Calcutta Guestbook

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I feel proud to write something in this Calcutta guestbook.I express my by wishes to all of my PRABASI Bengali friends.
Samaresh Chakrabarti
Delhi, USA - Wednesday, May 15, 1996 at 22:27:07 (EST)

visited calcutta in 1992 for the first time.Charmed by the city, and its people.No place quite like it,a truly fantastic place despite the apparent ills.Vey much alive and vibrant.
anand ramamurthi <aramamu@master.ceat.okstate.edu>
stillwater, OK USA - Wednesday, May 15, 1996 at 13:02:24 (EST)

I really feel proud to write something in this Calcuta guestbook.I express my best wishes to all of my PRABASI Bengali friends.
Samaresh Chakrabarti
Delhi, USA - Wednesday, May 15, 1996 at 08:06:03 (EST)

I feel very much proud to write something n ths Calcutta guest book.I express my best wishes to all my PRABASI Bengali friends. This really exciting to write something in this Calcutta guestbook.
Samaresh Chakrabarti
Delhi, USA - Wednesday, May 15, 1996 at 07:10:38 (EST)

Ajke onek deri hoa galo. Amera bangla ta web lakher jantra tary korchi. Baruba khove tara tari. Badi ta khov balo laglo. Hillol
Hillol Sarkar <hillol.sarkar@worldnet.att.net>
San Jose, CA USA - Tuesday, May 14, 1996 at 23:52:30 (EST)

I'm a "Bengali Gujju" who lived in Cal for 25 years, and just visited last Oct '95, some things don't change at all, just the way I like it. Hat's off to you , for giving me "CALCUTTA" on line. God, I miss those 'aaloo chops' & 'puchkas".
Jayesh Patel
New Britain, CT USA - Tuesday, May 14, 1996 at 14:39:39 (EST)

Calcutta sounds like a very interesting and neat place to visit!!!
Amy J. Thatcher <amjthatc@indiana.edu>
Bloomington, IN USA - Sunday, May 12, 1996 at 17:00:37 (EST)

HELLO OUT THERE! I am researching about Calcutta and the railraoad. If anyone ahas any info, please send! Email me if you want an email partner too!
Crash Dummy <kylem@nis.accel.worc.k12.ma.us>
Worcester, MA USA - Friday, May 10, 1996 at 11:29:46 (EST)

I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN INDIA,SINCE MY FORTH PARENTS ARE FROM THERE.I AM QUITE IMPRESSED WITH CALCUTTA.
NATASHA DASS < >
CALGARY, ALTA CANADA - Thursday, May 09, 1996 at 21:48:42 (EST)

I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN INDIA,SINCE MY FORTH PARENTS ARE FROM THERE.I AM QUITE IMPRESSED WITH CALCUTTA.
NATASHA DASS <dassn@cadvision.com>
CALGARY, ALTA CANADA - Thursday, May 09, 1996 at 21:46:54 (EST)

eeeeesh! tomader jonyo amar aar degree pawa hobe na. rat jege metamorphic essay finally shesh korbo bhebechilam, ta aar holo na. dol bedhe boshe gelam smriti teerthe. aami aat bachar ( 8 - 16 yrs age) kolkatay katiyechi. - any Carmelites out there? Nalanda Tutorial? jadavpur nibashi? ekhon ami nijeke badda eka bodh kori, kolkatar bangali ebong 2nd generation british, is a bit of an odd combination. keu jodi nijeke aamar dol e felte chao, to aamake janio. aar jodi kono cyber-adda r khobor thake tao janale khushi hobo. kolkata r upor anek site dekhechi, kintu eta sabcheye sundar. aar sabar moton aamio boli ditto - "boddo bhalo laglo" krityogyota roilo
Indrani Choudhury <I.Choudhury@sms.ed.ac.uk>
Edinburgh, Scotland - Tuesday, May 07, 1996 at 21:56:36 (EST)

Good job! It is indeed a pleasant surprise to see a home page on Calcutta. I was born there, and I also lived there for twenty years, and even though I've been away for a while, I will always regard myself to be a proud Calcuttan!
Jai A. Pathak <jai@plmsc.psu.edu>
University Park, PA USA - Tuesday, May 07, 1996 at 20:01:20 (EST)

All hail the great Lords of Bengal, who fathered the race of Mag Dalena and gave us the strength to conquer the world!!!
Michael of Mag Dalena <mag_dalena@eden.eurypides.cybernet.org.com>
Sunset, CA USA - Monday, May 06, 1996 at 22:30:21 (EST)

All hail the great Lords of Bengal, who fathered the race of Mag Dalena and gave us the strength to conquer the world!!!
Michael of Mag Dalena <mag_dalena@eden.eurypides.cybernet.org.com>
Sunset, CA USA - Monday, May 06, 1996 at 22:29:37 (EST)

All hail the great Lords of Bengal, who fathered the race of Mag Dalena and gave us the strength to conquer the world!!!
Michael of Mag Dalena <mag_dalena@eden.eurypides.cybernet.org.com>
Sunset, CA USA - Monday, May 06, 1996 at 22:29:06 (EST)

Being a second-generation Bengali who has visited Calcutta many times over, thank you for this web page! I have long believed in the cultural primacy of the Bengali culture, and the scope of this page is yet another tribute to the diversity, richness, and the independent nature of our people and where we came from.
Neil Debarshi Ghosh <ndghosh@ucdavis.edu>
Davis, CA USA - Monday, May 06, 1996 at 22:23:33 (EST)

It was great to find some additional information about Calcutta. Thank you - but I missed some charts.
Heiko Althoff <heiko_althoff@uni-essen.de>
Essen, NRW Germany - Friday, May 03, 1996 at 07:09:57 (EST)

Just great! Sab theke bhalo laglo chhabi-gulo. Ritimoto professional.Gallery-te add korar janyo koyek-ta suggestion: Metro Rail Station, Durgapujo, Sealdah during rush hour, Eden Stadium, second Hooghly bridge, "brigade-e meeting", fuchkawala... nah! baddo lamba hoye jachchhe list-ta ar sei moto nostalgia-o barchhe... Congratulations!
Debarag Banerjee <banerjee@bme.utmem.edu>
Memphis, TN USA - Thursday, May 02, 1996 at 14:01:33 (EST)

Aar keechu bolar niye. oto log shob keechu bole dilo je! Anyway, it was a fantastic experience. I was born and raised in Calcutta, so this page means a lot to me. Here;s a personal dhonnobaad. I LOVE CALCUTTA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sharad Ghai <sghai@olivetnet.edu>
Olivet, MI USA - Wednesday, May 01, 1996 at 19:08:24 (EST)

Aschorjo Laglo je eto somoy kotha theke pelen.Nischoy dui theke teen ghonta dine ditey hoy. Khuub bahlo legeche.
debashish bagchi <bagchi-d@norcmail.uchicago.edu>
Chicago, il USA - Wednesday, May 01, 1996 at 16:00:51 (EST)

Mousumi & Kajal, Tomader kora Calcutta-r home page ta dekhlaam. Execellent job, starting from page design to the material contents. Tomader dujon-kay aami-e project-a A+ diye dilaam! Keep it up! Sujoy
Sujoy Ghose <sughose@indiana.edu>
Bloomington, IN USA - Wednesday, May 01, 1996 at 08:53:01 (EST)

This is wonderful! I have never been to India, but I have long had an interest in the country - and Bengal in particular. Your page is a great way to become acquainted with it. Onek dhanyavad!
Ian Holloway <ian.holloway@anu.edu.au>
Canberra, ACT Australia - Wednesday, May 01, 1996 at 04:47:39 (EST)

A great page for Bengalis like me who unfortunately have never been a Calcuttan !
Swagato Basumallick <swgto@lsil.com>
Sunnyvale, CA USA - Tuesday, April 30, 1996 at 16:24:51 (EST)

Bahut khoob!! Thanks for creating yet another fabulous page for Calcutta. I greatly enjoyed reading it.. Good luck and keep it up, Atul
Atul Narkhede
San Francisco, CA USA - Monday, April 29, 1996 at 17:25:08 (EST)

Excellent work. Hope to see more additions soon
Indrajit Ray <iray@isse.gmu.edu>
Fairfax, VA USA - Monday, April 29, 1996 at 16:57:04 (EST)

Khoob Bhalo Laglo.
Shantanu Sen <ssen@cvsd.cv.com>
San Diego, CA USA - Monday, April 29, 1996 at 14:51:35 (EST)

Great Job! Congratulation for making Calcutta 'Kallolini, Tilottoma' in Web(2). Keep it up.
Sabyasachi Roy <SabyRoy@aol.com>
Reston, VA USA - Monday, April 29, 1996 at 12:52:49 (EST)

Great job!
anujit mukherjee <anujit@kodak.com>
Rochester, NY USA - Sunday, April 28, 1996 at 20:35:15 (EST)

Hi. Somehow, searching the Web for Calcutta seems the most natural way to sign off at the end of the day. Thank you for providing one more stop on the way. Of course, Delhi is physically far closer to Calcutta than Indiana. But on the Web, distance matters little, right? Thank you again.
Arunava Sinha <arunava.sinha@pobox.com>
Delhi, India - Sunday, April 28, 1996 at 13:12:45 (EST)

Great work, with lots of stuff of interest! I've changed my Calcutta link to now point to this page! No way to return to to the home frame, though. :-(
Shanku Niyogi <shanku@accent.net>
Etobicoke, ON Canada - Saturday, April 27, 1996 at 17:05:02 (EST)

This is a great page and I hope to see more clear pictures and more information.
Snehasis Ganguly <sneha@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Potsdam, NY USA - Saturday, April 27, 1996 at 09:58:08 (EST)

Great Site! Actually brings back some fond memories of visits to Calcutta while working and living in India and Bangladesh.
John Friesen <jfriesen@mts.net>
Steinbach, MB Canada - Friday, April 26, 1996 at 23:05:02 (EST)

Good stuff, keep it up.
Shubu Mukherjee <shubu@cs.wisc.edu>
Madison, WI USA - Friday, April 26, 1996 at 16:25:15 (EST)

I am thrilled ! Why don't you add some short stories in bengali scripts ?
mahua mukherjee <lthvov@lthvov.vsek.lth.se>
lund, sweden - Friday, April 26, 1996 at 03:08:29 (EST)

Thanks for the home page!
darius medhora <dmedhora@ix.netcom.com>
Sunnyvale, CA USA - Wednesday, April 24, 1996 at 18:24:27 (EST)

I enjoyed your page very much. Please keep on updating.
Partha Adhya <partha@reiusa.com>
Yorba Linda, LA USA - Tuesday, April 23, 1996 at 16:50:54 (EST)

homepage ta khoob bhalo baniaachen. Dhanyabad.
abhijit kumar basu <akb5368@rit.edu>
rochester, ny USA - Tuesday, April 23, 1996 at 08:46:14 (EST)

Please include Thakur RamkrishnaDev, Swami Vivekananda, etc. especially Swamiji's name along with Mother Teresa. Actually it will be nice if you could include a section/page on Dakhineshwar, Belur Math, etc. A nice picture of Dusk on the bank of Ganga (viewed from Belur) with SandhyaPradip all lit in Dakhineshwar would be nice! Wish technology was farther ahead so that sound of ka(n)shor-ghanta and sa(n)kh could be included! Sigh! I wish to congratulate you guys on what a tremendous job you have done!! Sure it brought back a deluge of emotions...a longing...a reminder of where we belong. Keep up the good work! Calcutta has always been the seat of culture, now is the time to prove it again! PLease also include a section containing addresses of institutions involved in social work so that people who are interested in making contributions or information can have easy access. In case you need to contact me please e-mail at banerjee@rss.dl.nec.com Thanks and congratulations again!
Nandini Mitra Banerjee <eusnban@exu.ericsson.se>
Dallas, TX USA - Monday, April 22, 1996 at 13:27:40 (EST)

CALCUTTA ONLINE IS LIKE A DREAM COMING TRUE. I WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN CALCUTTA AND I HAVE BEEN CURSING CALCUTTA SINCE THE DAY I SAW THE FIRST ALBINO COCKROACH AND SAW THE KNEE DEEP MUDDY WATER , THE VERY THOUGHT OF THE CHEMICAL COMBINATION OF THIS WATER MAKES ME SHIVER. INSPITE OF ALL THESE ,I WOULD NEVER EVEN DREAM OF LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT MY CALCUTTA.
PRAKASH PACHISIA <pachisia@giascl01.vsnl.net.in>
CALCUTTA, INDIA - Monday, April 22, 1996 at 00:26:01 (EST)

We have been back from visiting Calcutta only 1 month ago! This was GREAT, to revisit Calcutta this way. Thanks for the great job!!
Lisa and Halim <102504.3601@compuserve.com>
Minneapolis, MN USA - Saturday, April 20, 1996 at 21:22:37 (EST)

khub bhalo laghlow..........
maqbul jamil <mjamil@indiana.edu>
Bloomington, IN USA - Saturday, April 20, 1996 at 19:41:37 (EST)

Durdanto Laglo. ER THEKE AR BHALO HOY NA.
Parantap Lahiri <lahiri@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in>
Bombay, Maharastra India - Saturday, April 20, 1996 at 10:27:30 (EST)

This Page is too cool for words . Keep the good work up !! I'm sure I will add a few comments later on ... ******* Aabar Dakha Hobay **********
Jeet Sikand <st963c58@echidna.cowan.edu.au>
Perth, WA Australia - Friday, April 19, 1996 at 04:10:45 (EST)

This Page is too cool for words . Keep the good work up !! I'm sure I will add a few comments later on ... ******* Aabar Dakha Hobay **********
Jeet Sikand <st963c58@echidna.cowan.edu.au>
Perth, WA Australia - Friday, April 19, 1996 at 04:10:33 (EST)

Apologies all around for the plethora of messages. My computer would not indicate that the message had been received and I thought they had been lost. I think you can erase all messages except one. I am sorry (but it is rather funny, too.)
Mary Anne Morel <morel@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Calgary, Alberta Canada - Tuesday, April 16, 1996 at 23:12:45 (EST)

The comments in your guestbook are very interesting--perhaps your Bengali readers wouldn't mind sharing their comments with us monolinguists. Thanks for a very good page and for having a guestbook for those who love Calcutta (my favorite city in India).
Mary Anne Morel <morel@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Calgary, Alberta - Tuesday, April 16, 1996 at 20:29:03 (EST)

I like to check up on your guestbook periodically to read the comments, but am sorry about my awkward monolingualism. Would your Bengali readers mind giving a brief translation for the rest of us? (If I could find a Bengali primer, it would be fun to t ry to translate! Keep up the good work with your wonderful page.
Mary Anne Morel
Calgary, Alberta Canada - Tuesday, April 16, 1996 at 20:16:03 (EST)

Hi: You did a splendid job!! baro bhaalo laaglo dekhe je Kolkata'ke erokam sundar kore tule dharaa hoyeche. Bishe- shato, tomaader chobigulo!! baro bhaalo graphics, tomraa korecho, dekhe chokh jurie galo. Thanks a lot for providing such a relief from the drudgery of grading, teaching, research et. al. Jodi konodin edike aaso, to nimantran railo. Dwidhaa naa kore jaanaabe. kalachand.
Kala Chand Seal <kseal@lmumail.lmu.edu>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Tuesday, April 16, 1996 at 16:23:54 (EST)

I can't express how excited I was to see this on the internet. To be able to read 2 lines written in Bengali was really quite incredible. I am gald that I found this. I think I will be stopping by quite often from now on.
Anindita Sen <anisen@lab.hsl.ecu.edu>
Greenville, NC USA - Tuesday, April 16, 1996 at 15:03:14 (EST)

Great page...I am interested in your city of Calcutta because my husband and I sponsor a child through Christian Children's Fund there, and also have several friends ministering there in the name of JESUS.
Granny Wendy <rocky.bohnet@bcaa.bc.ca>
Vancouver, BC Canada - Friday, April 12, 1996 at 16:26:39 (EST)

This is one of those sites one does not expect. But Hey! I have just begun Net Surfing. Good Luck.
Gautam Dass
Melbourne, VIC AUSTRALIA - Thursday, April 11, 1996 at 07:43:07 (EST)

Brilliant page on Calcutta !! Well done.
Soumendra Datta <datta@bogo.co.uk>
London, Middlesex United Kingdom - Wednesday, April 10, 1996 at 21:17:44 (EST)

KOLKATAR PATA DARUN HOYECHHE !! Khub bhalo laglo. Baha Baha Besh Besh
Dibyendu, Mou, Korak <dsarkar@utk.edu>
Knoxville, TN USA - Sunday, April 07, 1996 at 14:44:19 (EST)

Mousumi & Kajal : You did an excellent job in creating this awesome homepage for Calcutta. Congratulations and thanks from an incorrigible Calcttan. Mayukh
Mayukh Chaudhuri <mayukh@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu>
Memphis, TN USA - Friday, April 05, 1996 at 19:41:10 (EST)

APNADER DUJONKE ANEK THANK YOU. KHOOB BHALO LEGECHHE.
BAMBINA RAY <RAYA@VISA.COM>
LONDON, UK - Friday, April 05, 1996 at 14:27:52 (EST)

I visited Calcutta in 1987 for almost a week, then flew up to Siliguri and back. I stayed at the Great Eastern Hotel--very Raj-like, but also with the only cockroaches I saw in India. Calcutta is a wonderful, invigorating city; I wandered about the ci ty trying hard to look like a local but not succeeeding, of course. I went to Kalighat (Mother Teresa') and to Prem Dan, St. Thomas's, the Writers' Building, the Maidan, the Anglican cathedral, and anywhere I could walk in the centre of town. It was wond erful. I was in India again in 1991 for three months but mostly in Rajaasthan and in the south, so I'm looking forward to making another trip to Calcutta in 1997 or 1998. Thanks for all the photographs. They brought back memories. Sincerely, Mary Anne Morel
Mary Anne Morel <morel@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Calgary, AB Canada - Friday, April 05, 1996 at 00:57:39 (EST)

Dekhte dekhte je kotha diye samay kete gelo bujhtei parlam na.Suru korechilam ekai, jakhon uthchi takhon ekgada bandhu jaro hoyeche - keu ba Maidan dekhe 'aji challam' bole chitkar dilo, keu ashesh agraha niye Esplanade-e chena mukher tallash korte sur u korlo. Eto bhir ar chitkarer phankeo amar mon-ta kemon jeno kharap hoye gelo. Anekdin muri-chanachur ar Charminar khaoa hoy na. Suniler upanyas ardhek para hoyechilo Deshe-e, Joy Goswamir natun boi-ta to chokhei dekhlam na. Tabu etokhhon dhare je ei may a-bhraman, e nischay ek darun paoa. Kritagyata o dhanyabad Mousumi ar Kajol-er prapya.
Bhaskar Chakrabarti <bc203@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Cambridge, England UK - Wednesday, April 03, 1996 at 15:00:14 (EST)

Thank you very much MOUSUMI & KAJAL for the nice Calcutta home page maintained by you. Calcutta is my home city as well. So any such nice reference of Calcutta gives me an emotional boost(???). Do you know of any cyber 'adda-club' of Calcuttans (or Bengalis)? Let me know.
Debashis Sengupta <deb@knpc.com.kw>
Salmiyah, KUWAIT - Monday, April 01, 1996 at 07:35:41 (EST)

I worked for Missionaries of Charity for 3 months last year. I shall return this year. Your page gave me a needed "Calcutta-Fix" today when I wished I were walking down A.J.C.Bose Road, heading for work...THANK YOU.
Paula DeNicola <pbrouwer@netcom.com>
San Francisco, CA USA - Sunday, March 31, 1996 at 00:59:50 (EST)

Bhalo Laglo.
B Hari <ontrack@giascl01.vsnl.net.in>
Calcutta, WB India - Saturday, March 30, 1996 at 13:16:56 (EST)

Cool site! Brought back memories of great addas around Presidency College and of my great alma mater:ISI Calcutta
Dr. T <tapen_sinha@macmail.bond.edu.au>
Gold Coast, QLD Australia - Saturday, March 30, 1996 at 01:09:41 (EST)

Heart-felt congratulations from an "addabaj" fellow Calcuttan! Please keep your splendid efforts up. All the best.
A. Ray. <raya@visa.com>
London, USA - Wednesday, March 27, 1996 at 09:23:06 (EST)

I hope to visit Calcutta one day and the rest of India too. It is a beautiful country.
sarjit kaur
australia - Wednesday, March 27, 1996 at 03:57:18 (EST)

I hope to visit calcutta one day. It should be very soon. It is very difficult to say anything at the moment about calcutta. I heard that it has its beautiful spots. soon I will be there.
sarjit kaur
nsw australia - Wednesday, March 27, 1996 at 03:52:47 (EST)

Hello Calcutta! Please answer our survey. 1.your age? 2. your gender? 3. your location? 4. Were you read-to as a toddler? 5. Do you enjoy reading? 6. How many books do you read per month? Thank you, Germantown Bulldogs
Germantown Bulldogs <germantown@ezl.com>
Germantown, IL USA - Tuesday, March 26, 1996 at 10:49:35 (EST)

I stayed in Calcutta for some time last year, and found it to be the most incredible place.Give my regards to the Park Hotel, and to Loreto Sealdah
Eamonn Carey <blf2116@iol.ie>
Dublin, Ireland - Sunday, March 24, 1996 at 09:09:56 (EST)

Congratulations! Very well-done.
Hara Prasad Ghosh <ghosh@fhs.mcmaster.ca>
Hamilton, ont CANADA - Friday, March 22, 1996 at 23:09:34 (EST)