Missed reading this blog? Well, back with a new Photo-walk memory, and its about the latest Photo-walk at Terreti bazar(market) which is a famous food spot for the chinese people cos none can resist those awesome dumplings, well dumplings, as we call momo is equally special among us as well..Isn’t that so? And also the Chinese New Year happens every year at this area, and it’s indeed a marvelous scene, hundreds of people gather around the street and you cannot blink for a sec, you blink you miss, cos each second is a pleasure for the eyes! So, as planned we all joined the Photo-walk for Terreti bazar(market) at 6am this 14th of July, the previous day it was raining but luckily this day was sunny and the weather was nice indeed!
Well before we start with more details lets tune back to past and know a little bit about Chinese people and Kolkata..Shall we?
Read on..
“Kolkata, then known as Calcutta, was the capital of British India from 1772 to 1911. It was also geographically the easiest accessible metropolitan area from China by land. The first person of Chinese origin to arrive in Calcutta was Yang Tai Chow who arrived in 1778. He worked in a sugar mill with the eventual goal of saving enough to start a tea trade. Many of the earliest immigrants worked on the Khidderpore docks. A police report in 1788 mentions a sizable Chinese population settled in the vicinity of Bow Bazaar Street.
Many of the Chinese of Kolkata are Christians. A large number of the younger generations became Christians due to the influence of missionary schools they studied in. The Chinese New Year remains widely observed. Hakka Chinese of Kolkata tend to be endogamous but at the same time have integrated into Kolkata society by learning the Bengali language.”
From Wikipedia
Back to Photo-walk now
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| The group. Photo by: Arin Paul. |
We all met near Lalbazar Police Station, everyone was on time, only a few came later.
Our food and street Photo-walk started around 6:15 am, and we all marched together hand in hand clicking whatever things we saw there, people, faces, kids, foods, we saw, we clicked.
After a few minutes, our group started to feel hungry, so they decided to have breakfast, but only a few decided to stick to clicking.
Spotted a man reading early morning newspaper, must be some interesting news, we can surely see that in his expression. Spotted and framed.
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| Photo by: Malay Ghosh. |
A seller lost in his thoughts, what is he thinking by the way? spotted and framed.
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| Photo by: Somdev Sengupta |
And the most affluent buyer..well the shirt is pretty, but smoking early in the morning isn't good for health..spotted and wasted no time. FRAMED.
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| Photo by: Anirban Roy |
The happy lady spotted amidst the crowd. The dumpling tastes yummy!!! *She must be thinking*
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| Photo by: Tathagata Das |
The dream girl of ODOP. Little Brishti :)
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| Little ODOP'ian. |
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| The busy ODOP'ians. By: Arin Paul |
What's he talking about? History of these dumplings? we wonder!
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| Photo by: Malay Ghosh |
The men busy preparing breakfasts for strangers, isn't that a lovely thing? :)
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| Photo by: Sumit Chakraborty |
Which one to choose? haha, getting confused is no big deal at this market!
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| Photo by: Tathagata Das |
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| Photo by: Tathagata Das |
Stalking food lovers is an addiction some people have, so clicking photos of them is their duty!
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| Photo by: Reema |
The angry and the busy..
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| Photo by: Subhash Saha |
This is how our group feasts.
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| Photo by: Arin Paul |
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| Photo by: Ishani Barman |
A seller ready to sell.
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| Photo by: Jaya Roy |
Spotted some old friends..
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| Photo by: Reema. |
Innocence is beauty!
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| Photo by: Aritra Nandy |
It's us and them.
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| Photo by: Rimita Sen |
You can check out this Youtube link to see what Terreti Bazar actually looks like-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ge8MiSnlI
After clicking for a while we visited a nearby Chinese Church “TOONG ON CHURCH”, and with the help of the man in-charge of the Church we got permission to click for a while..and so our food and street Photo-walk turned into Church Photo-walk as well, and wasting no time we decided to decode the beauty of the house of God through our lens :)
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| Photo by: Bishal Roy |
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| Photo by: Ishani Barman |
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| Photo by: Sumit Chakraborty |
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| Chinese God. Photo by: Ananya Paul |
The windows..
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| Photo by: Somdev Sengupta |
The blood red walls!
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| Photo by: Somdev Sengupta |
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| Photo by: Reema |
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| Photo by: Reema |
So, the memory ends here, well its still as fresh as morning dew in our mind, we will cherish it forever. Will be back with some new updates soon, till then stay tuned.
Fun Unlimited....
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