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Calcutta will have a second direct flight to mainland China next month, when Hainan Airlines starts its service to Shenzhen in the southern province of Guangdong.

Guest post by Jayeeta Ghorai Dear Friends, I am a Corporate Communication Trainer for the 7 years and a freelance writer as well. I am deeply interested in researching and writing on the Chinese community in Calcutta.

This is the follow up post by Jayeeta Ghorai on Research on The Kolkata Chinese Community

Hello, I’m just finishing up my masters in economic and political anthropology from Brandeis University in Boston, MA. I grew up in Calcutta, and ever since I first came across a mention of Chinese immigration to India as early as the late 1700s in an Asiatic Society journal, I’ve been fascinated with the Indian Chinese [...]

EAT, DRINK AND BE MANY The Bengali craze for chow mein, freedom fighters drinking Dab Sherbet, and a charming tea-room destroyed by glitz — Calcutta’s myriad cultures of food

While i was googling, i stumble upon a beautiful post by one of the cantonese from hong kong in search of cantonese in calcutta back in the year 2007.