There are 7 Chinese Cemeteries in Kolkata and out of these 6 are located in and around Tangra while the 7th one is located in Chowbaga. For a long I have been documenting these cemeteries so finally I have decided to compile a single blog with all the details and location. I have covered all…
I was writing a blog about Chinese Cemeteries in Kolkata since this is perhaps the only city in India with not one but two Chinatowns. So, it was obvious that there must be quite a few Chinese Cemeteries in Kolkata. While I was busy documenting and covering all the cemeteries in Kolkata, I remembered that…
You must have read several blogs and articles regarding Achipur so why would you go ahead and read this blog? To start with I took around two years to go through several reference documents and trying to understand the logic behind this whole sugar industry in the first place. There are two different aspects to…
The Chinese have been trading with India for centuries and it was no surprise when one Chinese trader decided to set shop right near the city. With the establishment of a sugar processing plant, Tong Achew unknowingly sowed a seed for his community to call this country their home. Even though the sugar processing factory…
Calcutta in the 1800 and early 1900 was like the Shanghai and Singapore combined together. It was a major trading hub and people of the world came to this city for trade and commerce. Kolkata once had a significant Chinese population and even though it has drastically decreased over the years its presence still is…
One of the aspects of being a blogger from India is that you will inevitably get many phone calls from readers and many of them not necessarily be knowing the subject matter with which to converse with you. I have received calls from readers who actually wanted to install an electric crematorium in their village…
