If you’ve ever looked at a map, Dhaka and Kolkata seem like twins. They share the same delta, the same monsoon rains, and the same mother tongue—Bengali. But after visiting Kolkata twice and exploring almost every corner of the city,…
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Beyond the Border: How Partition Remade the Soul of Kolkata
While many look at Kolkata through the lens of British colonials and marble monuments, for me, the true transformation of the city began in 1947. As a traveler from Dhaka, I realized that the Kolkata I see today—its neighborhoods, its…