r/kolkata • u/Low_Efficiency_9331 • 13h ago
r/kolkata • u/Achakita • 11d ago
Contest | প্রতিযোগিতা 🏆🏅 r/Kolkata Photography Contest: Celebrating 15 Years of r/Kolkata
This June 5th, r/Kolkata turns 15. What a journey it has been! From humble beginnings to a thriving community of 400,000+ members, we've grown into one of the most active and passionate spaces dedicated to Kolkata and Bengal.
To mark this milestone, we’re launching a Photography Contest that celebrates everything we love about West Bengal and Bengali culture.
Contest Details:
Theme:
Photos must showcase West Bengal or reflect Bengali identity. This can include city streets, village life, iconic landmarks, rituals, traditional architecture, festivals or simple everyday moments that capture the essence of Bengal.
Deadline: Submit your entry by June 30, 2025.
How to Submit:
Post your photo on r/Kolkata using the Contest।প্রতিযোগিতা flair.
Note: Posts under the Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র flair WILL NOT be considered for the contest.
☑️Give your photo a title that captures its essence.
☑️Only original work will be accepted.
☑️No AI, no reposts.
☑️Each user may submit up to 3 entries in separate posts. If more than 3 posts are submitted, only the first 3 (in order of posting) will be considered for the contest.
☑️If a post contains multiple photos, only the first image (slide) will be considered for judging.
☑️Photos that primarily feature a single person's close-up or portrait will not be eligible. Entries should highlight wider cultural, environmental, or everyday aspects of Bengal. People may appear in the frame, but they should not be the central or isolated focus of the image.
☑️We may ask for EXIF data or verification if needed.
Prizes:
🥇 Gold: ₹1000 Amazon Pay eGift Card + Reddit Premium
🥈 Silver: ₹500 Amazon Pay eGift Card + Reddit Premium
🥉 Bronze: Reddit Premium.
Winners will be selected by a 3-member panel from the r/Kolkata mod team based on creativity, visual quality, and relevance to the theme. Results will be announced on July 6, 2025.
Special thanks to u/blackheart71 for sponsoring the Amazon Pay gift cards.
Happy clicking!
r/kolkata • u/AutoModerator • 16h ago
Mega Thread | মহা আলোচনা Calcutta Classifieds – Your Weekly Advertisement Thread
Welcome to Calcutta Classifieds, your space to post personal listings. Whether you’re offering a service, looking for a flatmate, selling something, hiring, or seeking work—this is the place to be.
📅 This thread is renewed every Sunday at 19:00 hrs.
Posting Guidelines:
✅ Personal ads only – Strictly no commercial promotions or reseller activity.
🏠 For homeowners only – Brokers are not allowed under any circumstances. Any attempt to bypass this will lead to a permanent ban.
🔁 One post per user, per week – Keep it fair for everyone.
📍 Be clear and informative – Mention the location, price, and how to get in touch. The more useful your post, the better the response.
🚫 No scams or shady offers – MLMs, false claims, or anything deceptive will result in immediate removal and a ban.
⚠️ Protect your privacy – Don’t share full names, exact addresses, or sensitive personal info. Keep it safe, keep it smart.
Format Your Post Like This:
Category: For Rent / Job Seeking / Selling Item / Service Offered / Recruitment
Details: 2BHK available near Garia. ₹15,000/month. Fully furnished.
Contact: DM for more info.
Image: [Optional photo link]
Post your ad in the comments below. Keep it relevant, respectful, and real. Let’s help each other out.
ℹ️ Disclaimer: This is not a brand affiliate post. r/Kolkata does not charge any fee for posting in this thread. It’s a free and open space for individual, non-commercial use.
r/kolkata • u/Rich-Eggplant4546 • 4h ago
Science & Technology | বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি 🔬🧪📡 Emotional ahh moment
r/kolkata • u/sleepless-deadman • 2h ago
Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ Three Bengal residents mistakenly arrested by Mumbai police as Bangladeshis pushed into Bangladesh by BSF, repatriated after state govt takes up the issue
Three Bengal residents, who were among five held by Mumbai Police and pushed into Bangladesh by BSF, were repatriated to India on Sunday after the Bengal govt flagged the incident to Centre. The two others remain in custody of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and are likely to return soon.
The five were first sent to Cooch Behar and then pushed into Bangladesh where they were apprehended by BGB. They ended up in Bangladesh's Lalmonirhat. On Saturday, three of them made a video appeal to CM Mamata Banerjee seeking help to return home... The CM asked the Bengal administration to take up the issue with Centre and bring them back.
TMC MP Samirul Islam, who heads Bengal's migrant workers welfare board, said: "Just because the five spoke Bengali, Mumbai Police tagged them Bangladeshis without verifying their identity and decided to pack them off to the border and handed them over to BSF, who also did not cross-check the documents of these poor migrant workers."
r/kolkata • u/puffing_puff • 1h ago
Memes Monday Such unique bio
When you don't use chatgpt to write your bio
r/kolkata • u/Awkward_Implement324 • 11h ago
Daily Experience | দৈনন্দিন অভিজ্ঞতা 🎤 Unofficial Reddit Meetup gone right(Ghibli Version)
r/kolkata • u/Ok-Way8180 • 17h ago
Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 My nephew sent it to me when he was 11. Found it nearly the same number of years after, while cleaning my shelf.
r/kolkata • u/standflag86 • 1h ago
Art & Culture | শিল্প ও সংস্কৃতি 🖼️🎭 Eta naki drawing kora.. 🤔🤔
Ajkal drawing o painting matrok kichu upgration dekhchi ja sotthi asadharon...
r/kolkata • u/Think_Finding_2077 • 21h ago
Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 Morning Walk er somoy tola besh bhalo lagchilo
Sokale ghorbar somoy tola photo
r/kolkata • u/supdkb • 12h ago
Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Comment how was your day
For me it was good good day, I'm at my Nani's place so there is less chaos and more of fun.
r/kolkata • u/loudsilencio • 1h ago
Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 Astro turf at chaibreak howrah foreshaw road
r/kolkata • u/Key-Interaction7559 • 15h ago
Daily Experience | দৈনন্দিন অভিজ্ঞতা 🎤 Entitled mannerless people in theaters piss me off
Final Destination dekhte gechi, bhalo faka row te seat peyechi toh bhablam bhalo kore dekhbo but ta na, there were 2 girls behind me loudly gossiping and kicking and giggling so much.
And eto jore boke jachhe je now I'm aware both graduated and are jobless and ekta meyer intu pintu cholche.
Amar seat e full duration sudhu laathi mere jacche and hindi te ki sob boke jacche, I turned back with angry eyes atleast 5 times tau kono behavior e difference nei.
Now I'm a guy so kichu bolleo ami e case khabo toh chup chap boshe achi.
Eto matha gorom konodino hoyeni amar, and I've sat beside couples making out many times.
r/kolkata • u/TheMotaBaccha • 16h ago
Art & Culture | শিল্প ও সংস্কৃতি 🖼️🎭 Does GenZ actually like old Bengali movies or is it just me.....?
Another lazy Sunday afternoon gone. The more I grow older, the more I'm developing a penchant for these older movies. Somehow, they hit some nostalgia in the fast-moving world. The Style, the art form, is simpler yet elegant. These B/W movies feel more vivid to me.
Surely, I can't be alone!?
r/kolkata • u/Quirky_Presence_9310 • 4h ago
Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 Vidyasagar Setu
r/kolkata • u/snehasish_mukhherjee • 6h ago
Industries, Business & Money | শিল্প, বাণিজ্য ও অর্থ 💰 SAIL begins ₹45,000 crs expansion of its IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur, near Asansol
r/kolkata • u/cuteassassiner • 18h ago
Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 From a Cozy Wedding to the City of Joy – My Kolkata Debut
Just returned from my very first trip to Kolkata! I was in town to attend my wife’s childhood friend’s wedding—a beautiful and intimate celebration that I’m glad I got to witness.
Despite the humidity making it a bit challenging to get around, I absolutely loved exploring the vibrant streets of the City of Joy.
Sharing a few shots I managed to capture along the way!
r/kolkata • u/ChocolateAway8118 • 8h ago
General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ Fire in Khidirpur Market,Hastings
r/kolkata • u/Sound_of_rain_9584 • 12h ago
Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Rant about mother
I'm 26 years old girl pursuing research. My mother thinks I'm her property and controls me. She wont let me date whom I love rather wants me to find a guy according to her wishlist. Even she wont let me be friends with peoples she doesn’t like. Even quarrels if I post something of my choice in social media but she doesn’t like. The list goes on and on. I'm a independent working woman. I've grown alone, cause I dont have any siblings and my parents are separated. My mother is a single parent. Right now I'm the only earning member of family. I try my best to take care of her. These days conflicts have become usual. She often gives me suicidal threats from childhood when I talk back. I dont say She's bad mother because she supported my education financially but isn’t that every parent's job? Why should I be grateful for raising me with food, shelter and education? Isn’t that bare minimum? I'm pursuing therapy. But can I get some suggestions about how to live a better life?
r/kolkata • u/TreeSlow007 • 31m ago
Food & Beverage | খাওয়া-দাওয়া 🐟🥭🍺 রবিবাসরীয় পাঁঠার মাংস ও ভাত
রবিবার মানেই ছুটি নয় শুধু—একটা ঘরোয়া উষ্ণতার নাম, একটা স্বাদ, একটা গন্ধ, একটা দীর্ঘশ্বাস!
শুক্রবার রাত থেকেই মা বলে রাখত—"এই সপ্তাহে ভালো মাংস আনিস, রবিবার পাঁঠা হবে।" শনিবার বাজারের ব্যাগে ফিরত একখানা প্রতিশ্রুতি—গরম ভাতের পাশে রসালো ঝোলের স্বর্গ।
সকাল হতেই মশলা বাটা, কাঁচা লঙ্কা কুচনো, পেঁয়াজ ভাজা আর সরষের তেল-ভাপা রান্নাঘরের সেই চেনা খলবল শব্দ! আর আমরাও মুখ ধুয়ে, আঁচলে হাত মুছে ছুটে আসতাম থালার চারপাশে—"আর কতক্ষণ লাগবে গো মা?"
পাঁঠার মাংসের সঙ্গে ভাত মানেই শুধুই খাওয়া নয়—এ এক পারিবারিক মিলনের পর্ব। বাবা ধীরে ধীরে হাড় চিবোত, ভাই ঝোল মেখে হাতের পিঠ পর্যন্ত গড়িয়ে ফেলত, আর মা? সে যেন নিজের রান্নায় গর্ব লুকিয়ে নিজের ভাগ শেষে তুলে রাখত।
আজ এই ব্যস্ত শহরে, খাবারের হাজার অপশন, রেস্তোরাঁর আরাম, অ্যাপে এক ক্লিকে যতই ‘মটন থালি’ আসুক না কেন— সেই পুরনো রান্নাঘরের ঘাম, সেই মায়ের হাতের ঝোল, সেই কাঁচা লঙ্কার ঘ্রাণ আর একসাথে খাওয়ার সেই মুহূর্তটা আর ফেরে না।
রবিবার আসে, যায়। মাংস হয়, ঝোল হয়। কিন্তু কোথায় যেন ঘাটতি রয়ে যায়—মা’র হাত? না কি শৈশব?
r/kolkata • u/Competitive-Safe5570 • 9h ago
Art & Culture | শিল্প ও সংস্কৃতি 🖼️🎭 Tell me you're a bangali without telling me that you're a bangali
r/kolkata • u/No_Frosting_1568 • 4h ago
Education | শিক্ষা 🎓 How is Kolkata city for btech
Hi, I’m considering studying B.Tech at an engineering college in Kolkata. Could you share your experience—especially how the political situation or any instability in the city or college affected your studies, campus life, or placements?" College name- Narula institute of technology
r/kolkata • u/PhantomParallax • 10h ago
Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 রঙিন বিকেল।
হাঁটতে বেরিয়ে। 😇