Modern India: A Compendium of Images of Urban India
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Onward to the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is the capital of the state of West Bengal, and served as the colonial capital of the British Raj until 1911. It is a vibrant, bustling city with a blend of neolithic colonial architecture and modern, neoteric buildings. It has a population in excess of 15 million and is the world's 14th largest urban conglomeration. It is also the only Indian city currently with trams. I will begin with some of Kolkata's more renowned locations:
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The High Court
A building at the Salt Lake Electronics Complex
The Eden Garden's Cricket Stadium
The Salt Lake Football Stadium, the subcontinent's largest and the world's second largest:
The Howrah Bridge
The National Library
The Birla Planetarium, Asia's first
Trams: Old
Trams: New
Buildings in Central Kolkata
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The High Court
A building at the Salt Lake Electronics Complex
The Eden Garden's Cricket Stadium
The Salt Lake Football Stadium, the subcontinent's largest and the world's second largest:
The Howrah Bridge
The National Library
The Birla Planetarium, Asia's first
Trams: Old
Trams: New
Buildings in Central Kolkata
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Movin' on to Dakshin Hindostaan! : Welcome to Kochin
Kochin, formerly Cocym / Cochin / Cochi, is one of the principal seaports in the Indian state of Kerala. Located in the district of Ernakulam, about 220 km north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram, ut has an estimated population of 600,000, with an extended metropolitan population of about 1.5 million. Heralded as the Queen of Arabian Sea, Kochi was an important spice trading centre on the Arabian Sea coast since the 14th century, and became the seat of the Kingdom of Cochin, a princely state tracing its lineage to the Kulasekhara empire. Today, Kochin is a growing centre of information technology, tourism and international trade, and is one of the fast growing Tier-II metros in India.
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Kalloor
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photos copyright: Akinaz
photo copyright: V Vasudevaan
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Marine Drive
photo copyright: Pramodusnair & Beegeevee
Manampilly Nagar
Waterfront
Kochin, formerly Cocym / Cochin / Cochi, is one of the principal seaports in the Indian state of Kerala. Located in the district of Ernakulam, about 220 km north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram, ut has an estimated population of 600,000, with an extended metropolitan population of about 1.5 million. Heralded as the Queen of Arabian Sea, Kochi was an important spice trading centre on the Arabian Sea coast since the 14th century, and became the seat of the Kingdom of Cochin, a princely state tracing its lineage to the Kulasekhara empire. Today, Kochin is a growing centre of information technology, tourism and international trade, and is one of the fast growing Tier-II metros in India.
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Kalloor
photo copyright sapnasunil
photos copyright: Akinaz
photo copyright: V Vasudevaan
photo copyright: scorpiogenius
Marine Drive
photo copyright: Pramodusnair & Beegeevee
Manampilly Nagar
Waterfront
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Vytila- Aroor stretch, National Highway 7
M-Tech towers
Vypin Bridge
Mid-town
Looking East from the Taj Residency
Rainbow Bridge
Suburban Cochin
photos copyright: Sridhar
copyright: Arun
Panorama Suburbia <Click to enlarge>
M-Tech towers
Vypin Bridge
Mid-town
Looking East from the Taj Residency
Rainbow Bridge
Suburban Cochin
photos copyright: Sridhar
copyright: Arun
Panorama Suburbia <Click to enlarge>
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Am I allowed to sneak in a comment into this multimedia thread? I think it's fabulous that India is developing and changing dramatically. I'll spend a lot of time enjoying the pictures and videos of New India. I think it's great that everyone is moving into the modern age.
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Kalinga Institute Of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University -Orissa
KIIT started its journey in the year 1996 from a 4 room polytechnic college. In 2009 it becomes a world class university. Thousands of KIIT students are hired by Microsoft, Google, Infosys, IBM, Wipro, Accenture and the list goes on and on. It has an Amazing placement record.
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Infosys Pune
