tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post1684700463466728797..comments2024-03-27T07:48:23.030-11:00Comments on Intelliblog: TRAVEL TUESDAY #47 - KOLKATA, INDIAIntellibloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-43154142684981913632016-10-05T02:52:58.376-11:002016-10-05T02:52:58.376-11:00In all the pictures I've seen of India, I'...In all the pictures I've seen of India, I've never seen a building like this one before. Very interesting and impressive. I would love to go to India. I've always been so fascinated with it.Amy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878073765579182362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-10031675508594386642016-10-04T18:16:31.534-11:002016-10-04T18:16:31.534-11:00Beautiful shot. There are more people in the city ...Beautiful shot. There are more people in the city of Kolkata than in the country in which I live (NZ has only 4.3 m). Rhonda Albomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455873487349816911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-88018144467323866602016-10-04T11:25:23.804-11:002016-10-04T11:25:23.804-11:00Awesome building.Awesome building.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-61255359811804833902016-10-04T10:52:09.935-11:002016-10-04T10:52:09.935-11:00I have never been to India, but I would think it w...I have never been to India, but I would think it would be fascinating. Thank you for this small taste of it!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-73073498857284233202016-10-04T07:14:19.102-11:002016-10-04T07:14:19.102-11:00Hmm, it looks like my comment disappeared ...so he...Hmm, it looks like my comment disappeared ...so here it is again.<br />Even though I haven't been to India, I know about daily life there, because our son stayed for a month in India with his friend. Interesting culture:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-68336160526089335332016-10-04T05:59:29.390-11:002016-10-04T05:59:29.390-11:00As you noted, Calcutta served as the capital of Br...As you noted, Calcutta served as the capital of British India, at least until the capital was moved to New Delhi before WW1. Perhaps that loss had something to do with Calcutta becoming the centre for the national independence movement. So it would be interesting to speculate whether The HUGE Victoria Memorial would have looked so monumental and striking, had it been proposed a couple of decades later. Or proposed by an Indian nationalist instead of by Lord Curzon.<br /><br />We might have expected the design to be in the Indo-Saracenic revivalist style, using a mixture of British and Mughal elements. But who would they have been honouring with Venetian and Egyptian architectural influences?<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-63359104932212714422016-10-04T04:31:33.180-11:002016-10-04T04:31:33.180-11:00Another wonderful destination.
Worth a Thousand W...Another wonderful destination.<br /><br /><a href="http://calrat.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Worth a Thousand Words</a>Photo Cachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17734663922538063553noreply@blogger.com