Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

Two women in a pub in Chowringhee... and it's okay...

5 Mar 2021 · 2 min

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A Bengali Hindu woman returns to a Kolkata pub after a decade away, ordering fish fry and chips instead of beef. She reflects on how the city has become a place where women can drink freely, marking a shift in what was once forbidden by her culture.

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Hey guys, so I'm in a pub right now. In case we are we are Bengalis and Hindus and all that all the stuff that you've been talking to me about and yeah then then you cannot eat beef, you cannot have whatever. This is Kolkata end and the end the end all these controversies. Kolkata is all encompassing all Like in it, it kind of accepts everybody with wide open arms. So you have to be in Kolkata to understand that. This is a pub, okay? And I'm so relaxed. We are like two women who have come to the pub, and it's okay. It's really actually okay. So cheers to that. Cheers to you guys trying to discover Kolkata and trying to discover why people all over the world love to come to Kolkata. Cheers to Kolkata. Fish fry, fish finger. I just had two, so I'm really stuffed. And chips, the second hand. Okay. Oh! The thing is that after ten years, I'm visiting Kolkata pubs for the first time in my life. Really? Because in our days, women are not allowed to come to pubs. But now they do can. This is a pub in in Chorungi, and it's completely. Absolutely safe. Totally and absolutely safe. Anybody can get drunk over here. Okay, so learn from Kolkata. As always, what Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow, and the world thinks day after tomorrow. Remember that. True Kolkatan speaking.