Comments on: Only Chinatown in India

By: ycl1688

ycl1688 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:11:13 +0000

Sam,
Sounds like Indian govt is not giving out freebies to indian chinese with passport and citizenship. Only those who were born after jan 1 1950 are eligible. I know certain people have got indian citizenship after over 10 years, longer to get a doctor’s license. Latest rules on oci chinese born in china, married to an indian not eligible, brother.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:11:56 +0000

I never knew about this part of India before today. Basically I am not from Bengal. But I am very sad to realize that, a community is slowly getting alienated and will diminish to exist soon. It is a duty for all of us to save and help this little community. The stance of the government towards them does not amaze me, we all know that these guys pretending as leaders of the country are of no use, they dont even care for the people who lived in India for hundreds of generations, leave alone the Chinese community that arrived India 4 generations ago.
What I believe is that, the Chinese community should be given the Indian passport and citizenship and should be accepted in the mainstream. Proper representation of this community should be made in the regional and national level. After all they are more Indian than they are Chinese. They might have a different language and culture but they have accepted India as their country and we should respect that.

By: vivek

vivek — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:38:53 +0000

you are welcome ycl and thanks for the motivation.
Chinese morning breakfast is my next big mIssIon. Im drooling luking at the noodle soup and dumplings.
Kamla puchka was certainly a great experience. Im sure your suggestion is always a great one.

By: ycl1688

ycl1688 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:28:14 +0000

More on kamla puchka.
The past chinese new year kamla did a brisk business at Tangra (dhapa) where whenever the host organize a feast, he is catering the puchka department, the last I heard he has a set price an order of puchka costing around Rs 700, he shows up himself and serve to the guests. So whoever at the chattawalla gully that evening missed the treat, it so happened I was the unlucky one, there was the neighbor hood person gave us a cell phone number to contact. So make sure you call before going over there. Sometimes he maybe at his hometown too. So call is the right thing to do.

By: ycl1688

ycl1688 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:45:38 +0000

Vivek,
Thanks for sharing the video. At 1:42 mark the kachuri is the tradition of Kamla food enterprise, the relative of kamla puchka owner. It has been there for zillion of years, the alo bazzi is the best of the best. At 3:00 mark the round table treat is unique, forget about the environment and the unsanitary condition, it is the mouth watering experience with those soup with fish balls. So get up one morning before the call center crowd gets in, before the sun rises, before the crowd shows up make it a point to visit and you never regret it. You have so many choices, eat light the night before.
Then the legendary Nizam’s experience, who will forget ?

By: vivek

vivek — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:47:27 +0000

I really wish I can get up so early 2 have those yummy food.
those chinese buns luks really delicious.

By: vivek

vivek — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:36:57 +0000

I came across this video and really find it interesting,
I thought I would like 2 share.
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/taste-match/kolkata-a-mixed-bag-of-treats/201561 I remembered I had kamla puchka at the end of the ally behind. mssIng them so muh…………