Walking down Park Street
Sunday, January 25, 2026
7:45am to 10am
Starting point : Asiatic Society
Ending point : Flurys
On a rainy day in the late 17th century, an enterprising agent of the British East India Company named Job Charnock sailed along the Hooghly River, a tributary of the Ganges that flows from high in the Himalayas into the Bay of Bengal, and pitched a tent on its swampy banks. The company bought three riverside villages. Soon they would become a port — flowing with opium, muslin and jute — and then, as the capital of British India until 1912, draw conquerors, dreamers and hungry folk from all over the world.
Calcutta, India’s first modern city, was born.
Over the years, it acquired many names: City of Palaces, Black Hole, Graveyard of the British Empire. In 2001, it was christened Kolkata — slower, rounder, ostensibly more Bengali-sounding.
“Great cities get old and somehow renew themselves,” said Mani Sankar Mukherji, whose remarkable 1962 novel, “Chowringhee,” chronicled life inside a roaring mid century Calcutta hotel.
Take a walk with us down Park Street. Plenty to share. Calcutta has much to say and show! Be in love with this city!
WE WILL PROVIDE:
Tea and light refreshments
A guided tour of all the places
PLEASE CARRY YOUR OWN DRINKING WATER IN REUSABLE CONTAINERS AS WE WANT TO REDUCE THE USAGE OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS MORE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
CHARGES: Rs 1150/- per head
PAYMENTS TO :
GREEN STEP EVENT MANAGEMENT
Current Account No. 0075050027681
Punjab National Bank, Koley Market Branch, Kol 700012
IFSC: PUNB0007520
OR YOU CAN PAY THROUGH GPAY/PAYTM TO 9874062962 (Avijit Dhar Chowdhury)
CANCELLATION POLICY :
No refunds on cancellation at any time between 0 to 15 days of the date of the Walk or on No Show.
For any enquiries please call us at 9874062962
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