Kolkata Ride

God has made us and this beautiful earth to see stars, moon, sun, each and every beauty created by him. But we have to make arrangement to see our own beauty, beauty that is created by us. Plane was rushing to kiss the runway at Kolkata Airport in the evening and I was dumbfounded while I was taking glance of the city thorough the plane window. Sun was behind the bars and Light was sparkling in the street. Vehicles were gliding on the city roads and I was lost in those lights. Finally plane had kissed the runway and everything disappeared in the darkness.

I have taken the bird’s eye view from the plane window. Now it was turn to look all those beautiful things through typical yellow Ambassador Taxi. I took a Taxi and got settled my bums in the back seat. God Ganesha and Goddess kali were fixed on the middle of the front dashboard in the taxi. I was listening to taxi driver while he was describing about the city and places around. Taxi was heading to the Guest house and I was lost in watching everything those were going past. I was elated when I saw the sweets shop. I was disheartened in the next moment when I saw the chicken in the hands of butcher who was near to slice from its neck. The view from the window had been changed before I saw the palpitating chicken. Driver pushed the brake suddenly at the cross road and one cute chubby girl passed on her scooter by the Taxi window. Driver again shift the gear from neutral to first & with little jerk we were again on the board. City bus passed by the window while conductor was standing at the back door holding the four times folded 10 rupees note in every recess of his fingers. Road side vendor had arranged the flowers and tiny bonsai plants in small pots. Those plants and flowers were damn gorgeous. Suddenly one Tram passed by the Taxi and I lost that view. In the next moment we were passing above the Hooghly River. Darkness had made its place on the surface of the dirty water. Lights were twinkling on the boat and ships which were gliding smoothly on the surface. I was near to reach the guest house while Taxi was passing by the famous Park Street of Kolkata. Few vendors were selling spicy and tasty street foods. “Puchkas” are very famous among all the other street foods in Kolkata. Some vendors were selling T-shirts, sweaters, watches, wallet, eye glasses etc. The beauty of this street was lying in the duality where Vendors were selling these items on the one side and Almost all the branded stores were lying on the other side. After one day I left this city early in the morning. This time plane was rushing to kiss the sky and street  lights were off and almost whole city was covered in the fog.