Calcutta and the Hugli River
29th January 2019
2019 visit to Bengal - new gallery
Images of January 2019 visit to Calcutta and boat trip down the Hugli (a distributory of the Ganges) river. 30 crew and four passengers on the riverboat Sukhapa, a comfortable ratio. Met West Bengal first minister Mamata Banerjee (penultimate pic) in the lobby of Calcutta's Oberoi hotel. She wants to be India's next Prime Minister. If she succeeds I will have met both India's lady leaders -- though one hopes she does not suffer the fate of Indira Gandhi (final pic), assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards shortly after our meeting.
Images of January 2019 visit to Calcutta and boat trip down the Hugli (a distributory of the Ganges) river. 30 crew and four passengers on the riverboat Sukhapa, a comfortable ratio. Met West Bengal first minister Mamata Banerjee (penultimate pic) in the lobby of Calcutta's Oberoi hotel. She wants to be India's next Prime Minister. If she succeeds I will have met both India's lady leaders -- though one hopes she does not suffer the fate of Indira Gandhi (final pic), assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards shortly after our meeting.