Rainy Rabindra Jayanti, Sourav Ganguly, Bowbazar tragedy and more...
In pictures, some events that marked the week that was for Kolkata
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My Kolkata Web Desk |
Published 14.05.22, 10:07 PM
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SUNDAY HALO: The last rays of the setting sun over Dhakuria bridge on Sunday, May 8, before it did a disappearing act for the next four days and intermittent rain drenched Kolkata as Cyclone Asani approached over the Bay of Bengal.
Amit Datta/My Kolkata
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WET PONCHISHE BAISAKH: Youngsters dressed in vivid colours brave a waterlogged street to reach Jorasanko Thakurbari on the occasion of Rabindra Jayanti on Monday, May 9.
Amit Datta/My Kolkata
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COME RAIN OR SHINE: A young woman pays floral tributes to a bust of Rabindranath Tagore at his ancestral home in Jorasanko on Monday, May 9.
Amit Datta/My Kolkata
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BEST OF BARD: Photographs of Rabindranath Tagore on sale on his 161st birth anniversary on Monday, May 9.
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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NATURE’S MASTERPIECE: Unending streams of rain flowing down the windows of a car paint a picture reminiscent of a water colour art on Monday, May 9.
Soumyajit Dey/My Kolkata
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PICTURE PERFECT: The sky presents a brilliant blend of orange and grey hues over the Biswa Bangla Gate on Tuesday, May 10.
Amit Datta/My Kolkata
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FIT FOR A KING: Bengali cuisine restaurant Oh! Calcutta cooks up Satyajit Ray’s favourite dishes to pay respect to the auteur on Wednesday, May 11.
Suvendu Das/My Kolkata
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GREENS RECCE: The Board of Control for Cricket in India president and former Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly visits the Eden Gardens on Thursday, May 11.
Bibhash Lodh/My Kolkata
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HOME & HEARTH AT RISK: Cracks appeared in multiple buildings at Durga Pituri Lane in Bowbazar, close to the route of the ongoing East-West Metro project, on Wednesday, May 11 night. Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation had to evacuate 30 families from their houses.
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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FUTURE UNCERTAIN: A member of one of the 30 families displaced from Durga Pituri Lane in Bowbazar waits with his belongings on the road on Thursday, May 12.
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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SAFETY FIRST: Workers lift a piece of heavy furniture during evacuation of a family from Durga Pituri Lane in Bowbazar on Friday, May 13. Around 30 houses in the neighbourhood developed cracks two days earlier.
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
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RESPECT: Veteran football player and coach Subrata Bhattacharya and (right) classical tabla player Bickram Ghosh receive the JIS Maha Samman from JIS Group managing director Taranjit Singh and others on Saturday, May 14.
