Calwalks has long been championing the cause of heritage awareness and conservation and keeping this in mind we’re launching a special Treasure Hunt. A hunt where the treasure at the end of the day will be the innumerable everyday ignored heritage buildings of our city’s backyard.
Our Cause: To give the city back to its people.
Our [...]
