I would say YES
Any visitor will say a big NO
Phuchka at Golpark.....adda and chai at Nandan with a self taught singer singing all beautiful Rabindranath numbers....tram trips via Victoria...holding on to the 'tinawalla' bus tickets under the watch strap...sneaking for a noon show at New Empire....hopping to savor Nahoums brownie....quick visit to the Academy for the art shows...lazying round to catch up with Nandikar's evening plays and fish cutlet.....window shopping and pitch haggling with Gariahat footpath vendors.....pick up a Bedwin roll...casually enter Someplace Else for Nandan Baggchi's Jazz....stroll on Park Street and check the books and mags from the street vendors....feel athletic with Badminton bats and quick shots with your friends on a Bandh ridden road.....flow with the crowd on Ashthami Pujo....feel proud to hop on a Metro and listen to soothing Rabindra Sangeet....visit relatives with one full 'bhaar' of mishtidoi....check the handicrafts and trade fairs and obviously the glamorous Book Fair where in at least 20 people are lost and found everyday and people from chandannogore invariably loose their slippers.....the serpentine lines on 25th December and on 31st at Zoo...Botanical Gardens....the picnic parties at Maidan....people of all class enjoying their fullest....women in merc's gauging on the roadside Bhelpuri...the smile is the only constant factor in Calcutta!
The simple pleasures of Calcutta - the range Calcutta has to offer to all sects makes the city so special and unique!!
Dont judge the book by its cover - feel it!!!
