Tuesday, July 1, 2008

There Are Places I'll Remember All My Life....

The Beatles sang "There are places I'll remember all my life...." I wonder if they were singing about Kolkata. Though I highly doubt it, I feel like if they had been to Kolkata, they certainly would have written a song about it.

I on the other hand will not be able to write a song about Kolkata...in fact it's hard for me to even find the right words to capture this city and my experience at all. I have travelled and lived all over the world, yet of all the places I have been, no other city is quite like this one.

The cars, the traffic, the noise (OH THE NOISE!!), the smells, the heat, the wonder, the beauty, the people, the fact that each moment every sense is being used! There was the good with the bad, the memories I'll hold onto for the rest of my life, and those that will haunt me.

Give me a week to process my journey and my experiences and my feelings about life after Kolkata and I'll be able to provide more insight. I will be continuing my summer blog from home. But as for now, All I can say is so long old chums...so long my new friends....so long Kolkata. Mom your baby's coming home!