I have had lived in Calcutta, WB (1998 - 2005) and some more cities in India. Calcutta is the ultimate, amazing and the most beautiful city to live in. The Armenians, BENGALIS (THE DOMINANTS) , Parsis, Jews, Anglo Indians, Chinese. Nahum's, China town, Coffee House and thousands more to add on. The perfect blend of Europe and the United Kingdom ..I have had never felt home alone. The best place in India to be. No wherein India I could find all of these!
I'm not an Anglo Indian, I was a Chinese Indian but now i consider myself as Chinese Canadian. I lived in bow barracks till I was 11, this is the first time in 50 years I looked at where I was from And i must say I'm blown away by the vid, lots of memories. Btw , what happened to the elementary school not far to the north? I remember wearing blue and gold.
steelnerve thanks to mamata, not stopping any Muslim from Bangladesh and biharies that that come here for job but make it dirty paste their non Bengali culture which doesn't respect other cultures
Yes I was thinking the same, to be part Anglo one has to have at least some English ancestry, may be half or even one fourth..... half Indian and half some other ancestry other than English would not justify as Anglo Indian...
@@priyankeebordoloi6676 yeah well it happens and a lot of malayalis and tamils do the same with us anglos. You're obviously not anglo either and i can tell from your long invented name but you would know as well that a lot of people try to fit in society as an anglo and its disrespectful.
though im a bong ..born in Punjab.. never gotta a chance to visit Kolkata..but it feels good to see this part of bengal through your lens and perspective! good job !
Calcutta still hold that true cosmopolitan charm from the heart of the people just the economy and government that harming calcuttas cosmopolitians roots..
Its said most Anglo Indians who were worth their salt left India by late eighties and early nineties, similarly many Goans left to Portugal and took up citizenship there. The anglo Indians left today are the poor ones who couldn't manage to migrate, if you notice most of them are not rich, the rich ones are already in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and some Caribbean islands.
I am an Anglo Indian And I don't think that All the Anglos are poor....Like me and my family my great grand father and grandfather had the chance to migrate but they didn"t infact they decided to stay in India because they were doing great in India.....And my entire family are very much happy to live in this wonderful Country India....
Not all Anglo-Indians are poor...It like any other community you have both the rich and poor....But the sense of togetherness that existed in the Anglo-Indian community is slowly dwindling and getting lost.
When the British finally packed their bags to leave India for good, Many Anglo Indian families were also struck with insecurity. However, they didn’t leave the country due to a sense of endearment they had developed with their birthplace.
The country of birth and where one has lived his entire lifetime is what one should claim and reserve the right to address himself as to be called an “ INDIAN “one should always be proud of his national status and respect his fellow citizens and his country , we are proud of our nation and our motherland “INDIA “ JAI HIND !!!
It great to see your channel and these short film. You all are doing a fantastic job and looking forward to new ones. Here are few ideas - Club Culture in Calcutta - Football As A Way of Life (World Cup time) - Monsoons in Calcutta Cheers
Calcutta isn't just a city it is an emotion ! it is the city of joy, city of lights , it is the heart of many people like me who is mad for this lovely city but unfortunately I didn't Know about bow barracks. 😟
Anglo community is dying its slow death. I have lived among the Anglo. Almost all of them migrated to Australia and England. Very few left. They are not finding matrimonial match in their own community hence stepping out of the bound to marry Bengalis and the offspring becomes like the men in the commentary. Indian Government gives lot of respect to this fleeting community. If not protected, this community will vanish for good.
@@smeetb01 Wow, you're going to blame them for the actions of their male ancestors from 200 years ago? What about the fact that they're of Indian descent in the female line?
calcutta or today's kolkata is a charming place where you will find anglo Indians, parsis, jews and armenians all these small communities have contributed something to the city. without these communities the charms of kolkata will lost.
where people like me don't get to see all these indigenous places in India. may be I cannot afford to travel so much. thanx to the team giving all the viewers a great visual pleasure and a rundown of lost history
Good video. Made me feel nostalgic. I am from Vizag, we too have a similar area called Thompson street where many anglo indians live. I had my primary schooling in Richards nursery then shifted to St.Aloysius anglo indian high school.
Loved the channel. Continue touching on offbeat topics that make different places more and more interesting. Untold stories, unique perspectives! Glad someone is doing it. Continue the good work.
I don't know much about this channel and the cities you guys are working, although I have a suggestion for u.. Kerala have Jew community and also many other community of people leaving there who came from different land and leaving there for many years, mainly in Fort Kochi area and Mattancherry in Ernakulam District. If possible please make a video like this on it.. Thank you.... And great job guyzzzz....
It's true !! It's a real beauty in the City of Joy !! I have gone there several times during Christmas with my Parsi friend, unfortunately he is no more, but the Tradition in Bow Barracks remains same !! Merry Christmas to everyone 👍🍁
I love anglo indian who mostly lived in Elliot road.. My st Dominic school mostly staff belongs to anglo indian.. I love kolkata mix culture.. Kolkata city of joy...
India would owe the development of the Railways to the Anglo-Indian... Then how about the Customs Departments, the Posts and Telegraphs, the English medium schools, colleges and kindergartens, the beautiful air hostesses, the fashion shows, dance schools, stewards and hostesses in most upmarket establishments, and the Hockey and Cricket teams... How about the acting and film schools, the dress designing and tutoring schools, the anglo-indian cuisine and administrative services? We can keep naming a dozen more of Indian infrastructure first established and nurtured by Anglo-Indians. We cannot miss the army and air forces, the sea faring anglo-Indians and the air line pilots that grew these service industries...
Those who are saying that they don't look like anglo Indians, they have to learn who the Anglo Indians are, they are a mix of both British and Indians during British Raj, remember during British Raj, and that too during the initial years of Raj,because British had later banned from marrying or any having any sort of relation with Indian men/women. Modern day Anglo Indians are a the offsprings of their children, who on later generations, never been able to marry or have any relation with a person of pure British blood. So, majority of the Anglo Indians, Mostly look just like any other Indians. I have a seen a lot of people from Anglo Indian community, they easily pass of as Indians.
A wonderful place, blessed by universal God called Humanity I propose BB as the UN office of Human Rights in India. I am retired academic of Kolkata Hindu origin living in Germany...
none seemed like an anglo Indian... My classmate was better Anglo Indian than any of these people. He was blond (Half Australian-English and half Indian) but spoke perfect Hindi.
I believe you don't really understand what anglow Indian mean! It's an Indian Gene mixed with some other gene and the offsprings can be brown ,black,blond ,purple or even green you need to be a genetic engineer to guess the results.
Most of these are not first generation Anglo-Indian. They would have had a great-grandparent or a grandparent that was Anglo. Also, I'm confused with the Patel lady, as she said she was Parsi and Filipino, so not sure why she'd be considered as Anglo
It looks like a slum. It need full renovation to bring the buildings back to the way it should be. I'm I correct in saying that nobody pays rent to the building owners. Please let me know, because I have heard many stories about this topic and who do you believe in Calcutta.
It's not only Anglo Indians. Everyone leave Calcutta for better opportunities elsewhere. My dad left 30 years ago for Mumbai and says it's the best decision of his life. Sadly there is no progress in Calcutta. We're losing on such amazing culture there including the Chinese which is also migrating.
I have DVD produced by Aussies CHRISTMAS IN CALCUTTA from 1997. Full length doc I'd Angli Indian community living in senior residence in property I think called Tollyhunge? Beautiful and sad
As an old Anglo Indian I revisited the country of my birth, many years ago when Indira Gandhi had the Emergency. It was much changed to what we had departed from in 1965. The people who called themselves Anglo Indians were no longer familiar to me, as most were hardly any different to Indians. India has done a good job trying to erase the British occupation. English has gone and so are the names familiar to old residents. It will finally come of age as this cultural cringe of promoting a mono culture is recognised for what it is.
I have had lived in Calcutta, WB (1998 - 2005) and some more cities in India. Calcutta is the ultimate, amazing and the most beautiful city to live in. The Armenians, BENGALIS (THE DOMINANTS) , Parsis, Jews, Anglo Indians, Chinese. Nahum's, China town, Coffee House and thousands more to add on. The perfect blend of Europe and the United Kingdom ..I have had never felt home alone. The best place in India to be. No wherein India I could find all of these!
Marío Sánchez gracias mario
I want to visit there one day
@@sourabhbhattacharjee717 dnd
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I am sure that the beauty has been destroyed.
Fascinating documentary. I'm from Sri Lanka. Many of my ancestors were European. I can relate to this. Great video. Please keep up the good work.
I'm not an Anglo Indian, I was a Chinese Indian but now i consider myself as Chinese Canadian. I lived in bow barracks till I was 11, this is the first time in 50 years I looked at where I was from And i must say I'm blown away by the vid, lots of memories.
Btw , what happened to the elementary school not far to the north? I remember wearing blue and gold.
i consider myself as Chinese Canadian......
You're doing such a great job with these videos, 101 India. wow!
Calcutta , an Imperial capital getting decayed n destroyed..slowly...
thnks to mamata
steelnerve check out Newtown,Rajarhat
steelnerve sad but true
Thanks to Commies, and Mamata (now).
steelnerve thanks to mamata, not stopping any Muslim from Bangladesh and biharies that that come here for job but make it dirty paste their non Bengali culture which doesn't respect other cultures
FILIPINO MARRYING PARSI (INDIAN) IS NOT ANGLO INDIAN THERE IS NO ENGLISH (ANGLO) BLOOD THAT PERSON IS FILIPINO INDIAN
Yes I was thinking the same, to be part Anglo one has to have at least some English ancestry, may be half or even one fourth..... half Indian and half some other ancestry other than English would not justify as Anglo Indian...
Yes I thought the same there is no Anglo routes. No blood lineage.
Preach brother
Yes exactly
@@priyankeebordoloi6676 yeah well it happens and a lot of malayalis and tamils do the same with us anglos. You're obviously not anglo either and i can tell from your long invented name but you would know as well that a lot of people try to fit in society as an anglo and its disrespectful.
though im a bong ..born in Punjab.. never gotta a chance to visit Kolkata..but it feels good to see this part of bengal through your lens and perspective! good job !
It's such a shame that I know so little about my own city. Thank you for making this video.
You didn't know about Anglo Indians? Who do you think run the icse schools in Kolkata?
@@503945158 Armenians!
Same as me can you help?
Kolkata is inviting Bangladeshi immigrants for vote banks it's now a mess
Not really, they are all muslims, muslims don't celebrate durga puja.
Once before partition bangladeshi muslim celebrated durga puja but now radicalisatin of islam fuked it up
Save Calcutta from Illegal Bangladeshis then!
How is Bangladesh even related to this video? stop blaming us for everything
How much have you been paid to spread hate ??
Calcutta still hold that true cosmopolitan charm from the heart of the people just the economy and government that harming calcuttas cosmopolitians roots..
Its said most Anglo Indians who were worth their salt left India by late eighties and early nineties, similarly many Goans left to Portugal and took up citizenship there. The anglo Indians left today are the poor ones who couldn't manage to migrate, if you notice most of them are not rich, the rich ones are already in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and some Caribbean islands.
I am an Anglo Indian And I don't think that All the Anglos are poor....Like me and my family my great grand father and grandfather had the chance to migrate but they didn"t infact they decided to stay in India because they were doing great in India.....And my entire family are very much happy to live in this wonderful Country India....
Not all Anglo-Indians are poor...It like any other community you have both the rich and poor....But the sense of togetherness that existed in the Anglo-Indian community is slowly dwindling and getting lost.
They are barely even Anglo, on of their great grandfathers was a white dude and they are walking around thinking they are Anglo-Saxons.
Nilesh Nath There paternal ancestors are British, so their ancestors probably were crusaders, knights etc.
When the British finally packed their bags to leave India for good, Many Anglo Indian families were also struck with insecurity. However, they didn’t leave the country due to a sense of endearment they had developed with their birthplace.
I'm an Anglo-Indian myself
Joshua Alfonso Cool.
Joshua Alfonso Who are regarded as anglo indians?
Joshua Alfonso
alfonso sounds portuguese not anglo
Pravin Lal !!! Anglo Indian are those people whose ancestors were from Europe from father side. OK brother
ravi kumar But they look all too Indian to me.
The country of birth and where one has lived his entire lifetime is what one should claim and reserve the right to address himself as to be called an “ INDIAN “one should always be proud of his national status and respect his fellow citizens and his country , we are proud of our nation and our motherland “INDIA “ JAI HIND !!!
Exactly
Calm down warrior
I've recently discovered your channel- its excellent. The narrative, production and editing is top notch. Such interesting stories- well impressed! :)
It great to see your channel and these short film. You all are doing a fantastic job and looking forward to new ones.
Here are few ideas
- Club Culture in Calcutta
- Football As A Way of Life (World Cup time)
- Monsoons in Calcutta
Cheers
Calcutta isn't just a city it is an emotion ! it is the city of joy, city of lights , it is the heart of many people like me who is mad for this lovely city but unfortunately I didn't Know about bow barracks. 😟
is everybody leaving kolkata. Chinese gone, Jews gone, Anglo Indian gone etc.....
Manku Fanku, Because Everybody is Making way for Pisslam.
armenians too
That's why Kolkata is also known as city of joy
@@rizamohammed4853 why do you have pisslamic name though?
They shifted in Bihar and Jharkhand
Anglo community is dying its slow death. I have lived among the Anglo. Almost all of them migrated to Australia and England. Very few left. They are not finding matrimonial match in their own community hence stepping out of the bound to marry Bengalis and the offspring becomes like the men in the commentary. Indian Government gives lot of respect to this fleeting community. If not protected, this community will vanish for good.
mono7891 they are migrating on their own will,nobody is forcing them to leave,like Pakistanis and Bangladeshis forced the Hindus to leave!
Oh no
What a real tragedy
So sad
Surely there can't be other people who actually suffer in India
But no
Let's help the white colonizers feel cozy in the land they turned destitute
@@smeetb01 Wow, you're going to blame them for the actions of their male ancestors from 200 years ago? What about the fact that they're of Indian descent in the female line?
Half of them in the video are Christian converted Indians. My teachers were Anglo Indians. The were of mixed English and Indian ancestry.
Jesus is the truth
No one cares about it,,,
@@ashisroy5119 can you prove anything ?
@@ashisroy5119
You are not proving anything by your filthy langauge
Can you disprove Christianity ?
@@abhishekchakraborty6492 exatly what i have to prove ?
I love communities like these, very open inclusive and welcoming to everyone.
calcutta or today's kolkata is a charming place where you will find anglo Indians, parsis, jews and armenians all these small communities have contributed something to the city. without these communities the charms of kolkata will lost.
You guys need a show on TV!! Or lacs and lacs of subscribers...! Keep up the good work!
👌👌👌
Thanks a lot guys! You people are doing a fantabulous job doing such videos! Much needed for awareness purposes!!!
Wow ... I never new about it ... Thank you 😊 for the information... proud Indian with unity in diversity... great job 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
My sister’s best friend was an Anglo Burmese from Calcutta. What’s the big deal.
Great video! But looking at the people featured in the video, can’t seem to figure out which part of them is actually Anglo .. more Indian then Anglo
You earned one more subscriber !! What a class !! This channel deserve 10 million subscriber within a month!
Bow Barracks is over-rated and doesn't really need any of the attention it gets. There are other areas in Calcutta that are far more interesting.
Hope you could make longer duration films. will certainly follow. And compliments to the beautiful host :-)
The cross culture of Kolkatta is beautiful ❤️
My favourite author "Ruskin Bond"?......Thank you "101 India" so much.....
where people like me don't get to see all these indigenous places in India. may be I cannot afford to travel so much. thanx to the team giving all the viewers a great visual pleasure and a rundown of lost history
thank u for sharing my community
"But this culture is decreasing everyday"
Thank the great heavens 🙏❤️
*Proud to be a Bengali* 😍😘😍
You people deserve so many more subscribers! Amazing just. Love your videos!
@101 love your videos; can feel and appreciate the effort/research behind each video...keep up the good work...waiting for more videos...
nice! Keep them coming!
have already done that :)
A brilliant report once again.
বলতেই হয়, এটা আমাদের কলকাতা।ভালোবাসার শহর,শান্তির শহর।
I am a subscriber of this channel from today.. I must say i am fall in love with this channel... So many unknown information about Kolkata....
Good video. Made me feel nostalgic. I am from Vizag, we too have a similar area called Thompson street where many anglo indians live. I had my primary schooling in Richards nursery then shifted to St.Aloysius anglo indian high school.
Thank you Sir, at least you are not full of hate for us. Cheers and long life to you.
@@stavio12 why hate brother? Only love bring people together. Good luck enjoy life.
@@nenumeediwakaram5674 Thank you
Loved the channel.
Continue touching on offbeat topics that make different places more and more interesting.
Untold stories, unique perspectives!
Glad someone is doing it.
Continue the good work.
you deserve more views and subscribers as you offer great content and btw uh are very beautiful.😍
i will but i need your help too for expanding my business, you can also contact me i will explain you every thing mail-prabhakar.abhinav33@gmail.com
I don't know much about this channel and the cities you guys are working, although I have a suggestion for u.. Kerala have Jew community and also many other community of people leaving there who came from different land and leaving there for many years, mainly in Fort Kochi area and Mattancherry in Ernakulam District. If possible please make a video like this on it.. Thank you.... And great job guyzzzz....
Host looks more Anglo than all interviewed. Good looking too
Thank you 101,God bless you
Am an Anglo Indian my own grandfather is a British man.
Such a great TH-cam channel, great content, I love it that you show different sides of India.
How is a Parsi an Anglo ??????
Critic TH-cam probably mixed with a british person.
No it is not
they are called zoroastrian
Parsis are not Ethnic indians , they came from Iran that's why they are called Parsis
He said half parsi and half Filipino.... nothing English so not Anglo
If her Mother is a Filipino and her Father a Parsi , as she said , that does not make her an Anglo - Indian .
very likeable and well spoken folks. thank you for this great video
I'm a Mexican living in India since I was 6.Now I'm 19.So I guess I'm kind of Anglo indian lol
u guys are awesome 101 india
Goosebumps, everytime i watch your videos..Aaamazing
seems like everyone is leaving that place. no opportunity
This channel mesmerizies me every day with its videos... Wonderful work.. so many things out there.. lovely Kolkata.. n great work frnds
Eat Shi t
It's true !! It's a real beauty in the City of Joy !! I have gone there several times during Christmas with my Parsi friend, unfortunately he is no more, but the Tradition in Bow Barracks remains same !! Merry Christmas to everyone 👍🍁
great channel already subscribed really riveting story and not too long either.
very good job yaar...keep it up ..we r with u...
Please keep sharing different communities of India, love knowing more about it.
thank you so much for this video
i love how the street looks. it's like Deja Vu for some Reason
I love anglo indian who mostly lived in Elliot road.. My st Dominic school mostly staff belongs to anglo indian.. I love kolkata mix culture.. Kolkata city of joy...
awesomeeeeeeeeee thanku for doing such work
Christmas is really big in Kolkata.. I happened to be there last year and had a fabulous time
so diverse!
India would owe the development of the Railways to the Anglo-Indian... Then how about the Customs Departments, the Posts and Telegraphs, the English medium schools, colleges and kindergartens, the beautiful air hostesses, the fashion shows, dance schools, stewards and hostesses in most upmarket establishments, and the Hockey and Cricket teams...
How about the acting and film schools, the dress designing and tutoring schools, the anglo-indian cuisine and administrative services? We can keep naming a dozen more of Indian infrastructure first established and nurtured by Anglo-Indians. We cannot miss the army and air forces, the sea faring anglo-Indians and the air line pilots that grew these service industries...
Very true....
Lotta Anglo-Indians segregated themselves from other Indians thinking that these people were inferior. Your videos should also reflect this reality.
Those who are saying that they don't look like anglo Indians, they have to learn who the Anglo Indians are, they are a mix of both British and Indians during British Raj, remember during British Raj, and that too during the initial years of Raj,because British had later banned from marrying or any having any sort of relation with Indian men/women. Modern day Anglo Indians are a the offsprings of their children, who on later generations, never been able to marry or have any relation with a person of pure British blood. So, majority of the Anglo Indians, Mostly look just like any other Indians. I have a seen a lot of people from Anglo Indian community, they easily pass of as Indians.
Loved the shots.. who is the camera man...
A wonderful place, blessed by universal God called Humanity I propose BB as the UN office of Human Rights in India. I am retired academic of Kolkata Hindu origin living in Germany...
I had many anglo indian teachers in school. Some say they r british by-products...
❤️ I am indian & a Bengali person and I love my city which call Kolkata ❤️
❤️ WE BENGALI PERSON CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS FAR BETTER THAN LONDON ❤️
Just wow 😍😍😍❤️🙏
Beautiful Bow Barracks. love it.
y did u re upload this video?
To make money..
Indian Tradition give them some money
WOW Its Wonderful
Great videos guys, but I still feel you have made many videos about Calcutta, I would love to know about different parts or country....
thankssssss
some parts seems nice but what the fck not seen any foreign national is against to their home country,,,bless showers
love that bengali accent 😍😍😍
none seemed like an anglo Indian... My classmate was better Anglo Indian than any of these people. He was blond (Half Australian-English and half Indian) but spoke perfect Hindi.
@Alex hahaha...too funny...you win!
I believe you don't really understand what anglow Indian mean!
It's an Indian Gene mixed with some other gene and the offsprings can be brown ,black,blond ,purple or even green you need to be a genetic engineer to guess the results.
Most of these are not first generation Anglo-Indian.
They would have had a great-grandparent or a grandparent that was Anglo.
Also, I'm confused with the Patel lady, as she said she was Parsi and Filipino, so not sure why she'd be considered as Anglo
Great vedio
It looks like a slum. It need full renovation to bring the buildings back to the way it should be. I'm I correct in saying that nobody pays rent to the building owners. Please let me know, because I have heard many stories about this topic and who do you believe in Calcutta.
Where is this bow barracks? would like to visit , please give me proper address
there are a few french indian families in chandannagar hooghly,i request u to please visit them and make some vdoes on them......ur channel is awsm
I would like go there
Beautiful!
Sotti!
Etai Amader kolkata 😁😁
The city of joy for all................❤❤🎅👨👧👶👶👩👩👧👩👬👭💁👷👮👼🎅👸👰👲👳👯💂💁👷👮
It's not only Anglo Indians. Everyone leave Calcutta for better opportunities elsewhere. My dad left 30 years ago for Mumbai and says it's the best decision of his life. Sadly there is no progress in Calcutta. We're losing on such amazing culture there including the Chinese which is also migrating.
💘💘💘....Darun
Oh! Kolkata... U r evergreen
FASCINATING...
Kolkota is probably the most interesting place in India.
101 has made video of every one except kashmiri Hindus . have made it .
Doesn't suits their ideology
Propaganda kaise chalega re baba agar wo dikha denge to
I love kolkata... I love bengoli culture ,tradition, ...
vry well bro impressive keep it up
I have DVD produced by Aussies CHRISTMAS IN CALCUTTA from 1997. Full length doc I'd Angli Indian community living in senior residence in property I think called Tollyhunge? Beautiful and sad
life will be booring,with out these interesting stories ,good stuff
As an old Anglo Indian I revisited the country of my birth, many years ago when Indira Gandhi had the Emergency. It was much changed to what we had departed from in 1965. The people who called themselves Anglo Indians were no longer familiar to me, as most were hardly any different to Indians. India has done a good job trying to erase the British occupation. English has gone and so are the names familiar to old residents. It will finally come of age as this cultural cringe of promoting a mono culture is recognised for what it is.