No trip to Calcutta is complete without a trip to the old Ganges. I found this sign on a wall as I stumbled across the narrow gauge rail track that follows the river. 

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Found on a walk through the serpentine streets of a city I called home for 17 years. Two days before the new year. I was instructed to take a lot of pictures. But the images in my head didn't make space.

I wish all of you a very happy new year.

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There are things that help you to reach out. If only they were applicable to all.

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Sunday evenings can be numbing. Especially if you suddenly find yourself in an auto, going nowhere in particular. And like every big city, this one too revels in the uncanny ability to throw up exactly the kind of stuff that you wouldn't want to see. Suddenly everyone is a couple. With all the money in the world. The men seem fitter. The women sexier. So I prefer to look inside.

Here's what I see.