Is Kolkata India's Most Underrated City? 🇮🇳
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- Is Kolkata India's Most Underrated City?
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I'm Jason, a full-time British Travel Vlogger and TH-camr who's been to 61 countries. I've been travelling around the world full-time since 2017.
I have travel series' from many of the world's best (and least) known destinations. I filmed the first vlogs on my channel in the summer of 2016 after spending a year living in China. A proper solo trip around Eastern Europe followed after graduating from University in the summer of 2017, taking me to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo. This marked the start of my efforts to turn vlogging into a full-time job.
After that European trip I explored much of Asia: visiting India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
I have also travelled to North Africa and the Middle East fairly extensively over the last five years, filming videos in Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.
I've travelled to North America just once as a TH-camr, visiting Mexico in 2021. Though I have been to both the USA and Canada, this was as a child on family holidays.
In 2022, I took my first trip to Sub Saharan Africa, visiting Kenya and Tanzania, before heading to the Middle East, stopping in Dubai and Lebanon. Europe followed, covering both the Greek and Turkish sides of Cyprus, and afterwards going back to Italy for the second time to cover Milan and Sicily. I then visited the Caribbean for the first time, covering the Dominican Republic, before heading to both Brussels and Amsterdam, then covering Taiwan and the Philippines in Asia. I finished off the year with a trip around Morocco.
I started my travels in 2023 by finally visiting Paris, taking the Eurostar from London. I then headed over to Qatar for a few days, before heading to Asia, with videos following from India, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand and Sumatra (Indonesia). I began 2024 by revisiting Bangladesh.
#kolkata #calcutta #india
I love Bengali Cinema particularly films of Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha, Rituparno Ghosh and Aparna Sen. You must watch these 5 great Bengali 60s films
1) Kanchenjunga (1962)
2) Deya Neya (1963)
3) Charulata (1964)
4) Thana Theke Aschi (1965) this film was like Witness for Prosecution (1957)
5) Nayak: The Hero (1966)
I also love Bengali pop rock music like Mohiner Ghoraguly, Chandrabindoo, Fossils, Anupam Roy, Somalata Chowdhury, Lalon Band, James, Ayyub Bachhu, Arman Alif, Miles, Baul Sukumar etc etc.
I have a playlist of more than 200 great Bengali pop rock songs from West Bengal and Bangladesh.
best part of Kolkata is food. if you eat right food at the right places you will fall in love and come back again and again.
The food is great.
Can you Pleaseeee name those places. All of them cuz i am going There next month
@@darkmist2515street food at dacres lane, esplanade, Kathi roll at Park Street, street side fuchkas, and best part is sweets of Kolkata …you’ll get all kind of foods on the streets of Kolkata
@@bitwadrudas8538 that means the world to me! thnx for the suggestions ❤
Kolkata is underrated because biased national media never cover Kolkata due to their political difference and ideology of bjp , as bengal is ruled by TMC …… also central govt literally tried to ignore Kolkata ….. but Kolkata is Kolkata …… it is d most calm , culturally rich city … also 3rd largest economy of India
Place around Esplanade unfortunately has gone to Dogs, as much one likes the city. Or not. There’s no trash pickup in many localities.
Hiii. I am from Brazil. I have dificult unsdertand .. What is Pjb and TMC? Thanks so much ❤🇧🇷
@@iasminsanches bjp and TMC both are political parties....... Bjp is extreme right wing party and TMC is somehow socialist,liberal party..... BJP rules India's Central government and TMC rules the state of west bengal where kolkata situated....... And both parties r arch rival..... Dts why kolkata is ignored by central media and goverment ..,... U must visit kolkata,also ds is d safest city for women for last consecutive 3 years.., also Bengal has the only female chief minister of india...... Thank u
@@imperiuminteligents7150 Thanks very much
@@imperiuminteligents7150Socialist??? She is the reason, Kolkata is called mini pakistan worldwide.
Seems you enjoyed your stay in Kolkata. You tried to show the soul of Kolkata instead of most videos by foreigners where they only see filth, dirt, crowded street and honking cars.
It was refreshing to see the city from a foreigners view who enjoys traveling and capturing the beauty.
Kolkatai onek Grom
Honestly that's true about almost all of India...so is Delhi and Mumbai...maybe southern states are better and so is Northeast in these terms
How could you miss the filth snd dirt from the beginning to the end? I am born and brought up in Kolkata and feel ashamed to say we Kolkatans know how to abuse our beloved city by throwing garbages allover. And wait for others to keep it clean! Certainly the filthiest city.
@batayangosh it's identity shame, which makes one feel inferior than others and over critical and sometimes they feel worthless. It's sad, it usually leads to negative though patterns and not notice the positivity. Not a good thing. Maybe you can try to learn more about Kolkata/Bengal ,read various books . This soil has given birth to some of the greatest achievers 😊. Feel proud of yourself please.
@@olyviaray5667 Fact and opinion are two different things. Certainly, I am not ashamed of my identity. I've mentioned the fact that the Kolkata people and our leaders are not educated enough to keep the city clean. Otherwise, it’s an international standard city with all modern amenities available. Probably that is the reason why Jason used the title “Is Kolkata the most underrated city?”
For the last twenty years, I’ve been traveling around the globe. I absolutely feel proud as an Indian and as a Bengali. Rabindra Nath Thakur is always in my heart. I understand how people from other countries respect India and Indians for their spiritualism and knowledge of math and science. I am completely proud of myself for who am I, and what I do today.
But one thing which I never understand is how Kolakatans learned how to ignore dog shit or garbage on roads and keep walking with the impression that everything is normal. Forget about cities in the US, just go to Bangkok, even they learned in last twenty or thirty years how to manage a megacity keep the roads clean. We Bengalis are such snobbish people, most of us are good in bookish knowledge, and we are probably the laziest in the world, conceited about our art and culture and completely oblivious about keeping our beloved city clean.
After reading your comment, I can only think about the character of Dhritiman in the movie Agantuk. Long ago when I watched the movie as a young guy, I didn’t understand when Utpal Dutta told his grandson not to be a “Kupamanduk”. I know the practical meaning of that word now. I recommend why don't you watch the other city tours posted in Jason's channel, hopefully you would feel less pompous about your own identity!!!🙂
I am a taxi driver in Calcutta
90% of all youtube accounts from india are. 🎉
How can we live without ur service sir.......ur service is immensely valuable as that of an ias officer......
😂@@DextHds
hope you're not the guy who stole Jason's camera 😆
@@eifelitorn🤣🤣 right
Lovely seeing kulkuta with you i am impressed i have a weakness for India i believe in reïncarnation i lived there greetings from the Netherlands
places to visit in Kolkata
heritage - Shyam Bazar, College Street
developed - New Town, Salt Lake
food - Park Circus, Park Street.
For halalala - SONAGACHI 😍 🏳️🌈
Tq so much Jason!🙏, from Penang Malaysia🇲🇾, tq🙏.
I love Calcutta🏳️🌈 from London 😊🌈
calcutta is much like london really yes it is much much poorer but many things are pretty common
That's nice but why are you put the LGBTQ flag after "Calcutta" 💀
Another great video Thanks again John in Chicago
Great video as always. Its really
densly populated. Thank you Jason
This is real india❤🇮🇳
The greatest country on earth to visit you have to see it once in every ones lifetime 😊
Great video! 🤩
Yes ,Kolkata is India's Most Underrated City.
Loved your coverage of my home city. I will be back to my home town soon!!
Wow!
Seems u r in the old part of Kolkata. Do visit new town, sector v , saltlake , Ruby etc .. because those area r highly developed.
😂😂😂😂..
@@shivathealmighty 🤣🤣🤣
@@shivathealmighty 🤡🤡🤡🤡
European come to see old calcutta.. It's the greatest city after London that time.
New building you can find anywhere in the world.
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I'm loving yours videos...i think its bcz u came here earlier you really traveling like a local guy which is so good and really your videos are well captured ❤
Thank you!
So nice to see this Kolkata vlog. So well captured in every aspect. It's also my place of birth and the place where I spent my childhood
Welcome to Kolkata ❤️🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏
The problem is tourists don't visit the Southern part of the city. That is where most of the middle class Bengalis reside.
North & Central Kolkata gives a different view of the city. It reflects the traditional side of the city.
Somehow I believe the cultural epicenter has shifted to South Kolkata.
just say it bro poorer and dirty side.I went to north kolkata to buy books and even though i considered the bypass and southern avenue jadavpur dirty and newtown,sector 5 only slightly better those areas totally changed my perspective.There is an urgent need to completely revamp the central and north parts of kolkata
All the best man
during the British Raj 200 million to 250 million people Indians were killed. most of them killed by artificially engineered famines others were killed directly. before leaving they did partition of India which cost more than 1 million lives, created an almost permanent enemy for india and gave the power to their agents which became government of India. then that government gave away 120000 sqm of more India's land to neighbouring countries like it was their own properties. they also made the highly Indian distorted history written by British of India as official one and continued British education system which was designed to control the population without trying to revive ancient Indian education system which focused on raising human consciousness like no other culture ever had. puppet Indian govts over the years sent India's wealth Britain and to their bank accounts in Europe which in the past decade have changed drastically in india and first time it is looking like a nation which is trying to break the shackles.
Oh my goodness
the Victoria Memorial is named after Queen Victoria. she ruled over India for Much of 19th century. during this time tens of millions of Indian were starved to death by british in artificially induced famines all over India. from 1880 to 1920 they killed 165 million Indians significant portion of that happened in the rule of Victoria. it was under her rule that the first war of India's Independence 1857 happened and the aftermarth of that at least 10 million Indians were killed by the British under the watch of Victoria.
my hometown a beautiful city with great food especially street food .
Jason hats off to you to be able to put up with 40C heat and be able to take a video. And then do a walking tour of Howrah bridge. I was there for a week about two weeks back and even though this is where I grew up I find the intense heat unbearable. (It was never this hot, last five years everything has changed.)
I visited, it's very beautiful ❤️
Hi Jason, how are you? I watch all ur videos which are interesting & enjoyable,informative.👌👏👍🙏U can visit the Seven Wonders of the World Park in Kolkata & that is amazing. From Darjeeling, u can come back to Kolkata & visit some of the important sight seeing places which I am sure u would enjoy. Eagerly waiting for ur Darjeeling hill station video. Have a safe & enjoyable trip in India & other countries travel journey also. All the best & take care.🎁🎈💐
Recently underwater metro rail opened running beneath the river. I believe, a big chunk of crowd is taking the underground transit system. I'm surprised to see you have never mentioned or never taken the underground metro rail even once, instead of Uber. Metro is the most convenient way to go places in Kolkata. It's a nice, clean, comfortable, modern rapid transit system and much cheaper than taking a cab.
yes I am from Howrah and I go to Kolkata by using underriver Metro. hope foreigner vloggers show that.
Kolkata is undoubtedly one of the best cities to live in.
Only problem is not enough good employment opportunities & some cheap type goons associated with political parties.
But they are of no consequence!!
General people are great, & its the Food Capital of India!!! Bengali dishes are great!!
one benefit of that is things are cheap as hell here and when others are poor your money and hard work goes a much longer way here than in mumbai/delhi.So if you are looking for a job don't bother you won't find any but if you are earning outside kolkata remotely hrough whatever means or you are a buisnessman kolkata is great especially because car prices are one of the lowest in india.Like almost half of the people i know from neighbours to relatives all who live in kolkata now earn from outside.In fact they love kolkata and even buy houses just because it is so much more affordable than other metros but it has most facilities and infra is at level of other cities.
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India was the richest place for the most part of human civilization. even 300 years ago India was the richest place in the world after which the Brits looted 50 trillion usd in today's money, created tension between different community by playing divide n rule and split the country into pieces without settling the border. country has had 5 wars since independence because of border issue with neighbouring countries in invading. last 1000 years India never had a 50 your period when it was never invaded/ruled by foreigners. because of these things Government of India has to spend large amount of its budget in defence.
Jason why not try to visit Iloilo city philippines is also a tourist spot
The scene at 0:50 looked very Japanese for a moment!
Hello my friend Jason, I hope you are well, you are still in India 😊😊😊😊
Once again , Jason in traffic!🙈😱🫣😳🙀
Through your eyes India looks exciting. Thanks to JBT, a travel in India will go to my dream board 🌝
Welcome in Kolkata ❤️
Hi brother.....🎉🎉🎉
Ride a trum in kolkata... Its rare now.
Please visit these places in India 🇮🇳❤️
1. Ladakh
2. Kashmir
3. Manali
4. Shimla
5. Rishikesh
6. Mcleodganj
7. Jaisalmer
8. Goa
9. Kerala ( kochi, varkala, Alleppey, Munnar)
10. Hampi
11. Darjeeling
12. Sikkim
13. Meghalaya
14. Andaman and Nicobar islands
15. Udaipur
Hey Mate, Why don't you visit and show us the New town area? It's all different from the old calcutta chaos.
Must visit panchmarhi hill station in madhya pradesh 🙌. Most of the foreigners waste their time in boring cities . Hope you Explore new places .
Kolkata is perhaps the least boring city in fact it has nothing except things to do.And yes i went to panchmarhi and loved it especially because of the stone age paintings
Can you visit three historical football clubs in Kolkata 🙏🙏
Hey jason,
Will you be travelling to north Bengal?
Darjeeling next!
@@JasonBillamTravel will love to join in with you
It seems that Indian people's life quality haven't be improved a lot in last a couple of decades.
Jason do visit Assam mostly Guwahati
Looks a bit like Yangon, which I've been!
Did you say 3'o clock in the day?
Damm, how are you handling the heat man?
I'm from here and I can't take the noise and heat!!
Darjeeling? Excellent choice.
during their rule in India, British engineered famines one after the other as they thought Indians would not be able to fight for their Independence in those situations. dying in famine is the worst form of death where one wants to die quickly but one dies little by little. here are numbers of the deaths in some major artificial famines caused by the British in India-
The Great Bengal Famine, 1769 - 1770: 10 Million+ Deaths
Madras City & Chalisa Famines, 1782 - 1783: 11 Million+ Deaths
Doji Bara Famines, 1791 - 1792: 10 Million+
Agra Faminem, 1837 - 1838: 1 Mil
Upper Doab Famine, 1860 -1861: 2 Million
Orissa Famine, 1866: 1 Million+
Rajputana Famine, 1868 - 1870: 1.5 Million Deaths
Bihar Famine, 1873 - 1874: 5.5 Million
Ganjam/Orissa/Bihar Famines, 1888 - 1889: 100,000 +
Indian Famine, 1896 - 1897: Millions
Indian Famine, 1899: 1+ Million
Bombay Presidency Famine, 1906 - 1906- 100,000+
Bengal Famine, 1943-1944- 4 Million+
The best city
I'm a bengali 😊
Normal ticket price of victoria memorial is 50 rupees. लेकिन 10 गुना लगान वसूल करेगा अंग्रेज से 😂😂😂
No it's not underrated .. rather it's the most popular city in India.
I stay here at kolkata. But don't like to stay here because of the extreme temperature which increasing day by day , no hills or no sea beach , only the artificial beauty.
Better Jalpaiguri Koochbihar if i could stay
British history there!
it was planned by British to split India. after first war of independence in 1857 where all community of Indian fought against the British together British started divide and rule in India between people. very strategically split India before going. present day Pakistan was the route by which India is to trade with Arab countries for thousands of years. present day Bangladesh was the route through which India East used to trade with South Asian countries for thousands of years. both were gone so now India has become like an Island where all trade being done by sea not land. also before going Brits had their puppet governments in charge of both countries India and Pakistan so that there is always fight with between the two countries and they Never grow.
all foreigners go to north, todarjeeling from kolkata. nobody goes south to see digha beaches. 🤣
Why would they
@@anweshakar146 why wouldn't they ?
up to 200 million people died in British induced famines over the years in India. there was an untold holocaust which caused the deaths of almost 10 million people over 10 years beginning in 1857, after the first independence movement of India. at least 100k people were killed in Delhi. total population including small children of many small towns and villages which took part in the movement were eliminated. many forests were completely burnt including tribal people inside it. unfortunately Brits were the ones who have written Indian history. so these things are very much hidden
If you're in India, please consider avoiding the commonly visited, stereotypical destinations like Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. Instead, explore the hidden gems of the country
these are the most breathtaking places that India has to offer.
1.Lakshadweep Islands
Agatti
Bangaram Beach
Kavaratti Beach
Kalpeni
Thinnakara Island
2.Ladakh
Pangong Tso Lake
Phugtal Monastery
Kharnak
Zanskar
Tso Kar Lake
Hanle
Phukthar Monastery
Tso Moriri Lake
Thiksey Monastery
Nubra Valley
Puga valley
Umling La Pass
Magnetic Hill
Chadar Trek, Kargil
Sand Dunes Leisure Park
Turtuk
3.Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Radhanagar Beach
Long Island- Lalaji Bay Beach
North Passage Island-Mark Bay Beach
Ross & Smith Islands (Twin Islands)
Elephant Beach
Jolly Buoy Island
Cinque Island
Kalapathar Beach
Laxmanpur Beach
Sitapur Beach
Little Andaman Island
Vijayanagar Beach
Rutland Island
Baratang Island
Interview Island
Guitar Island
4.Meghalaya
Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge
NohKaLikai Falls
Wari Chora
Phi Phi Fall
Nongkhnum River Island
Mawlynnong
Wei Sawdong Falls
Nongjrong
Tura
Krem Chympe
Dawki
Siju Caves
Laitlum Canyon
5.Sikkim
Gurudongmar Lake
Gangtok
Yumthang Valley
Lachen
Lachung
Pelling
Yume Samdong
Tsomgo Lake
6.Arunachal Pradesh
Ziro Valley
Tawang
Sela Pass
Bhalukpong
Roing
Tezu
Mechuka Valley
Sangti Valley
Bumla Pass
Dirang
Dong Valley
Changlang
7.Jammu and Kashmir
Aru Valley
Sonamarg
Srinagar
Gulmarg
Patnitop
Gangabal Lake Trek
Betaab Valley
Budgam
Kupwara
Gurez Valley
Baisaran Valley
8.Maharashtra
Ajanta and Ellora Caves
Mahabaleshwar
Kalsubai Hills
Amboli
Kumbhe Waterfall
Tarkarli
Mangi Tung
HariHar Fort
Rajmachi Fort Trek
Rajgad Fort
Bhairavgad
Lonar Crater
Kalavantin Durg
Peb Fort -Vikatgad
Sandhan Valley
Naneghat Reverse Waterfall
Kalu Waterfall
kaas plateau,panchgani
Devghali Beach, Kasheli
Nanemachi Waterfall
9.Himachal Pradesh
Parvati Valley
Kangra Valley
Spiti Valley,Komic
Tirthan Valley
Sangla Valley
Lahaul valley
Malana
Kufri
Kasol
Bir Billing
Tosh
Kaza
Khajjiar
Kalpa
Bir Billing
Jibhi
Dalhousie
Dev Roopa Trek
Kyelang
Beas Kund
10.Uttarakhand
Valley of Flowers
Auli
Roopkund
Devprayag
Haridwar
Kedarnath
Crank's Ridge
Badrinath
Chopta
Nelong Valley
11.Karnataka
Hampi
Badami cave temples
Gokarna
Iruppu Falls
Jog Falls
Coorg
Ottinene Beach
kudremukh
Agumbe
chikmagalur
Mysore Palace
Mullayanagiri Peak
Netrani Island
Belur
Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagarhole
Shivanasamudra Falls
12.kerala
Alleppey
Munnar-Anamudi Peak
Marayoor
Kanthalloor
Kollengode
Wayanad
Vagamon
Thekkady
Gavi
Kavayi Island
Varkala Beach
Athirappilly Waterfalls
Munroe Island
Kuttanad
Thenmala
Aymanam Village
Jatayu Earth's Center Nature Park
Ranipuram
Nilambur
Kumarakom
Poovar
Silent Valley
Meenmutty Waterfalls
13.Mizoram
Reiek
Aizawl
Vantawng Waterfall
Tuirihiau falls
Falkawn Village
It will be the most beautiful once its liberated and united as independent Bengal :)
ki bolchis re, liberated from?
@@jitgtij He is Bangladeshi and wants to saparate Bengal from India. As it will help them to compare with us West Bengalis.
It is, because of politics.
Looooool
Kolkata is the dirtiest city in India, avoid this city
i am from kolkata and it depends like north and central kolkata are absoluetly filled with trash,overcrowded,polluted absolute hellhole where he is right now but south and east kolkata is much cleaner and beautiful and modern
Gems of West Bengal Police yesterday during Ram Navami Processions:
- Stops people from recording atrocities against Hindus.
- Relaxes when bombs are falling on Hindus.
- Threatens handles with legal cases for posting the atrocities
- Gets openly called "biased" by the High Court
- Refusing to receive FIR
- But, it's way too shameless to be affected by it.
IN UTTAR PRADESH 😅😅😂😂😂
Gutter Pradeshi dropped
Most worst city
Most worst city - Bombay.
BJP it cell ?
@@Ronnie1989ismDada OP Bangali...oii cynical manush...chheredin😂😂
Tor language ta dekhe amar heart attack eshe jaye.
Bjpig?
I don't know how many are going to believe me but here's the truth:
I've studied in Kolkata, have lived in Kolkata, am appointed as a substantive faculty in a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta; travel through Calcutta twice-thrice EVERY WEEK, come to the CU for univ scripts verification and whatnot, my wife has a govt job pretty much 40 mins away from Victoria Memorial.
YET, this is THE FIRST TIME I'm seeing the interiors of this place!
😅
I love u jasson ❤
That Victoria Memorial is a sign of colonialism - don't get me wrong, I studied in a Christian missionary school in Kolkata and have fond memories of my childhood but the Victoria memorial is a sign of millions of rupees stolen from India to build a monument for Queen Victoria. Totally unnecessary imposition on a poor country.
Kolkata itself is british if you do not know its story ... before that it was an uncivilized village ... britishers made this town , gave you modern education , otherwise you would be cleaning toilet of marathis by now . Kolkata is made by brittain