British legacy in decline in former second city of the empire
The outgoing managing committee of the haloed Calcutta Club parked nearly two crores of the provident fund monies in IL&FS, DHFL and Yes Bank December 28, 2020 / 01:37 PM IST
A mood of goodwill towards all fellow humans runs through the western world and its former colonies as the year draws to a close. Calcutta, as it was called then, was dubbed the second city of the empire and had imbibed the most among all Indian cities the British way of life.
How dear things British are to some of the old timers in the city came home to me one day when I was admiring a beautifully maintained Sixties car in the Calcutta Club parking lot when its owner came up to me and said with much pride, “I drove it down all the way from London.”