Down the Memory Lane
I went to The Telegraph House at Prafulla Sarkar Street after 12 years today. It takes 30 mins to reach there from Gariahat….by the Kolkata Metro of course. I am dead sure about the time, as I used to start exactly at 3:00 PM every day to be in time for the 3:30 PM desk slot at The Telegraph. It took 15 mins to reach the Kalighat Metro station and catch the 3:15 metro to Dum Dum (that was the last stop at in 2004). The tube rail reached the Chandni Chowk station at 3:28 PM, leaving me with full 2 mins to rush to the escalator, climb the moving steps, much to the disgust of others around me, and run up panting to the white imposing building. Today, too, I assumed a repeat telecast of the above journey. I had to be there at 11:30 AM. So, I started off from Gariahat at 11:00 AM and hailed an auto rickshaw. The fare from Gariahat to Rashbehari used to be Rs 5. I noted happily that it has increased only by Rs 3 in the last 12 years. I glanced up at the electronic t