[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Photo Walk (Esplanade & Dalhousie)

Wed Dec 21 19:10:00 UTC 2011

Great effort you guys :) Just for documentation purposes, I have added your
event here:   http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikipedia_takes_India
Feel free to make a page on Meta as well for more visibility!

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Surya Prakash <suryasalem2010 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Great effort. Congrats to all guys. :)
>
> Many hunts like this have to be done in cities across India. :)
>
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> On 21 December 2011 13:11, Hisham <hisham at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Sweet!
>>
>> Thanks so much, Biswarup.  (...and Medha!)
>>
>> Thanks for sharing, Jayanta.
>>
>> hisham
>>
>> On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote:
>>
>> Hi  Hisham ,
>>
>> The said image took by our Biswarup Ganguly( Gangulybiswarup<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gangulybiswarup> ),
>> ( look at this image Biswarup Da teach his daughter Medha
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Photowalk_-_Kolkata_2011-12-18_(7).JPG
>>  )
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Hisham <hisham at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Just went through the pictures. There are so many wonderful images from
>>> the firewood seller to the sugar cane juice machine to the road-side shave
>>> to the wonderful stained glass inside of St John to Kolkata's delightfully
>>> quaint trams!
>>>
>>> Thank you so much!
>>>
>>> I am guessing the thank you should be directed to everyone in this image
>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Photowalk_-_Kolkata_2011-12-18_0009.JPG(and the photographer who took it!)  You all look like you had a wonderful
>>> time!
>>>
>>> There's something cooking in the West Bengal community and it tastes
>>> sweet as sandesh!
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>>
>>> hisham
>>>
>>> On Dec 21, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Kalyan Sarkar wrote:
>>>
>>> > I missed the following from my mention.
>>> >
>>> > 17. Metro Cinema
>>> > 16. United Bank of India Building
>>> > 18. Emerald House
>>> > 19. Kolkata High Court
>>> > 20. Town Hall
>>> > 21. Hong Kong House (HSBC)
>>> >
>>> > Thanks and regards,
>>> > Kalyan Sarkar
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Deepon Saha <hideeponhere at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > missed it..:(
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:05 PM, <wheredevelsdare at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Thanks for the report Kalyan, the first Kolkata Photowalk was a
>>> resounding success from what I gather. What is the Commons Category under
>>> which your uploading these pictures? Would love to see them.
>>> >
>>> > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:01:47 +0530
>>> > From: kalyan.sarkar at gmail.com
>>> > To: wikimedia-in-wb at lists.wikimedia.org
>>> > CC: wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>>> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Photo Walk
>>>  (Esplanade & Dalhousie)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 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 at 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
>>> >
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>> *Jayanta Nath*
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