That's what the city calls itself. but in reality it's chaos, poverty, dirt, squallor and survival, mixed with beauty, colonial remains, culture and beliefs of all persuasions.
Homeless drifter.
Movie posters.
Traffic chaos.
Beggar.
Leftwing wall posters.
Believers at the temple of Kali.
Women getting wet in the Hooghly river at the Kali temple, where it is deemed holy .
Homeless woman.
Lonely fisherman in the dirty Hooghly.
Scavenger of empty plastic bottles.
People from a slum area, including a priest, holy man..
A row of beggars.
Women washing in the riverr.
India tea house.
Bridge and Railway bridge over the Hooghly.
Local tourists to St. Pauls cathedral.
Book sellers.
Bathing at a religious spot.
Manpower.
Traffic jam.