Kidderpore

Photographs of the quarter. Open one to see it full size.

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  The HooghlyPlate 01
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  Street foodPlate 02
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  North KolkataPlate 03

• Kidderpore Docks

  1780s onwards. Still working, though the deep-draught traffic goes to Haldia.

• Metiabruz Shahi Imambara

  Built by Wajid Ali Shah's court after 1856.

• Fancy Market

  Imported goods off the ships, and a trade that predates the customs union.

• St. Stephen's Church

  1845, and one of the quieter colonial churches.

• India Restaurant

  Kidderpore

  Mutton biryani, and a queue at eight in the evening.

• Metiabruz biryani shops

  Iron Gate Road

  Ask locally. The answers differ and all of them are good.

• Fancy Market's kebab stalls

  Late afternoon

  Charcoal, on the pavement.

1. 01

   Fancy Market late afternoon

   Bargain hard. Everything is negotiable and some of it is genuine.

2. 02

   The Shahi Imambara

   What is left of the second Lucknow.

3. 03

   Kite flying in autumn

   A Metiabruz inheritance, and still serious.