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Calcutta Tram

All about that party on a moving tram

When journalist and environmental activist Mudar Patherya decided to host a party on a moving tram last Sunday, he was at the receiving end of a barrage of questions and quizzical looks. In this article for The Statesman, he attempts to answer a few of the whats and whys, while taking the reader quite literally on a ride.

Remembering Calcutta Tram

Nonapukur. What a name! In Bengali it literally means “salty pond”. Was there a pond somewhere nearby from which the…