At the cost of being controversial, let me say this upfront: It doesn't get more majestic than riding in a yellow Ambassador taxi of Kolkata!!! Mumbai's kaali-peeli taxi doesn't even come close. The mighty Delhi has auto-rickshaws (trying to suppress my laughter).
Also, no other city in India provides a grander entrance than Kolkata, if you are entering the city through Howrah Bridge, of course. I kept staring in disbelief at this magnificent engineering marvel every time I crossed. It is said that every Bengali in the world has some sort of connection with Kolkata (I have always preferred the name 'Calcutta', and still keep using it now and then. I don't care if your sentiments are hurt because of this!!!!). I have too. Most of my family members and relatives reside here. Thus, during summer or winter vacations, I used to visit the city. God, how I hated travelling in a taxi / bus, back then!!!! Thanks to that stupid thing called motion sickness or kinetosis. More often than not, it used to result in disaster.🤮🤮
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