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Kolkata always had the potential to become one of the greatest cities of the world, a la London, Paris, New York or Berlin. We had our rich cultural heritage, an insatiable hunger for knowledge and passion for education, elegance in abundance and much more. This was the cultural capital of the country and the entertainment capital of the continent, with some of the earliest and most fashionable departmental stores in Asia and the capital corridor of entertainment spanning Park Street and Chowringhee. However, above all, the city was always known for its inclusiveness, the innate ability to make space for everyone.

Somewhere down the way, we had lost the plot and became mired in mediocrity. Our ‘City of Joy’ image and the inherent decay and decadence that go with that perception became so overpowering, that this story of gloom and doom was what always went out to the outside world, as we slowly fell into an abyss of despair and stagnation. This led to an enormous drain of both brain and business, leaving our favourite city impoverished in more ways than one.

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The time has now come to reclaim the city that we adore, the city we always come back to and the city we want the whole world to love and respect again. Not everything is lost. We still welcome people of all hues, races and religions with open arms, celebrate festivals of all faiths with equal fervour, know a good book or movie when we read or watch one, boast of swanky new malls and multiplexes, and above all else, we haven’t lost our yen for a hearty adda and a sumptuous meal with ilish or kosha mangsho or kochuri and chholar dal.

So, we Kolkatans love to talk and are argumentative and opinionated. That’s not a bad thing after all. Hence, the Calcutta Talking Club, which provides a platform for us to indulge our greatest passion, which is – talking of course. This forum will provide space for lively debate spanning diverse verticals and issues, from topical to the age-old, food to fashion to politics to sports to literature and everything in between. There’s hope aplenty and oodles of untapped potential to explore.

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