I was born and brought up in Proper Calcutta - North Calcutta (Dorjipara). From my childhood, there is a love relation with this city. The city which is popular by the name of ‘City of Joy’ or ‘Tilottama’. When I was in standard 5th, preparing for the last Examination, one cold morning I got to know that my favourite city’s name got changed to Kolkata. On the 1st of January 2001, the West Bengal C
hief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya announced that the State Capital 'Calcutta' has been officially renamed 'Kolkata'. Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said that all official communications would now carry the new name - with effect from January 1, 2001. Earlier, the CM, reacting to the Central Government's decision to accept the State's proposal to rename Calcutta, greeted the residents of the city, saying: "Kolkata has returned to Kolkata!” That was a shock to me. More than 2 years I am working in old Calcutta. I am searching for information, interesting topics about Kolkata. Still I don’t know what the reason behind this name change is. I don’t know why Kolkata, why not Kolikata. Maybe my knowledge is very less to understand this topic. Now I am trying to make this page as a platform where we will discuss the interesting topics about OLD TILOTTAMA. I learnt one phrase in my childhood that “ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY” same like that “TILE TILE TILOTTAMA”. This Calcutta was not built in one day. Neither Job Charnock nor by an Indian builds this city. This city had built-in its own way. We will discuss
1. Mystery behind the name CALCUTTA/KOLIKATA/KOLKATA
2. History of the Street Names of Calcutta
3. Important Places in Calcutta and their History.
4. About the people of Calcutta
5. Cosmopolitanism of Calcutta
6. Famous Families of Calcutta
7. Education System and Institutes of Calcutta
8. Famous Restaurants in Calcutta
9. Crimes of Calcutta
10. Major Addictions’ of the people in Calcutta. Along with the above-mentioned topics, we will discuss many more if required. SO LET START A JOURNEY WITH CALCUTTA TILOTTAMA
