Countless silhouettes of divinity
By: Chinnu, S. Kumar
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Publisher: Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2022Edition: Vol.87(12), Dec.Description: 71-74p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Journal of the Indian institute of architects :(JIIA)Summary: As the train pulled out of Jaipur, I reminisced about my
previous trips to Kolkata. The City of Joy has never failed
to surprise me. During my first visit to Kolkata, I had been
just another visitor who had only dropped in at places of
tourist interest. The grandeur and charm of the Colonial
era definitely astonished me. But what stole my interest
most profoundly was the city’s streetscape in the backdrop,
fossilized, as it were, in the Colonial era. The giant banyan
trees with green foliage and thick brown roots gripping the
crevices of red Colonial edifices were nothing less than a
painting adorning the streets of Kolkata. On my second visit,
I wasn’t just a tourist: I was there to explore the quintessence
of the city.
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As the train pulled out of Jaipur, I reminisced about my
previous trips to Kolkata. The City of Joy has never failed
to surprise me. During my first visit to Kolkata, I had been
just another visitor who had only dropped in at places of
tourist interest. The grandeur and charm of the Colonial
era definitely astonished me. But what stole my interest
most profoundly was the city’s streetscape in the backdrop,
fossilized, as it were, in the Colonial era. The giant banyan
trees with green foliage and thick brown roots gripping the
crevices of red Colonial edifices were nothing less than a
painting adorning the streets of Kolkata. On my second visit,
I wasn’t just a tourist: I was there to explore the quintessence
of the city.
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