Calcutta, currently known as Kolkata, was the capital of India in the British era before it was shiftedback to New Delhi.
The native language here is Bengali. However most people understand Hindi (another Indian language) and English too. The city of Calcutta is often referred to as the city of art loving emotional people proud of their liberal mind and humanitarian philosophy.
Like everywhere else in the world, things have changed over the years - some for good and some not so favourable. Still its a good place to visit to have the essence of the Bengali culture in India with a glimpse of its ancient British reminiscence.
Kolkata offers its residence and visitors a wide varieties of food. Whether its a Punjabi cish or NorthIndian cuisine, South Indian or pure Bengali cuisine and e ...