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Thanks to Slyvester for sharing this video & post with us. Sylvia Ku is Chinese, but also Indian. She grew up in Kolkata, in India’s only Chinatown. She talks about her childhood in Chinatown, and eventually moving out and exploring India, and becoming both Chinese and Indian and a world citizen in heart. This is [...]

Speaking of the Indian-Chinese community, its size—never very large in India—has shrunk considerably over time. But there is still a Chinatown in Tangra, Kolkata. The Hakka Chinese who had settled there worked mostly in the tanneries that once thrived in the area. Their descendants have scattered, but the Chinese New Year continues to be celebrated [...]

Lion dance, beautifully lit streets, and sumptuous Chinese food marked the Chinese New Year celebrations here organised by members of the community settled in Kolkata for decades.

List of Events for the Chinese New Year 2011 Celebration in Kolkata. 30th January Lion Dance Show at Territi Bazaar by ICA 1st February Lion Dance Show at Tangra Bazaar / Pei Moi Chinese School 2nd February Lion Dance Show at Tangra Bazaar / Pei Moi Chinese School 3rd February Happy Chinese New Year 2011 [...]

Dear All, I am an architect and am studying urban design in School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. I am aspiring to do my thesis on the Chinatown in Calcutta.