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Kali Travel Home Pvt Ltd ....Kolkata, India
23 Years running innovative tours in Kolkata
BOOKINGS UPDATE:
Walking tours are fully booked between November 9 and 23
Cooking Classes are booked out between November 21 and December 2.
Sorry for any inconvenience but other times book at traveleastindia@gmail.com
Walking tours are fully booked between November 9 and 23
Cooking Classes are booked out between November 21 and December 2.
Sorry for any inconvenience but other times book at traveleastindia@gmail.com
TIME TO contact US...
VIRUS VAGARIES
Kolkata Walks are back... from the end of September 2022 our famous city walks are back for travellers to enjoy.
Bengali Cooking Classes have also started.
Contact us at any time to make a booking.
Mobile and WhatsApp but best is to email traveleastindia@gmail.com
Mobile and WhatsApp but best is to email traveleastindia@gmail.com
AVAILABILITY OF TOURS
Cooking classes and walks and activities
will be available from late September to mid March unless they a booked.
Cooking Classes are not available between Nov 21 and December 2
Walking tours are fully booked between November 9 and 23
Cooking classes and walks and activities
will be available from late September to mid March unless they a booked.
Cooking Classes are not available between Nov 21 and December 2
Walking tours are fully booked between November 9 and 23
Check out our WALKS...
Traditional Kolkata Walks, all around 3 hours, and
Activities from our web page menu on the left.....
How We Work...
We set meeting places for each walk with you in mind and walk until we run out of time.
At the end of each walk you Uber , Taxi or Metro back to your hotel or where you want to go. If you want to Metro it back you can probably walk back to the metro with us. We will help you. If you want to continue the walk from where we leave off we will point you into the right directions.
Please contact us by email to inquire about tours and we will get back to you pronto.
OUR MAIN Kolkata WALKS
For LGBTQ+ Travellers....Homosexuality Legal Again.
As of September 2018, the Supreme Court of India has decided:
Homosexuality is not an offence in India, five Supreme Court judges declared today in a spectacular verdict for the gay rights movement in the country. The Supreme Court reversed its own 2013 decision and said Section 377, a controversial British-era ban on consensual gay sex, is irrational and arbitrary. "We have to bid adieu to prejudices and to empower all citizens," Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra said, reading out the judgement. Four judges gave a concurrent judgement.
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code prohibited sexual activity “against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal.” Violators, including those involved in consensual relationships, faced fines and up to 10 years in prison.
LGBTQ+ travellers to India should be aware that the old law had rarely been invoked however even now the social stigma is still extremely powerful and fear of being outed will still allow corrupt police and other criminals opportunities for harassment and blackmail.
COOKING CLASSES have Started
Just a reminder that cooking classes need to be booked a few days in advance. We run cooking classes in the home of a local woman. She has great communication skills and is a wonderful teachers but she does need to plan her life as we do not get bookings every day.
We therefore need to be given notice.
Classes last around 3.5 or 2.5 hours and usually 3 participants is the maximum per class.
SEE MORE DETAILS IN THE INDEX or Just Below
We therefore need to be given notice.
Classes last around 3.5 or 2.5 hours and usually 3 participants is the maximum per class.
SEE MORE DETAILS IN THE INDEX or Just Below
Thanks to Andy, Kath, Jess & Manda for the cooking class photos.
AC Accommodation for Female Travellers in South Kolkata
Stay with a lovely Bengali couple in their home in very comfortable Ballygunge.
It is very close to all amenities including the Metro and you have not only your own room but access to living spaces in the home. Your host Rajashi is a great host, cooking teacher and helpful guide to all things Bengali and the best of Kolkata.
A More Liveable Kolkata...
Please view our contribution to making Kolkata a more easy and comfortable city to live in. We invite you to to read our pages and make your views known. https://liveable-kolkata.weebly.com/
Please view our contribution to making Kolkata a more easy and comfortable city to live in. We invite you to to read our pages and make your views known. https://liveable-kolkata.weebly.com/
ACTIVITIES
Meeting Young India
If you would like to spend a few hours meeting and talking to young Indians in English we can arrange it at a local English tutorial college in the north of the city.
You can visit just one time or arrange with the coordinator to come back at other times during your stay. Usually it will take the form of a casual discussion with a small group around a table but you are welcome to add your own ideas if you wish. The group changes a few times before the end of the class. This is a great way to meet young adults and discover their world within a couple of hours.
All you do is talk and listen. No need to teach. You are there to provide practice and allow your English learners to get used to different English accents. You do not need to have a teaching background or even have English as your mother tongue.
You get the chance to ask questions and be questioned. In this way you can discover the interests and thinking of a cross section of young Indian adults over the course of an hour or two.
Of all our activities we do we think this is the best for immersing oneself in the local culture in such a short time. These sessions happen in the evening.
We take you there and see you back to your hotel if you are new to the city or put you on the Metro back to your local station. You also get to see a part of the city seldom visited by travelers.
This is best if there is at least two guests involved. If you have some experience talking to young people then it is open to just one guest but sometimes one person can find the attention just a little overwhelming.
NIGHT WALK
The walk lasts 3 hours and winds its way through a crowded largely Moslem community, with its late night workers tailoring, cooking on the street, recycling and shopping. It moves on to a Hindu community, with jewellery makers working late and sweet shops doing a brisk trade. We pass through a local park where older residents come to chat, down a winding road to a busy wholesale night market. Coming back the busy main street is closing down but vegetable and fish sellers are still there. We return to central Kolkata through the now closing Chadney Chowk market and home or to a bar for a drink if that interests you.
See more information on pages in the index.
See more information on pages in the index.
TEMPLE TOUR
Our Temple Tour by public transport has proved most popular since we introduced it at the end of 2011. For some the temples are the main focus and they are amongst the most splendid in Kolkata. For others it is a chance to see a different part of the city, the city fringe, get onto the river and join in with Kolkattans on local transport.
See more information on pages in the index.
YOUR GUIDES
David and Martyn..the early days
Our Kolkata Walking Tours for this season go through to middle of March 2023
You can book at any time.
Please book as early as possible and provide us with as much detail as you can. This saves time doing the multiple email thing.
Oh, this is a very old photo...now we have much less hair but are a little wiser.
When we meet for a walk or a cooking class this is who you look for......
Please check out our web site on a more
LIVEABLE KOLKATA
Boys in the band
