Dhapa

- Kolkata is the home of India’s Nobel Laureates. Namely “Rabindranath Tagore”, “Mother Teresa “and “Amartya Sen”. 3 out of 6 Nobel Prize winners!!!

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This song is pretty famous in Taiwan. I Bet almost all the college students have watched. It’s the creator of the subtitle that makes this song so popular. Some what like the MTV lost in translation.

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Pei May School in Kolkata is striving hard to keep alive the tradition of a close-knit Chinese community.

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Kolkata: Chinese footwear makers may lead the world with exports topping $9 billion (about Rs38,000 crore) a year, but what the famous Chinese shoe shops on Bentinck Street in central Kolkata are selling these days is almost entirely sourced from contract manufacturers in Uttar Pradesh.

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Below is a nice Hakka Song about a guy selling addictive noodles, that get more addictive the more you eat. Enjoy !!

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Eau chew restaurant is at 12 Ganesh Chandra Avenue in the hub of the commercial part of Kolkata. Not far from the famed Bentick Street above a petrol pump is this 85 year old restaurant legend. It is run by the Huang family; Joseph, his wife Josephine and his children- Jennifer and Joel. Mr. Huang also has a daughter Joanna who is now married and settled in Canada. Eau Chew has some great Chinese food and is not your run of the mill Indian Hakka Cuisine. There have been several write up in newspapers and magazines about Eau Chew Restaurant.

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Tong Achi’s wife’s grave

Tong Achi had 2 wivies. One was chinese and the other was a Muslim.

I think this is his Muslim wife’s grave. Her name was Philibi not sure though.

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A cautious Bengal government has included Singur on a list of sites being weighed by communist China’s largest automobile maker for a car plant. Read more…