Folks,
We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011 (Sunday) morning. We'll cover the central business districts of Dalhousie (B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to the event.
We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures that we would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the event are welcome.
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be fantastic to have many more good images of your fascinating city!
fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list as well - because some folks might be on that list but not on the West Bengal list.
Warm Regards,
hisham
On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote:
Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’! The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I welcome to Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by him is really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybody canparticipate with camera or without camera.
We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkata at sharp6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
After having a cup of tea we will start to north up to Victoriabuilding, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road, then Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea again with snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write down thedetails of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
There will not be any subject bar.We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia Commons:Imageguidelines: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
Wth regards.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear All,
Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel photographer,
whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph,
Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata
Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below, a list
of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and route
map that you intend to propose?
Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <rangan_datta@yahoo.com
wrote:
Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
Metropolitan Building*
Victoria House
Statesman House
Tipu Sultan Mosque*
Defence East India Headquarters
Raj Bhavan
Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
National Assurance Building
Currency Building*
Central Telegraph Office.
St John's Church
Town Hall
High Court
Metcalf Hall*
GPO
Calcutta Collectorate
Eastern Rail Headquaters
Writer's Building (there is restriction)
St Andrew's Church
Lal Bazar
Beth el Synagogue
Magen David Synagogue
Portuguese Church
Armenian Church
The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon.
This list is not exhaustive,
Some related links from my website & Blog
- Calcutta Architecture<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26%3E
- St. John's Church<http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41
- Links from my Blog<
http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/%3E
I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart fro St.
John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of other
buildings.
Looking forward for the photowalk.
Regards
Rangan
-- Biswarup Ganguly Phones: +919830022449 +919433005886
Hi,
The event page created here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote:
Folks,
We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011 (Sunday) morning. We'll cover the central business districts of Dalhousie (B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to the event.
We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures that we would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the event are welcome.
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be fantastic to have many more good images of your fascinating city!
fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list as well - because some folks might be on that list but not on the West Bengal list.
Warm Regards,
hisham
On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote:
Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’! The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I welcome to Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by him is really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybody canparticipate with camera or without camera.
We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkata atsharp
6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
After having a cup of tea we will start to north up to Victoriabuilding, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road, then Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea again with snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write down thedetails of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
There will not be any subject bar.We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia Commons:Imageguidelines: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
Wth regards.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear All,
Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel photographer,
whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph,
Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata
Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below, a list
of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and route
map that you intend to propose?
Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <rangan_datta@yahoo.com
wrote:
Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
Metropolitan Building*
Victoria House
Statesman House
Tipu Sultan Mosque*
Defence East India Headquarters
Raj Bhavan
Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
National Assurance Building
Currency Building*
Central Telegraph Office.
St John's Church
Town Hall
High Court
Metcalf Hall*
GPO
Calcutta Collectorate
Eastern Rail Headquaters
Writer's Building (there is restriction)
St Andrew's Church
Lal Bazar
Beth el Synagogue
Magen David Synagogue
Portuguese Church
Armenian Church
The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon.
This list is not exhaustive,
Some related links from my website & Blog
- Calcutta Architecture<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26%3E
- St. John's Church<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41
- Links from my Blog<
http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/%3E
I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart fro St.
John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of other
buildings.
Looking forward for the photowalk.
Regards
Rangan
-- Biswarup Ganguly Phones: +919830022449 +919433005886
wow! That would be great. thanks folks for organaizing such a great venture.
On 12/7/11, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
The event page created here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote:
Folks,
We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011 (Sunday) morning. We'll cover the central business districts of Dalhousie (B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to the event.
We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures that we would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the event are welcome.
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be fantastic to have many more good images of your fascinating city!
fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list as well - because some folks might be on that list but not on the West Bengal list.
Warm Regards,
hisham
On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote:
Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’! The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I welcome to Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by him is really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybody canparticipate with camera or without camera.
We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkata atsharp
6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
After having a cup of tea we will start to north up to Victoriabuilding, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road, then Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea again with snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write down thedetails of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
There will not be any subject bar.We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia Commons:Imageguidelines: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
Wth regards.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear All,
Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel photographer,
whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph,
Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata
Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below, a list
of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and route
map that you intend to propose?
Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <rangan_datta@yahoo.com
wrote:
Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
Metropolitan Building*
Victoria House
Statesman House
Tipu Sultan Mosque*
Defence East India Headquarters
Raj Bhavan
Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
National Assurance Building
Currency Building*
Central Telegraph Office.
St John's Church
Town Hall
High Court
Metcalf Hall*
GPO
Calcutta Collectorate
Eastern Rail Headquaters
Writer's Building (there is restriction)
St Andrew's Church
Lal Bazar
Beth el Synagogue
Magen David Synagogue
Portuguese Church
Armenian Church
The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon.
This list is not exhaustive,
Some related links from my website & Blog
- Calcutta Architecture<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26%3E
- St. John's Church<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41
- Links from my Blog<
http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/%3E
I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart fro St.
John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of other
buildings.
Looking forward for the photowalk.
Regards
Rangan
-- Biswarup Ganguly Phones: +919830022449 +919433005886
That's great. I suggest to take some photographs from the rooftop of some buildings. Thanks.
On 12/7/11, Dwaipayan Chakraborti dwaipayanc@gmail.com wrote:
wow! That would be great. thanks folks for organaizing such a great venture.
On 12/7/11, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
The event page created here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote:
Folks,
We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011 (Sunday) morning. We'll cover the central business districts of Dalhousie (B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to the event.
We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures that we would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the event are welcome.
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be fantastic to have many more good images of your fascinating city!
fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list as well - because some folks might be on that list but not on the West Bengal list.
Warm Regards,
hisham
On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote:
Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’! The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I welcome to Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by him is really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybody canparticipate with camera or without camera.
We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkata atsharp
6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
After having a cup of tea we will start to north up toVictoria building, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road, then Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea again with snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write down thedetails of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
There will not be any subject bar.We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia Commons:Imageguidelines: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
Wth regards.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear All,
Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel photographer,
whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph,
Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata
Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below, a list
of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and route
map that you intend to propose?
Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <rangan_datta@yahoo.com
wrote:
Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
Metropolitan Building*
Victoria House
Statesman House
Tipu Sultan Mosque*
Defence East India Headquarters
Raj Bhavan
Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
National Assurance Building
Currency Building*
Central Telegraph Office.
St John's Church
Town Hall
High Court
Metcalf Hall*
GPO
Calcutta Collectorate
Eastern Rail Headquaters
Writer's Building (there is restriction)
St Andrew's Church
Lal Bazar
Beth el Synagogue
Magen David Synagogue
Portuguese Church
Armenian Church
The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon.
This list is not exhaustive,
Some related links from my website & Blog
- Calcutta Architecture<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26%3E
- St. John's Church<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41
- Links from my Blog<
http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/%3E
I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart fro St.
John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of other
buildings.
Looking forward for the photowalk.
Regards
Rangan
-- Biswarup Ganguly Phones: +919830022449 +919433005886
Hi all,
I was going to reply on the WB list but since this is on the Indic list already, I'd thought I'd ask here. I won't be in Kolkata at this time but I have a few lovely pics that I was planning to upload on commons. So do you guys have a specific category in mind that I should tag them to or should I just randomly tag whatever I feel is relevant?
Dear Debanjan, It is a good idea to upload your photographs! I suggest if you have confusion of the Common's 'Category', put those photographs like: 'Month Year in Country' category. Suppose you have taken some photos on 16 August, 2009 at Mumbai, put those in 'August 2009 in India' later any one can put in other relevant category/categories. Regards.
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <debastein@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I was going to reply on the WB list but since this is on the Indic list already, I'd thought I'd ask here. I won't be in Kolkata at this time but I have a few lovely pics that I was planning to upload on commons. So do you guys have a specific category in mind that I should tag them to or should I just randomly tag whatever I feel is relevant?
-- Regards, Debanjan*
- Lets make this world a better and more informative place
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Anubhab Baksi anubhab91@gmail.com wrote:
That's great. I suggest to take some photographs from the rooftop of some buildings. Thanks.
On 12/7/11, Dwaipayan Chakraborti dwaipayanc@gmail.com wrote:
wow! That would be great. thanks folks for organaizing such a great venture.
On 12/7/11, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
The event page created here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote:
Folks,
We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011
(Sunday)
morning. We'll cover the central business districts of Dalhousie (B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to the
event.
We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures that
we
would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the event
are
welcome.
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be
fantastic
to have many more good images of your fascinating city!
fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list as
well
because some folks might be on that list but not on the West Bengal list.
Warm Regards,
hisham
On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote:
Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the ‘Photowalk’! The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I
welcome
to Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given by
him
is really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following points:
It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians, anybodycan
participate with camera or without camera.
We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade, Kolkataat
sharp
6:55 am on 18th December, 2011.
After having a cup of tea we will start to north up toVictoria building, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand road,
then
Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea
again
with snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write downthe
details of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose.
There will not be any subject bar.We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional.Please see the general guidelines at WikimediaCommons:Image
guidelines:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
Wth regards.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <
kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
>wrote:
Dear All,
Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel
photographer,
whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The Telegraph,
Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at the Kolkata
Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested below,
a
list
of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips.
Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule and
route
map that you intend to propose?
Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success!
Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <
rangan_datta@yahoo.com
>wrote:
Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members
Here is a list of buildings to be photographed:
Metropolitan Building*
Victoria House
Statesman House
Tipu Sultan Mosque*
Defence East India Headquarters
Raj Bhavan
Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan.
National Assurance Building
Currency Building*
Central Telegraph Office.
St John's Church
Town Hall
High Court
Metcalf Hall*
GPO
Calcutta Collectorate
Eastern Rail Headquaters
Writer's Building (there is restriction)
St Andrew's Church
Lal Bazar
Beth el Synagogue
Magen David Synagogue
Portuguese Church
Armenian Church
The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon.
This list is not exhaustive,
Some related links from my website & Blog
- Calcutta Architecture<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26%3E
- St. John's Church<
http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41
>
- Links from my Blog<
http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/%3E
I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only. Apart
fro
St.
John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors of
other
buildings.
Looking forward for the photowalk.
Regards
Rangan
-- Biswarup Ganguly Phones: +919830022449 +919433005886
Hey Biswarup,
I wasn't confused about which category to put it in. I was merely asking if the photowalk would have a specific category or not and whether I could upload my pics into that for easy sorting as part of an outreach?
Dear Debanjan, A category has been created 'Wikipedia Takes Kolkata', you can put the photographs what you will shoot there.
See here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata
Thanks.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <debastein@gmail.com
wrote:
Hey Biswarup,
I wasn't confused about which category to put it in. I was merely asking if the photowalk would have a specific category or not and whether I could upload my pics into that for easy sorting as part of an outreach?
-- Regards, Debanjan*
- Lets make this world a better and more informative place
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Biswarup Ganguly < gangulybiswarup@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear Debanjan, It is a good idea to upload your photographs! I suggest if you have confusion of the Common's 'Category', put those photographs like: 'Month Year in Country' category. Suppose you have taken some photos on 16
August,
2009 at Mumbai, put those in 'August 2009 in India' later any one can put in other relevant category/categories. Regards.
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay < debastein@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I was going to reply on the WB list but since this is on the Indic list already, I'd thought I'd ask here. I won't be in Kolkata at this time
but I
have a few lovely pics that I was planning to upload on commons. So do
you
guys have a specific category in mind that I should tag them to or
should I
just randomly tag whatever I feel is relevant?
-- Regards, Debanjan*
- Lets make this world a better and more informative place
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Anubhab Baksi anubhab91@gmail.com
wrote:
That's great. I suggest to take some photographs from the rooftop of some
buildings.
Thanks.
On 12/7/11, Dwaipayan Chakraborti dwaipayanc@gmail.com wrote:
wow! That would be great. thanks folks for organaizing such a great venture.
On 12/7/11, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
The event page created here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote:
> Folks, > > We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011
(Sunday)
> morning. We'll cover the central business districts of Dalhousie > (B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to
the
event.
> > We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures
that
we
> would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the
event
are
> welcome. > > Thanks and regards, > Kalyan Sarkar > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org
wrote:
> > > Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be
fantastic
> > to > > have many more good images of your fascinating city! > > > > fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list as
well
> > because some folks might be on that list but not on the West
Bengal
> > list. > > > > Warm Regards, > > > > hisham > > > > On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote: > > > > Dear Kalyan, > > > > Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the > > ‘Photowalk’! > > The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I
welcome
> > to > > Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that given
by
him
> > is > > really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following
points:
> > > > 1. It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians,
anybody
can
> > participate with camera or without camera. > > > > 2. We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade,
Kolkata
at
> sharp > > 6:55 am on 18th December, 2011. > > > > 3. After having a cup of tea we will start to north up to > > Victoria > > building, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand
road,
then
> > Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have tea
again
> > with > > snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours. > > > > 4. I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write
down
the
> > details of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose. > > > > 5. There will not be any subject bar. > > > > 6. We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is optional. > > > > 7. Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia
Commons:Image
> > guidelines: > >
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
> > > > Wth regards. > > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <
kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
> > >wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel
photographer,
> > > > whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The > > Telegraph, > > > > Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at
the
> > Kolkata > > > > Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested
below,
a
> > list > > > > of buildings that we can cover along with some important tips. > > > > > > Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule
and
route
> > > > map that you intend to propose? > > > > > > Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success! > > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Kalyan Sarkar > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <
rangan_datta@yahoo.com
> > >wrote: > > > > > > Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members > > > > > > Here is a list of buildings to be photographed: > > > > > > 1. Metropolitan Building* > > > > 2. Victoria House > > > > 3. Statesman House > > > > 4. Tipu Sultan Mosque* > > > > 5. Defence East India Headquarters > > > > 6. Raj Bhavan > > > > 7. Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan. > > > > 8. National Assurance Building > > > > 9. Currency Building* > > > > 10. Central Telegraph Office. > > > > 11. St John's Church > > > > 12. Town Hall > > > > 13. High Court > > > > 14. Metcalf Hall* > > > > 15. GPO > > > > 16. Calcutta Collectorate > > > > 17. Eastern Rail Headquaters > > > > 18. Writer's Building (there is restriction) > > > > 19. St Andrew's Church > > > > 20. Lal Bazar > > > > 21. Beth el Synagogue > > > > 22. Magen David Synagogue > > > > 23. Portuguese Church > > > > 24. Armenian Church > > > > > > The ones marked with * are best photographed in the afternoon. > > > > This list is not exhaustive, > > > > > > Some related links from my website & Blog > > > > > > > > - Calcutta Architecture< > > http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26%3E > > > > - St. John's Church< > http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41 > > > > > > > - Links from my Blog< > >
http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/
> > > > > > I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only.
Apart
fro
> > St. > > > > John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors
of
other
> > > > buildings. > > > > > > Looking forward for the photowalk. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Rangan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Biswarup Ganguly > > Phones: > > +919830022449 > > +919433005886 > >
All,
The Photo Walk has been successful ! Thank you everybody and three cheers to Team Kolkata !!!
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Biswarup Ganguly <gangulybiswarup@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear Debanjan, A category has been created 'Wikipedia Takes Kolkata', you can put the photographs what you will shoot there.
See here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata
Thanks.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay < debastein@gmail.com
wrote:
Hey Biswarup,
I wasn't confused about which category to put it in. I was merely asking
if
the photowalk would have a specific category or not and whether I could upload my pics into that for easy sorting as part of an outreach?
-- Regards, Debanjan*
- Lets make this world a better and more informative place
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Biswarup Ganguly < gangulybiswarup@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear Debanjan, It is a good idea to upload your photographs! I suggest if you have confusion of the Common's 'Category', put those photographs like:
'Month
Year in Country' category. Suppose you have taken some photos on 16
August,
2009 at Mumbai, put those in 'August 2009 in India' later any one can
put
in other relevant category/categories. Regards.
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay < debastein@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I was going to reply on the WB list but since this is on the Indic
list
already, I'd thought I'd ask here. I won't be in Kolkata at this time
but I
have a few lovely pics that I was planning to upload on commons. So
do
you
guys have a specific category in mind that I should tag them to or
should I
just randomly tag whatever I feel is relevant?
-- Regards, Debanjan*
- Lets make this world a better and more informative place
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Anubhab Baksi anubhab91@gmail.com
wrote:
That's great. I suggest to take some photographs from the rooftop of some
buildings.
Thanks.
On 12/7/11, Dwaipayan Chakraborti dwaipayanc@gmail.com wrote:
wow! That would be great. thanks folks for organaizing such a great venture.
On 12/7/11, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > The event page created here > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kalyan Sarkar > kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote: > >> Folks, >> >> We are organizing a Photo Walk in Kolkata on 18th December 2011
(Sunday)
>> morning. We'll cover the central business districts of
Dalhousie
>> (B.B.D.Bag) and Esplanade (Dharmatala). Everyone is welcome to
the
event.
>> >> We are still finalizing the list of buildings and architectures
that
we
>> would like to cover. Therefore, any suggestions regarding the
event
are
>> welcome. >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Kalyan Sarkar >> >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Hisham hisham@wikimedia.org
wrote:
>> >> > Good luck on this wonderful initiative, folks. It would be
fantastic
>> > to >> > have many more good images of your fascinating city! >> > >> > fyi: you might want to put this up on the India mailing list
as
well
>> > because some folks might be on that list but not on the West
Bengal
>> > list. >> > >> > Warm Regards, >> > >> > hisham >> > >> > On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Biswarup Ganguly wrote: >> > >> > Dear Kalyan, >> > >> > Thank you for a much hoped and encouraging proposal for the >> > ‘Photowalk’! >> > The Commons needs more good quality photographs of Kolkata. I
welcome
>> > to >> > Mr. Rangan Datta, the list of the heritage buildings that
given
by
him
>> > is >> > really useful to us. May i re-propose with the following
points:
>> > >> > 1. It is open to all, Wikimedians or non-wikimedians,
anybody
can
>> > participate with camera or without camera. >> > >> > 2. We will meet at the CSTC bus stand of Esplanade,
Kolkata
at
>> sharp >> > 6:55 am on 18th December, 2011. >> > >> > 3. After having a cup of tea we will start to north up
to
>> > Victoria >> > building, then turn left towards Dalhousie area up to Strand
road,
then
>> > Aakasbani Bhaban and return to Chittada’s tea shop to have
tea
again
>> > with >> > snacks. Total time required is about 2.5 to 3 hours. >> > >> > 4. I suggest please bring a note book and pen to write
down
the
>> > details of whatever (s)he photographed for uploading purpose. >> > >> > 5. There will not be any subject bar. >> > >> > 6. We encourage uploading to Commons, but it is
optional.
>> > >> > 7. Please see the general guidelines at Wikimedia
Commons:Image
>> > guidelines: >> >
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images_guidelines
>> > >> > Wth regards. >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <
kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
>> > >wrote: >> > >> > Dear All, >> > >> > >> > Let me introduce you to Rangan Datta, the renowned travel
photographer,
>> > >> > whose travelogues are a regular feature in the columns of The >> > Telegraph, >> > >> > Hindustan Times and other dailies. He would be joining us at
the
>> > Kolkata >> > >> > Photo Walk on 18th December 2011 (Sunday). He has suggested
below,
a
>> > list >> > >> > of buildings that we can cover along with some important
tips.
>> > >> > >> > Biswarup da, As discussed, would you kindly send the schedule
and
route
>> > >> > map that you intend to propose? >> > >> > >> > Let us make this Photo Walk a grand success! >> > >> > >> > Thanks and regards, >> > >> > Kalyan Sarkar >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Rangan Datta <
rangan_datta@yahoo.com
>> > >wrote: >> > >> > >> > Dear Kalyan and othe wikipedia Calcutta members >> > >> > >> > Here is a list of buildings to be photographed: >> > >> > >> > 1. Metropolitan Building* >> > >> > 2. Victoria House >> > >> > 3. Statesman House >> > >> > 4. Tipu Sultan Mosque* >> > >> > 5. Defence East India Headquarters >> > >> > 6. Raj Bhavan >> > >> > 7. Junior Staff quaters of Raj Bhavan. >> > >> > 8. National Assurance Building >> > >> > 9. Currency Building* >> > >> > 10. Central Telegraph Office. >> > >> > 11. St John's Church >> > >> > 12. Town Hall >> > >> > 13. High Court >> > >> > 14. Metcalf Hall* >> > >> > 15. GPO >> > >> > 16. Calcutta Collectorate >> > >> > 17. Eastern Rail Headquaters >> > >> > 18. Writer's Building (there is restriction) >> > >> > 19. St Andrew's Church >> > >> > 20. Lal Bazar >> > >> > 21. Beth el Synagogue >> > >> > 22. Magen David Synagogue >> > >> > 23. Portuguese Church >> > >> > 24. Armenian Church >> > >> > >> > The ones marked with * are best photographed in the
afternoon.
>> > >> > This list is not exhaustive, >> > >> > >> > Some related links from my website & Blog >> > >> > >> > >> > - Calcutta Architecture< >> > http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=26%3E >> > >> > - St. John's Church< >> http://rangan-datta.info/photo/thumbs.php?gallery=41 >> > > >> > >> > - Links from my Blog< >> >
http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/tag/calcutta-heritage-building/
>> > >> > >> > I think we should restrict ourselves to outdoor shots only.
Apart
fro
>> > St. >> > >> > John's Church we need we ned permision to shoot the interiors
of
other
>> > >> > buildings. >> > >> > >> > Looking forward for the photowalk. >> > >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Rangan >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Biswarup Ganguly >> > Phones: >> > +919830022449 >> > +919433005886 >> >
Congratulation to all for our first step of success. Please anyone tell what we cover
We met at the foot of Shahid Minar at 7AM in the morning. It was a bit foggy and chilly. We are enjoying an early winter chill and record low temperatures in Kolkata this year. After enjoying a steaming cup of tea at the CSTC Canteen and began our walk.
ROUTE We crossed the J.L.Nehru Road and Lenin Sarani crossing and took Bentinck Street. Then we took left along the Waterloo Street, reaching the Great Eastern Hotel, we took right along the Hemanta Basu Sarani to B.B.D.Bagh Square. Then we proceeded along B.B.D.Bagh Sarani and took left turn to Red Cross Place to reach the entrance of Raj Bhawan. From there we proceeded along the Government Place to St John's Church and took right along Council House Street and Netaji Subhash Road and ended at the Writers Buildings.
MONUMENTS We covered the following monuments. 1. Shahid Minar 2. Metropolitan Building 3. Tipu Sultan Mosque 4. Victoria House 5. Statesman House 6. Aaykar Bhawan 7. Great Eastern Hotel 8. Central Telegraph Office 9. National Assurance Building 10. Junior Staff Quarters of the Governor 11. Raj Bhawan 12. St. John's Church 13. General Post Office 14. Kolkata Collectorate 15. Writers' Building 16. St. Andrews Chapel
STATUES 1. Lenin 2. Asutosh Mookerjee 3. Prafulla Chaki 4. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy 5. Binay Badal Dinesh
Please correct me if I missed out something.
Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com wrote:
Congratulation to all for our first step of success. Please anyone tell what we cover
-- With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb
Hi,
First of all many thanks to our Calcutta brethren for conducting this photo walk and many thanks for uploading the images to Commons. Such events will greatly help our country's herittage buildings, architecture, landmarks etc be preserved.
After trying a quick & dirty look up with the results of your wonderful event, some points come to mind.
1.* NAMING OF IMAGES* - . The images with building names included in name are very useful & easily locatable
eg : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aayakar_Bhawan_-_Kolkata_2011-12-18_0...
Images named in the following manner are not at all useful to find the building concerned
eg : File:Wikimedia_Photowalk_-_Kolkata_2011-12-18_(32).JPG
especially since about 150 of these are so named.
2. *CATEGORISATION* - Images need to be categorised otherwise the images cannot be located/used by those who dont know where to look for them.
3. *ARTICLE USAGE* - Tried to see what has stubs/images on English Wikipedia -
1. Shahid Minar - No link. [[Shaheed Minar]] of Bangladesh not India 2. Metropolitan Building - [[Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis0]] not Kolkata 3. Tipu Sultan Mosque - [[Tipu Sultan Mosque]], image already available 4. Victoria House - no article 5. Statesman House - no article but an image may be added (when located) to [[The_Statesman]] 6. Aaykar Bhawan - no stub 7. Great Eastern Hotel - can be added to [[Places_of_interest_in_Kolkata#Historic_hotels]] 8. Central Telegraph Office - page for CTO Colombo & London but not for Mumbai & Kolkata 9. National Assurance Building - no building 10. Junior Staff Quarters of the Governor 11. Raj Bhawan - can be added to [[Raj_Bhavan_(West_Bengal)]] 12. St. John's Church - Meerut & Secunderabad pictured for India only 13. General Post Office - can be added to [[General_Post_Office,_Kolkata]] 14. Kolkata Collectorate - no article 15. Writers' Building - [[Writers'_Building]] 16. St. Andrews Chapel - no article
4. *STUB IMPROVEMENT* - Many buildings have no stubs. These need to be made. Others need references, geo-code, images, etc.
Hope this feedback is useful in some way.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Kalyan Sarkar kalyan.sarkar@gmail.comwrote:
We met at the foot of Shahid Minar at 7AM in the morning. It was a bit foggy and chilly. We are enjoying an early winter chill and record low temperatures in Kolkata this year. After enjoying a steaming cup of tea at the CSTC Canteen and began our walk.
ROUTE We crossed the J.L.Nehru Road and Lenin Sarani crossing and took Bentinck Street. Then we took left along the Waterloo Street, reaching the Great Eastern Hotel, we took right along the Hemanta Basu Sarani to B.B.D.Bagh Square. Then we proceeded along B.B.D.Bagh Sarani and took left turn to Red Cross Place to reach the entrance of Raj Bhawan. From there we proceeded along the Government Place to St John's Church and took right along Council House Street and Netaji Subhash Road and ended at the Writers Buildings.
MONUMENTS We covered the following monuments.
- Shahid Minar
- Metropolitan Building
- Tipu Sultan Mosque
- Victoria House
- Statesman House
- Aaykar Bhawan
- Great Eastern Hotel
- Central Telegraph Office
- National Assurance Building
- Junior Staff Quarters of the Governor
- Raj Bhawan
- St. John's Church
- General Post Office
- Kolkata Collectorate
- Writers' Building
- St. Andrews Chapel
STATUES
- Lenin
- Asutosh Mookerjee
- Prafulla Chaki
- Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
- Binay Badal Dinesh
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