KOLKATA, INDIA | A City of Beautiful Chaos

Music during the video (in order):

"Chennai" by Esme Cruz
&
"Durga's Dance" by Pawan Krishna
&
"City of Shiva" by Banaras Baba & Kolkata Kid

Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!

[microsatellites]

Your editing is so original.. the music brings back all the memories of Kolkata.. you really live the vibe of every place you visit!

[Amacott]

Hello from an Aussie family living in Kolkata! Malik Ghat is one of my favourite places in the city.

[wilfredotorres]

Hi Gabriel, India is just incredibly busy it is just bursting at the seams this is so much of what you experienced the last time you were in India. There aren't many places in the world where you can witness this kind of commerce but in India's largest cities, you can still see it. It's a country with incredible growth the future of India is an intense path that looks to continue for an extended period.

[starone]

That's my beloved city my city of Joy.
Watching u from Atlanta G.A 🇺🇸 thanks for showing my city feeling nostalgic, miss kolkata

[garygrouse]

Funny, I was thinking of recommending that experience to you. I walked across the bridge (to the train station) and back 6 or 7 years ago. Did the flower market walk on the way back. Doesn’t get much more real/colourful than that. Beautiful chaos, indeed.

[goostrey]

Just as the Howrah Bridge was finished, the British were shipping all the food they could get out of Bengal to feed British troops in WW2, at Churchill's order. While there was no reduction in Bengal's food production that year, this explicit policy of the British directly caused the Bengal Famine of 1943 that killed three million Indians! That is about half the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. Seeing the Victoria Monument still standing in Kolkata like that makes me think it's a bit like a monument to Hitler in Warsaw.

[khmermax]

Absolutely incredible video capture of nature and action. You blend in very well. Thanks for filming this -- I really enjoyed it.

[ThatUniqueAbbie]

The sitar is an amazing instrument and from what I have been told, equally amazingly hard to learn. The sound of it is always somehow a bit haunting in a way.

[tommymaher]

Kolkata giving Dhaka a run for its money! Love watching the journey and glad you made it over the border smoothly. Thanks for sharing your journey with us!

[cruzin]

I just finished the other video (Part 1) and see that you just posted this one. Nice!

[labonihira]

I'm so glad to see this video. I have been recommending you to visit Kolkata for a while now and it's really good to see you finally visit the city 😃
If you come back to Kolkata again, definitely do explore more parts of the city. There is just so much to see

[nickpapagiorgio]

Hey Gabe you probably know this but the word garden stems from the Latin word which means “open space.” Hence the reason for many stadiums including Madison square and boston garden ending with the word. Of course an honest mistake I would have thought the same thing! Lol Btw the Victoria memorial hall with the palace was absolutely beautiful man!

[sourav]

Victoria Memorial is the biggest sign of oppression in Kolkata. between 100 million to 200 million people died in British induced famines over the years in India. there was an untold holocaust which caused the deaths of almost 10 million people over 10 years beginning in 1857, after the first independence movement of India. at least 100k people were killed in Delhi. total population including small children of many small towns and villages which took part in the movement were eliminated. many forests were completely burnt including tribal people inside it. unfortunately Brits were the ones who have written Indian history. so these things are very much hidden.

[terrymadams]

Love Kolkata, my favorite city in India. I was last there in February 2020

[israr]

there is also a garden called Eden Garden close to the Eden Gardens stadium. by the way that's the most iconic cricket stadium in India and Asia. once it could host people or more now only 67000 capacity.

[subhankarkarmakar]

Welcome to my hometown Mr Gabriel, i have been your fan since your cycle trips in rajasthan last time.

[saswatachakraborty]

There is a huge garden just beside the Eden Gardens stadium which is the garden you are looking for and that's called the Eden Garden as in the garden. That garden is a recreational park, the one that you were searching for. This Stadium was built in the garden area hence the name.

[aspire-y]

Loved your video. Today's video is unique in its beautiful contrast of glorious history and primitive Kolkata.

[AwesomeProductions]

wow, that last pan of the ceiling and back to focus in the mirror...what a shot. Bravo Gabriel

[dreammfyre]

Love some of the shots here. Anything old grayish Asian with sparks of colors/neon lights will always remind me of Ghost In The Shell, which is such an awesome movie. (I’m talking about original ofc…)

Check out the soundtrack to that movie if you want some inspiration btw. Really cool mix of old and new, just like the visuals.