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Beyond tragic! The Calcutta of the late 60s when I was a college student, was vibrant. The atmosphere was charged, the students driven... to preserve a space that had so much character and possibilities. Today, I do dread the city... which I haven't visited since over four years. It's lost in a morass of indifference.

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…”morass of indifference” - truly.

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"Everybody in Kolkata believes they can change the world. Even when their own house is burning." Perfectly expressed.

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Sad but true. Indeed.

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Worshipping the past. .. Something we oldies too must be careful about :))

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Neatly sketched the frustrations of a decaying city breathing feebly in its lost glory.

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