Sun, Sep 03, 2006
Without the independent state of Bangladesh, a major Indian region would not have the Western attribute. However, the people in this area share a common history, language, social structure and also a relatively unique mixture of Hinduism and Islam. In Calcutta, the metropolis of West Bengal, Mother Teresa's blessing journey began, and this city is her final resting place. She, too, certainly enjoyed a cup of local Darjeelin tea, which, according to many refined mouths, is called champagne among teas. But in order for the glory of tea to spread around the world, the British built a narrow-gauge railway here, along which a rare delicacy was transported to the port of Kolkata. The locomotive from year two still sighs on winding tracks at the foot of the Himalayas and is today a popular tourist attraction.