Kolkata- capital city of state of West Bengal. It is the most laid-back city in the world. It’s a commercial capital and situated on Hoogly River. It’s the home of a mind-boggling array of sweets and dishes.

Culture of Kolkata begins with the first sip of early-morning tea, poured out into a saucer and sipped noisily, with raucous exclamations of delight. Kolkata is a wonderful mirror of the Bengalis who call it home – volatile poets, sensitive artists and romantic men and women. It’s the city of the artsy, the quaint, the intellectual – indeed, of anyone with an enormous zest for life.

For the traveler in Calcutta, the best way to enjoy the culture of the city is to find a friend there and sit down for an adda – local parlance for a chat session. This chat is conducted, not on dinky online messengers, but in the comfort of someone’s living room, in the smoky confines of a coffee house,Flower Market kolkata on the steps of a college, at the bus stop, at the corner of the daily market just about anywhere two or more people can get together. And what do they talk about? Politics, sports, religion, books, art, films, music, the news, food just about everything under the sun is worth talking about for the Calcuttan. Don’t be stunned by arguments – though Calcuttans are passionate about most things, addas never end on an ugly note.

If you’re traveling to Calcutta for the first time and want to experience the music here, you might find an aspiring singer in every home. A good evening of culture should see you soak in the spirit of Rabindranath Tagore, Uday Shankar, Jamini Roy and Satyajit Ray.