Calcutta Hotspots

Do you love hanging out? Visit Kolkata restaurants often? Why don’t you write reviews for these lovely places? It’s simple and you can earn a link to your favourite web sites along with an exposure for your writing.

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Yesterday we went to dine at the 5 rivers of Punjab, a lovely restaurant at the Mani Square Mall on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. I had been there with some friends earlier but the experience this time was even nicer.

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Your favorite blog on Calcutta (ok, Kolkata) has gone mobile. With the help of Webile, the mobile blog people, this blog is now visible on a mobile phone in an easy to read format.

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A new international school is opening in Kolkata – the Akademia International School. While strictly not a hangout, you should still explore this because every new school coming up in Kolkata will help to reduce the huge tension that the parents go through when looking for a good school to get their kids into.

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Bhikharam Chandmal has opened a new outlet at Salt Lake near the City Centre. They are selling sweets and salted snacks as well as North Indian dinner on self-service basis. They have the classic Bikaneri bhujia, chana-chur, namkeens and what not – almost everything you can expect from a North Indian, specially Rajasthani sweet shop.

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We are soon going to introduce business listings for Kolkata companies on this web site. Each registered business will get a one page listing with logo, company name and list of products and services that they offer along with contact information. There will a direct link to the company’s web site if they have one.

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We all love hanging out and eating at a food park. The main attraction is the wide variety of fare served from the different counters. A big group of guys and gals with diverse taste can all be happy and satisfied eating at a food park. Recently I visited a new food park and hang out at Infinity Benchmark in Salt Lake, Sector V – Bytes.

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Always crazy to try out new hangouts and restaurants? Visit Afraa and get enchanted with the white beauty.

I recently saw in a newspaper that Ambuja Realty has unveiled their new, all-white (Afraa means white) restaurant and got excited to try it out. I was sceptic of getting a quick seat on a Sunday evening, but took a chance anyway hoping that not-too many people have heard about it. I was surprised to see a fairly large number of people already dining out. You can’t keep a good thing hidden for long.

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As you know, we discuss Calcutta Hotspots on this blog. Well, we just got 1000s of hotspots. Any guess?

Ok, let me tell you the open secret I am talking about the thousands of Durga Puja pandals that have sprung up on the roads, in the parks, in the various complexes and even private houses. These are heavily decorated, themed and house the Goddess supreme, Ma Durga who is always reminding us the good always wins over evil.

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Calcutta does not miss a chance to celebrate. We are all preparing (read shopping) for the upcoming Durga Puja festival and bang! At midnight, Sony TV crowns Prashant Tamang,  our Calcutta Police constable as the Indian Idol. Yes, yes – I remember that he is from Darjeeling but he has become ours now . Personally I prefer Amit Paul’s singing to Prashant’s but probably Prashant’s fans did the SMS management better. The whole city stayed up till late to celebrate his surprise win.

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