Adventures In Kolkata

If you are as ready to discover as we were, then Kolkata might just turn out to be the great Eastern adventure that you never really expected it to be

- Aninda Sardar

IT’S 5:30AM AND I CAN ALREADY SEE BRIGHT orange hues of a dawning sky and hear the sounds of a city awakening from deep slumber. Here, in Kolkata, days begin early and finish early. Shaking off my stupor I quickly call Gaurav and Alameen, the two people who are critical to my work in this charming and chaotic city that I call home. Today’s itinerary involves having to look at this city like I have never done before – as a tourist on a great Eastern adventure.

Even though the official name of the city was changed to Kolkata long ago, in my head the city is still Calcutta. And we were ready to discover a sense of adventure off-road in this iconic city in a vehicle designed for it – the Land Rover Discovery Sport.

Our final destination for the day was Rajarhat, New Town in Kolkata for the ongoing Land Rover Experience where participants had already experienced the awesome capabilities of the Discovery Sport at a specially designed off-road track. Now we all know about the Land Rover DNA and how every SUV sporting the green oval badge is a robust off-roader in reality. For me however this is a somewhat limiting description of the vehicle. I would rather describe the Discovery Sport as an all-roader, for it is amazingly versatile in all conditions.