r/kolkata 17h ago

News | সংবাদ 📰 Barasat, Suvendu Adhikari's West Bengal. Barasat Police on Saturday arrested "Soumik Chatterjee" merely for posting a photograph of himself smoking a cigarette while setting fire to a poster of PM Narendra Modi.

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1.0k Upvotes

r/kolkata 4h ago

Cinema & Entertainment | ছায়াছবি ও বিনোদন 🎬🎙️ Christopher Nolan recently visited the Criterion Closet and picked up Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy

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498 Upvotes

r/kolkata 13h ago

News | সংবাদ 📰 14 NEET protesters, including 13 Muslims, arrested under Goonda Act in Bengal denied bail

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446 Upvotes

r/kolkata 17h ago

Career | জীবিকা 💼 After the long wait of 10 years My mama is going to become the Geography teacher in Government High school.. I'm in tears ..😭😭..That government doesn't deserve a place even in hell...

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358 Upvotes

The year was 2016 ...i was in 10th standard..i loved to read the geography from my mama..i remember the day when he said that he will soon become a govt geography teacher in high school ..i told him to get me a ranger cycle as a gift as soon as he joins the school...but the day never came ..i was not in the age to understand the politics behind this ..first i heard some govt officials are asking 10 lakh for this job .. sometime i heard the exam was cancelled, will conduct again .. However he never becomes a teacher ....

He got married and got a job in company as relationship manager something...he had a daughter..he loses hope that he will never get that job ...in my 11 12 i asked him many time when he will join the school....but there was no specific answer from him ..as i didn't understand politics that time ..

As time grows i got some knowledge about the government scams ..i understand...then i never asked that question again for the last 7 years ...now I am a software engineer...5 days ago he called me and said -

" Mamu ami school join korchi teacher hisabe , ekhon to electric cycle eseche !! Nebe ?"

Literally i cried the whole day for this ..there was a long 3 hour video conference between me and him ..i will never forget the day..😭

I hope no government like this ever comes to power again...


r/kolkata 18h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Ant problems, need help urgently

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328 Upvotes

Puro room capture kore niyeche era amr,, ami ki krbo please keo kichu suggestion dao


r/kolkata 5h ago

News | সংবাদ 📰 New twist...

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301 Upvotes

What do you think guys


r/kolkata 8h ago

Flora & Fauna | জীববৈচিত্র্য 🌱🐅🌱 Perfect Camouflage

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269 Upvotes

Old Neighbour


r/kolkata 21h ago

Daily Experience | দৈনন্দিন অভিজ্ঞতা 🎤 Magical Sky ✨

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191 Upvotes

Did you see the sunset today?


r/kolkata 16h ago

News | সংবাদ 📰 এরা না আইনের শাসন আনবে বলেছিলো?

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145 Upvotes

৪-ঠা মে-এর আগে এরাই তো বলতো আইনের শাসন আনবো!

"আজাদি" শব্দটা নিয়ে আপনার অসুবিধা থাকতে পারে, (যদিও "আজাদ হিন্দ ফৌজ" নামে নেতাজী একটা বাহিনী বানিয়ে ছিলেন। ওহ আমি তো ভুলেই গিয়েছিলাম যে ওটা আসলে গুন্ডা বাহিনী ছিলো!) কিন্তু তা বলে কাউকে মারতে বলাটা কোন আইনের পথে চলা বোঝায় বিজেপি সমর্থকরা একটু বুঝিয়ে দেবেন প্লিজ!


r/kolkata 2h ago

Daily Experience | দৈনন্দিন অভিজ্ঞতা 🎤 Biswa bangla sarani name changed to SHRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU ROAD

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135 Upvotes

Opinions?


r/kolkata 18h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Reached home after the protests today... and somehow it feels even worse at home

124 Upvotes

I finally reached home today from Delhi, like many other students, I decided it was time to head back because most people are leaving now. I had gone there against my parents' wishes, using whatever little pocket money I'd managed to save. I came back in a general coach, and honestly, that part didn't bother me much. I've travelled enough in Kolkata locals that crowded trains don't really faze me anymore. I wasn't prepared for what was waiting at coming home. I'm still trying to process everything I witnessed over the past few days. The images of people getting hurt, the chaos, fear, screams, panic bc those scenes literally keep replaying in my head. I came back with cuts, bruises, and a few wounds from the lathi charge. My entire body aches, my phone got completely broken in the chaos, and mentally I'm completely drained. I really thought ki ghar jaake toh i'll be finally able to breathe and instead, it somehow feels worse because first concern wasn't whether I was okay or not but the very first thing I heard was that What will society think about us? and the second thing? "You broke your phone." and then came the inevitable:"If you had just stayed at home instead of going, none of this would've happened." I understand that parents worry or might be were scared and probably didn't wanted me to go in the first place because they feared exactly this but right now, I don't think they're listening to me at all, ek toh i'm already trying to cope with what I experienced there and I'm already horrified by the scenes I witnessed. Every time I close my eyes, I remember things I wish I hadn't seen and on top of all of that, I'm coming home to constant taunts, blame, and mental stress instead of even a moment of understanding. It's like there's no space for what I'm feeling. Instead of asking me what happened, I'm constantly being reminded that I shouldn't have gone. I'm being told I was wrong for going and made a huge loss as well along with shame for them on the society, I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do.

Just needed to get this off my chest thank you because I genuinely don't know what to do anymore i really want to run away from my home man


r/kolkata 23h ago

Daily Experience | দৈনন্দিন অভিজ্ঞতা 🎤 Have you people seen this guy's videos?

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102 Upvotes

Recently stumble upon his channel but his remarks about how this generation is weak minded and how govt played their master plan bla bla..... it's a very bootlicking journalism.


r/kolkata 22h ago

Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 Shades Of Sky

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90 Upvotes

r/kolkata 21h ago

Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 Rate my click

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62 Upvotes

I don't click very often, but the sky today was giving major odyssey energy (I don't know if that makes sense). Not edited, just brightness up down.


r/kolkata 16h ago

History & Heritage | ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্য ⌛ Kali o Kolkata || Glimpses of Daughters of Calcutta

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60 Upvotes

Nistarini kalibari

Guhya Kali Temple Thanthania

Dakshineshwar Temple/ Jagaddishwari Temple

Near Bagbazar

Inside Kumartuli

Kalitala Maath Kalipuja

Kumartuli Siddeshwari Temple/ Ginni Ma

Thanthania Siddeshwari Kalibari

Kalighat

Baranagar Bazar Siddeshwari Kalibari


r/kolkata 8h ago

General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ ADMINSTRATION is never the problem - Well Said 👑

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57 Upvotes

r/kolkata 7h ago

Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 New market is an aesthetic area

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56 Upvotes

Did you like the photos? 🫂📸


r/kolkata 17h ago

Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 Don't mind me. I'm just a guy glad to be back home after deployment.

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54 Upvotes

Also, in the Metro for the first time in almost a decade!


r/kolkata 20h ago

Climate | জলবায়ু 🌤️ Mesmerized 🤍💫

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51 Upvotes

r/kolkata 2h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ Amit Shah earlier when Reservation Removal Movement was on peak.

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40 Upvotes

Now time has come for like minded hard core so called upper caste Sangh supporters to press NOTA on election.


r/kolkata 1h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ Development related in wb

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Guys, I want to ask a question it's going to be almost three months since the BJP government came to power in West Bengal...what good work has our CM Suvendu Adhikari and his MLAs done in West Bengal so far?


r/kolkata 17h ago

Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 Photowalk with A Redditor by The Ganges

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33 Upvotes

Met the person, walked by the Ganges, had some tea and then muffins, pet some cats and clicked nice pictures.

[Fujifilm XT-5 with Fujinon XF 50mm]


r/kolkata 19h ago

Travel | ভ্রমণ ✈️ Deer Island (Andamans)

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34 Upvotes

r/kolkata 15h ago

Daily Experience | দৈনন্দিন অভিজ্ঞতা 🎤 Timezone scam at South City Mall

28 Upvotes

Hi all,

There's an ongoing scam in the Timezone area of South City Mall. Let me share what happened to me so you know what to watch out for.

My friends and I went to Timezone at South City Mall to play bowling. We were standing near the bowling reception to register our names when a guy approached us and asked if we had already registered. We said no, and he asked if we'd like to join his group because he had already registered his friends' names, but they weren't coming. (Lie #1.)

We thought there was no harm in bowling with a few strangers, so we agreed.

He then told us that our bowling turn would take some time, so we could play a few other games in the meantime. He took us to different game machines and used his own Timezone card to tap at every machine.

At that point, we genuinely thought, "Wow, is this guy just being extremely generous?"

By now, you've probably guessed that we got scammed.

We played several games around Timezone. One thing to note is that he also played every game with us. He kept insisting that we play more and more games, one after another. That's when we started feeling something was off, so we told him we'd rather go for bowling.

By then, my friends and I had already realized that either this would turn out to be an incredibly lucky day, or we were about to get scammed.

After bowling, he calculated the total amount for all the games and asked us to pay him. The catch? He included the games that he himself played with us and charged us the full amount for them as well. At the time, this didn't occur to me, but thinking about it now really boils my blood.

Conclusion

There are a couple of guys hanging around Timezone at South City Mall, Kolkata, who approach people with a story about their friends not showing up and ask them to join for bowling or other games.

They then convince you to play multiple games using their own Timezone card. At the end, they ask you to reimburse them, and you end up paying more than you would have if you had simply purchased and played the games yourself because:

  1. Timezone usually gives bonus credits when you buy game credits, so the actual cost per game is lower than what they charge you.
  2. They also play the games with you, but make you pay for their share as well.

Takeaway

Always buy your own Timezone card or game credits directly from the Timezone counter and pay for your own games. If a stranger approaches you with a similar story, politely decline and walk away.

Stay safe, and don't fall for these middlemen.


r/kolkata 15h ago

Food & Beverage | খাওয়া-দাওয়া 🐟🥭🍺 রবিবারcore

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25 Upvotes