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Fashioned
by the colonial British in the manner of a grand European capital--yet now
set in one of the poorest and most overpopulated regions of India--Calcutta
has grown into a city of sharp contrasts and contradictions. Calcutta has
had to assimilate strong European influences and overcome the limitations of
its colonial legacy in order to find its own unique identity. In the process
it created an amalgam of East and West that found its expression in the life
and works of the 19th-century Bengali elite and its most noteworthy figure,
the poet and mystic Rabindranath Tagore. This largest and most vibrant of
Indian cities thrives amidst seemingly insurmountable economic, social, and
political problems. Its citizens exhibit a great joie de vivre that is
demonstrated in a penchant for art and culture and a level of intellectual
vitality and political awareness unsurpassed in the rest of the country. No
other Indian city can draw the kinds of crowds that throng to Calcutta's
book fairs, art exhibitions, and concerts. The city's energy, penetrates
even to the meanest of slums, as a large number of Calcuttans sincerely
support the efforts of Mother Teresa and her missionaries who minister to
the poor and suffering. In short, Calcutta remains an enigma to many Indians
as well as to foreigners. It continues to puzzle newcomers and to arouse an
abiding nostalgia in the minds of those who have lived there. Our tour and
visits in this city would be an attempt to search the soul of this city and
in someways uplift ourselves from within. ) |
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