tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post7510910922860716802..comments2012-01-04T04:39:57.874+05:30TShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12218319233910661426noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-16970716741421460672011-03-19T00:48:11.803+05:302011-03-19T00:48:11.803+05:30@Thalassa: Some of the bengalis I&#39;ve met till date are more offensive and obnoxious than this post. Trust me ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-32717297563042863192011-03-19T00:38:49.154+05:302011-03-19T00:38:49.154+05:30Once upon a time I read this post... and did not think much about it...<br />Today I read it again.. because I like reading what you write Tanmay.<br /><br />Here&#39;s what I think..<br /><br />Although, our short acquaintance was enough to tell me that you are intelligent guy.. It was also enough to tell me that you are a shallow and arrogant person...<br /><br />But, THAT doesnt change the fact that you are more than a &#39;Mediocre&#39; writer as someone suggested in their comment.. and that KOLKATA SUCKS!<br /><br />@Critics: I live in Kolkata. I moved there after living in places like Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur. And till this day I havent found a single reason to like the city (Not even FOOD!!) <br /><br />Yes... The taxis are potty yellow. .. and Yes.. there&#39;s no other city in India which sports taxis of that color... <br /><br />Yes.. most taxi drivers are Biharis.. Thats because the stuck up bengalis think they are too good to drive taxis.. They like driving auto rikshaws instead... which they drive with the agility and skill of Michael Shumacher &amp; Ayrton Senna...<br /><br />The mentality of Bengalis... <br /><br />They stare at women who drive cars... as if they have never seen a woman driving one before.. and if a woman drives that means she needs to give way to every tom dick &amp; harry who drives and is she doesnt she lands up with a damamged car (I faced that so many times!!)<br /><br />They beat up women who own businesses and are gutsy enough to make sure it does well (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-17/kolkata/28261151_1_attackers-calcutta-shop-kolkata)<br /><br />they assualt and molest women and kill whoever comes in their way (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-16/kolkata/28550912_1_kolkata-airport-rinku-beer-bottle)<br /><br />They make the SO CALLED safe places in Kolkata unsafe just because they think that their parents are powerful (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-28/kolkata/28239372_1_councillor-fear-stalks-car)<br /><br />Yes, Delhi is unsafe.. maybe thats why I never faced an unpleasant experience in the city.. even when I drove at the middle of the night..<br /><br />My ass was grabbed on a busy street during the 3rd week of my arrival in the infernal city called Kolkata..<br /><br />I have seen prostitutes in places like Vasant Lok in Delhi... 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Cabs in Bombay are more black than yellow, and hence, easier on the eye. Maybe that's why they ae not so IYF.<BR/><BR/>2. Please don't make assumptions, Calcutta has 3/4 times the number of prostitutes. Its a fact.<BR/><BR/>6. Oh, c'mon SA, disclaimers are for conservative and closed minds. And if someone has either, they shouldn't be blog-hopping in the first place! <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I understand your point of view. And like I said earlier, I respect it. <BR/><BR/>I'm not trying to say that I'm right and you're wrong, I'm merely defending my right to document things in a manner I deem fit.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I hope the <I>turkey curry</I> helped.TShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12218319233910661426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-36728221110333019842007-06-02T23:55:00.000+05:302007-06-02T23:55:00.000+05:30Some responses:<BR/><BR/>1. It seems like you don't know Bombay very well if you speak with such confidence.<BR/><BR/>2. I am sure the number of prostitutes in Delhi and Calcutta are comparable. You were obviously in a certain part of the city. And I'm sorry, you cannot expect to be given benefit of the doubt when posing an offensive question. <BR/><BR/>5. Ah posters, not cinema halls. Point taken. Of course you can poke fun at the posters but when it comes in the middle of character assassinating the people of a city you've only visited once, it gets taken a little bit more seriously, especially when you neglected to mention that you do the same thing in Delhi and in Bangalore.<BR/><BR/>If you are a lower middle class boy then your comments come as more of a surprise! But by all means, you are entitled to them.<BR/><BR/>6. If you are impulsive in this way, do caution your readers, especially when writing about a sensitive subject. People are very defensive of the cities they belong to and rightly so. When psuedo intellectual Bengalis in Delhi bitch about how consumerist and Punjabi the place is, it makes me want to remind them that people in Delhi are an enterprising and relaxed lot of people and that they are in Delhi and not in Calcutta for a reason!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for listening,<BR/>SASnake Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12255224429909448677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-67446483062093813852007-05-31T02:50:00.000+05:302007-05-31T02:50:00.000+05:30@Snake Anthony: <BR/><BR/>Firstly, thank you for taking out the time.<BR/><BR/>In response to your concerns,<BR/><BR/>1- That photo cannot be from West Delhi, or Bombay. I assure you.<BR/><BR/>2- My issue is not with the presence of a red-light area. It is with the sheer NUMBER of prostitutes present on the city streets at the onset of dusk.<BR/><BR/>My limited understanding of society and economy (both of which I haven't studied so feel free to correct me)pushes me towards believing that prostitution (anywhere in the world) is rampant primarily due to its social acceptability or increasing economic imbalance. It doesn't really figure on the 'dream job' list if you know what I mean. It is the effect of a cause.<BR/><BR/>Hence the question on the mentality and extended rule of the left.<BR/><BR/>Which is why the question about the average Bengali mentality is exactly that, a question. I know it appears to be more of an accusation, but give me the benefit of doubt, please.<BR/><BR/>3&4- You're right. It shouldn't. On the other hand, you can't really get used to it either. Its like being in a traffic jam, every now and then your patience will give way to a little swaring.<BR/><BR/>5- "Any of the old cinema halls in Delhi look precisely as creepy as the Calcutta ones you have described - Filmistan, Golcha, etc. Your comments unfortunately suggest that you've only ever been to PVR, which is enviable but doesn't qualify as a privilege that puts you in a position to judge cinema halls in Calcutta."<BR/><BR/><B>I didn't even mention the cinema halls, just the posters!</B><BR/><BR/>However,<BR/><BR/>"These were the first couple of movie posters I happened to set my eyes on."<BR/><BR/>Can't I have fun at the expense of movie posters like that, c'mon! I do that in Delhi too, AND I did it when I was at Christ in Bangalore. Those Shakeela movie posters were hilarious!<BR/><BR/>And trust me, I'm a lower middle class boy who grew up at the Golchas and Filmistans of Delhi. In fact my family runs its business out of Chandni Chowk, by far the MOST congested square kilometer of Delhi.<BR/><BR/>6- That's the least of your worries. I quite appreciate being enlightened. And someone with your distinction has every right to do so.<BR/><BR/>I must also say at this juncture, that I'm extremely impulsive and most of my observations do not reflect more than a moments thought, unless otherwise stated. Oblivious to the obvious, as they say.TShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12218319233910661426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-79856831717979537272007-05-31T01:46:00.000+05:302007-05-31T01:46:00.000+05:30Dear TS,<BR/><BR/>Just some thoughts:<BR/><BR/>1. The photo you took of cabs in Calcutta could well be from any part of West Delhi. Bombay as well has lots of cabs. I don't quite understand why that is an anomoly considering the city barely has any autos and as you must have noticed, taking a cab in Calcutta is quite easy on the wallet. Something you failed to mention.<BR/><BR/>2. For me the most unforgivable comment is your remark about the redlight district reflecting the average bengali mentality. Delhi's GB Road is teeming with prostitute, but would it be fair to conclude that it reflects your mentality or that of your fellow Delhi-ites? And to attribute it to the Left government is a bit of leap in logic, wouldn't you agree? Amsterdam has a huge redlight district. I don't think that you would say that it reflects the average Dutch mentality. And if you're talking about comparing that sort of mentality, there is a reason why Delhi is the most unsafe place in the country for woman and Calcutta isn't. <BR/><BR/>3. Calcutta is crowded, yes. Very crowded. But why should that shock you to the point of disturbance if you're an Indian from any Indian city?<BR/><BR/>4. I don't enjoy nitpicking but this must be said - your point about the signal not working is again strange coming from an Indian from another city. Surely, you have seen this before in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kochin, Dehradun. I know I have.<BR/><BR/>5. Any of the old cinema halls in Delhi look precisely as creepy as the Calcutta ones you have described - Filmistan, Golcha, etc. Your comments unfortunately suggest that you've only ever been to PVR, which is enviable but doesn't qualify as a privilege that puts you in a position to judge cinema halls in Calcutta. I can tell you that there are plenty of seedy halls in Bangalore in the same sort of areas you seem to have frequented during your week in Calcutta. Which also makes me want to know - one whole week (on work, as you said, so I am assuming that you were put up in a better part of town.) in Calcutta and that's all you saw? Did you not like the food (!), the Victoria Memorial, the race course, Salt Lake city, Dalhousie Square, the more positive pulse of the city?<BR/><BR/>6. I think you write very well, TS and I enjoy visiting your blog so please don't take my comments amiss. I hope they reflect a more rational side to the criticism you have received. I think travelogues are tricky pieces to write because though they cater to outsiders they should not offend the sentiments of the people of the place. I believe that it should represent both the positives and negatives of a place. <BR/><BR/>Calcutta may not be home for me but as an Indian I am hurt. I can understand the sentiments of the Calcuttans.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for being so open to input. :) Keep the writing coming!<BR/><BR/>SASnake Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12255224429909448677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-38456025060580639242007-03-13T22:03:00.000+05:302007-03-13T22:03:00.000+05:30it doesn't deserve as much attension as it got. did it really get all this attension or people were pulled outta beds to read this shit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-59747486724184856222007-02-27T03:04:00.000+05:302007-02-27T03:04:00.000+05:30Definite benefit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-5297141404979858252007-02-24T19:48:00.000+05:302007-02-24T19:48:00.000+05:30For your benifit, that's 'malice' and 'btw*!'<BR/><BR/>*btw = By the wayTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12218319233910661426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29434354.post-56847742472516655492007-02-24T19:47:00.000+05:302007-02-24T19:47:00.000+05:30Ha ha... 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