The concept of an ADDA is what we Kolkatabashis (residents of Kolkata) can call our very own. Friends and acquaintances meet up on a fairly regular basis at a local area specified for the age-old adda. Here the discussions (criticisms and appreciations) would be from Karina Kapoor to Kalpana Chawla, from the hottest local topstory to the latest software to hit the mobile phone market, from Frank Sinatra to David Beckham, and the engine chugs on, and on.
All of it over countless cups of tea, scores of bidis and cigarettes, and flagrant use of abuses, curses and the lot.
Here I have captured some old men outside a mosque in Shankarpur, some 190 kilometres from Kolkata, while settling down for their evening adda. The image has been captured in my previous mobile Nokia 3220.
Here I have captured some old men outside a mosque in Shankarpur, some 190 kilometres from Kolkata, while settling down for their evening adda. The image has been captured in my previous mobile Nokia 3220.
Check out http://www.kolkatabeckons.com/adda.html for adda
1 comment:
is 'adda' kolkata's prerogative??
u find meeting places anywhere and everywhere in the world..
though in most parts the discussions might not be as intellectual as in kolkata (i doubt they are as much as you have mentioned).. but man is a social animal.. and people meet everywhere to discuss all kinds of issues under the sun.. even not under the sun for that matter..
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