The Oberoi Grand Kolkata

... of India under British rule. However, many of those stately buildings with plantation shutters are now in deep disrepair. The Oberoi Grand Hotel is one exception - and there are others. The height of elegance, this impeccably maintained Victorian ...

... and state of American politics and the protests in Tibet.  Set off in a taxi (40 INRs!) to the magnificent Oberoi Grand "The Grand" hotel to start my city explorations. The city is filled with a juxtaposition of narrow streets and alleyways lined ...

... a challenge.) We walked to Zarang restaurant, which is on Sudder Street next to the Indian Museum and not far from the 5 star Oberoi Grand Hotel. Because this is a tourist area, numerous touts and beggars are about. They are just trying to make a ...

Cooking show at the Oberoi and visit of ...

... city with several district articles containing sightseeing, restaurant, nightlife and accommodation listings — consider printing them all. Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is the capital of West Bengal and one of the largest cities in India. Kolkata is ...

... Passionate City" but just couldn't see the link. The air is awful. My car left the filth and grime of Kolkata and entered the hallowed walls of the Oberoi Grand, which has a reputation for being the finest hotel in India. I would not doubt that. My guide ...

... is not successful, because in India, medicine is among the most prestigious academic tracks, and scientific research is not.   Finally, the Oberoi Grand has us back to a 5-star hotel and we are all getting used to it.  It's Indian service at ...

... flight left on time, so we arrived in Calcutta about 09:00. We collected our bags and arranged a car to take us to the Oberoi Grand Hotel in the city center. On arrival we were able to check in right away. The room was very nicely decorated and ...

... me up promptly at 10am. There was no sign of the other guide, so my hopes of a stoush on the front steps of the Oberoi Grand were dashed. Calcutta does have some handsome park areas, but with a difference. It has Hyde Park, however unlike the Hyde Park ...

... in a rehearsal with his band.  We played an interesting gig at the Oil Refinery Technologist Convention at the Oberoi Grand Hotel here in Kolkata. It was a bit dull reading about a process I don't really support (oil refinery), especially in the ...

... price of R10 (about 25 cents) has something to do with the lack of upkeep.  We have seven staff members here at the Oberoi Grand Hotel at every turn, but there aren't enough workers (or pay? presumably) to get a decent zoo staff and repair the ...

... be there.  We do have sleepers and we are first class, but this is quite a stretch from the magnificent Oberei Grand in Kolkata where we just spent five days.  Luxury, great food, magnificent rooms---to drive in after our  sweaty hot and ...

I just enjoyed a remarkable evening- the Fulbright officer who led our Kolkata tour, Dr. Sunrit Mullick, invited our group to his home for musical entertainment and dinner with many of his neighbors. On our way to his apartment building, we visited a ...

Upon my first arrival in Kolkata I couldn't quite figure out why they had called it the City of Joy. All I could see was the trash, the dirt, and the very poor people living in the slums all throughout town. Spending more time here I've realized that ...

... like: to fill the ocean starts with a single drop. The quote seems all the more real when I've walked the streets of Kolkata's poor and truly realize that her work there was vast and never-ending. I could only imagine how she felt knowing that as soon as ...

... little English (probably owing to the more rural environment). This evening we toured Mother Theresa's Mission of Charity in downtown Kolkata. I felt extremely humbed, especially seeing the room where she lived and slept and wrote letters from '53 to ...

So we've moved onto the next city. I'm in Kolkata (this is the new way India spells and pronounces the city after their Independence --Calcutta is what the British use). The flight here was surprisingly good. The airport was very clean and new. It was ...