'It's soulful … and the friendliest city in India': Fiona Caulfield's Kolkata

‘Strangers will invite you for a chai just to talk and exchange ideas.’ The guidebook writer says the West Bengal capital is very different from its City of Joy imageOld India hands know Kolkata as the most soulful city in India. Contrary to the picture painted in Dominique Lapierre’s novel City of Joy, Kolkata is vibrant, uplifting and probably the friendliest city in the subcontinent. Strangers will invite you for a chai just to talk and exchange ideas. Friendships are struck