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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • Daily life Calcutta, India.
    Filmed during several trips to Calcutta, between 2010 and 2022. Edited in 2024.

Комментарии • 294

  • @eugeniesissi8686
    @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад +3

    I miss you Kolkata ! 1973-2015, same life, same look.

  • @K5hK
    @K5hK 28 дней назад +7

    Thanks Rob, You have a great filming style

  • @amuktamahapatra7694
    @amuktamahapatra7694 12 дней назад +3

    Wonderful Rob! Kolkata is as always full of life, happening right in front of you on the streets! And you bring it alive even more! Now, I also know how the chicken crossed the road! The why, is still a Q to wonder about! Amukta

  • @iezoneisaac
    @iezoneisaac Месяц назад +8

    Wow amazing video. Cleaner streets and people are not occupied with technology. Even though everyone is strugling to feed themselves but they live a better life.

    • @bldomain
      @bldomain Месяц назад +1

      WTF you are weird. Cleaner street? are you blind? They are struggling to feed themselves and yet live better life? That is patronizing. They are living in poverty. They are not occupied with technology because they are poor.

    • @Sujatad3932
      @Sujatad3932 Месяц назад +1

      @@iezoneisaac Friend this is Kolkata city in India.known as City of Joy

  • @Jim-nt7xy
    @Jim-nt7xy Месяц назад +10

    All the best to the people of Calcutta.

  • @laibasvlogintheuk
    @laibasvlogintheuk Месяц назад +10

    Very good information

  • @michaelloudaros9953
    @michaelloudaros9953 Месяц назад +10

    Very nice very hygienic wow so clean. The queen of England would enjoy a nice bath like this. Awsome

    • @PecoxGamer
      @PecoxGamer Месяц назад +2

      90th image colourise

    • @NotiBoii-c6l
      @NotiBoii-c6l 28 дней назад

      cleanliness and hygiene is forbidden in hinduism, there is a reason why hindu priests like aghori exists, check out vedh ka bedh website, they have fully exposed hinduism

    • @michelwong1
      @michelwong1 26 дней назад +2

      never go to India 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jerry-q8f
      @jerry-q8f 24 дня назад +5

      she only had two baths in her entire life and, the first was at her birth

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад

      Indian people doesn’t like England’s people, by luke I’m belgian.

  • @jacku8304
    @jacku8304 29 дней назад +9

    The bath in the roadside as though they were in river Ganges.

  • @MrGaborseres
    @MrGaborseres Месяц назад +9

    That 3 wheel school bus was amazing 😊

  • @zadeh79
    @zadeh79 13 дней назад +1

    Everything looks so old. Would have looked similar to a HD reel from the 1960s.

  • @RockNRoll-r9k
    @RockNRoll-r9k 16 дней назад +2

    Usually roads are made for vehicles. 😊

  • @janineskywalker527
    @janineskywalker527 16 дней назад +1

    No grass no trees no seats to sit on just the rush of people! J

  • @johnberry1107
    @johnberry1107 Месяц назад

    Excellent tour! Thank you. Stay safe.

  • @Prince5887
    @Prince5887 13 дней назад +1

    Just another day in downtown Calcutta

  • @prabhakarreddy6948
    @prabhakarreddy6948 15 дней назад

    Excellent tour

  • @Koala-jj7go
    @Koala-jj7go Месяц назад +12

    They're so rich and lucky. In the west people are slaves and stressed all the time

    • @lusza8464
      @lusza8464 Месяц назад +2

      Both opinion are wrong. But simple oponions are easier than more complex. 1 month ago I ve been in India. I live in eastern Europe.and I have overlock West End East. 😂

    • @shaungordon9737
      @shaungordon9737 Месяц назад

      Rich and lucky? It looks hell. I'd rather be stressed and a "slave" in the west than live in that shithole.

  • @nalindesai8816
    @nalindesai8816 Месяц назад +1

    Very Good Vedio
    👌👌

  • @sedoff1948
    @sedoff1948 Месяц назад +8

    Thanks. One of my favorite cities, Calcutta.

  • @semutpeluru
    @semutpeluru 2 часа назад

    Naik angkutan sekolah itu sepertinya menyenangkan, aku ingin mencobanya

  • @rarindraprakarsa4376
    @rarindraprakarsa4376 18 дней назад +2

    I kept reading your caption few times, making sure it is from 2024 not 1970s 😆

  • @giymapics6359
    @giymapics6359 Месяц назад +3

    I think life is great and free in this city and this city can produce beautiful ancient movies, I love to visit this city. I wish to see something like this in South Africa

  • @saliknawaz2983
    @saliknawaz2983 Месяц назад +2

    Very well done documentary

  • @atharalitalpur8071
    @atharalitalpur8071 Месяц назад +4

    VERY NICE 🎉 ATHER ALI FROM HYDERABAD SINDH PAKISTAN

  • @asuhail826
    @asuhail826 Месяц назад +2

    very good

  • @human2761
    @human2761 28 дней назад +2

    Like that before the British. Like that after the British.

  • @Vajira-l3u
    @Vajira-l3u Месяц назад +45

    I thought this footage is from 1980s until I saw some new cars. Calcutta is truly stuck in late 70s or 80s. Unfortunately the area looks pretty dirty and rundown. Parents must be mad to let their children on that tin school bus rickshaw! 😮

    • @Mochilala95
      @Mochilala95 Месяц назад +3

      Can you imagine letting them walk to school ?🤯🤯

    • @ayushchakrabarty5543
      @ayushchakrabarty5543 Месяц назад +5

      Yeah just like judging Delhi by streets of old delhi, and mumbai from dharavi and other big slums. Every city is still stuck in past india.
      There are some modern sides, and some normal sides and some poor sides.

    • @vitocorleone19
      @vitocorleone19 Месяц назад +4

      Lmao the whole India is stuck in 40s

    • @GoodGood-vb8gm
      @GoodGood-vb8gm Месяц назад +2

      @@Mochilala95 Many children walk to school all over the world, including those in developed countries. I think parents in India worry that their kids might fall into a shit hole 😂

    • @amitavaghosh9926
      @amitavaghosh9926 Месяц назад +4

      This footage is from approx 20 years back......

  • @JerrySeinfeld-t7p
    @JerrySeinfeld-t7p Месяц назад +7

    The wheels on the bus go round and round.. 🎶 🎵

  • @Pyf-i7b
    @Pyf-i7b Месяц назад +2

    These people are indeed living under a rock

    • @FllixRouge
      @FllixRouge 29 дней назад +2

      Like You 😅

    • @Pyf-i7b
      @Pyf-i7b 29 дней назад

      @FllixRouge Ohh is that you bathing 🚿

    • @NotiBoii-c6l
      @NotiBoii-c6l 28 дней назад +1

      saaar dis ij booti op hinduijam saaar, dis ij anshint kalchar saar, bi inbented aeroplan and bifi 5000000000000000000 years ago bat england pepal stole abri thing😭 gay shrek 2gb ram🙏🚩

    • @Pyf-i7b
      @Pyf-i7b 8 дней назад

      @@FllixRouge yeh under a third floor rock , you already know Bankhead

    • @Pyf-i7b
      @Pyf-i7b 8 дней назад

      @@FllixRouge under a third floor rock, you already know Bankhead

  • @ismailhashm7929
    @ismailhashm7929 Месяц назад +2

    Aldo they are poor but they are hard working pepole.busy around the clock❤

  • @freedomjunkie7843
    @freedomjunkie7843 Месяц назад +7

    Wow! I visited Kolkata in 2012, and nothing seems to have changed since then! It could have been yesterday. Love this video, thank you. :)

  • @adairpereiradias996
    @adairpereiradias996 Месяц назад +1

    😊Muito bom gostei de ver parabéns

  • @theshake5378
    @theshake5378 Месяц назад +8

    The govt rather spend money on moon missions than taking care of its citizens basic needs...what a joke !!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂

    • @Pyf-i7b
      @Pyf-i7b Месяц назад +2

      FAKE moon 🌚🌝 land

    • @ilsavv
      @ilsavv Месяц назад

      They probably intend to colonize the Moon with their land heavily overpopulated.

  • @tgpok4r
    @tgpok4r Месяц назад +5

    looks same as many areas in the UK

    • @cupidwxings
      @cupidwxings Месяц назад +4

      Yeah some shots look like london

    • @NotiBoii-c6l
      @NotiBoii-c6l 28 дней назад

      hell nah, stop degrading beautiful country like britian to this level

  • @YunisArchbold-j7u
    @YunisArchbold-j7u Месяц назад +3

    Proud of India ....Ha Ha Haaaa.

  • @momenkitaid
    @momenkitaid 6 дней назад

    Kemproh bro🎉🎉🎉

  • @vatoloco6536
    @vatoloco6536 Месяц назад +2

    the school bus is very modern better than the buses in america

  • @vitocorleone19
    @vitocorleone19 Месяц назад +5

    9:17 supapawar Indian school bus

  • @venusautositdepartment1031
    @venusautositdepartment1031 Месяц назад +2

    Nice

  • @vitocorleone19
    @vitocorleone19 Месяц назад +5

    Saar India supapawar 2025 saar phul sappord saar 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @BoudHmd
    @BoudHmd Месяц назад +1

    Ici on fait comme on peut,on circule comme on veut .

  • @kanchangandhi8412
    @kanchangandhi8412 26 дней назад

    I have seen other vedio on calcutta .city looks beautiful.some places are over crowded but this is common in every city.

  • @davidledford3522
    @davidledford3522 Месяц назад +1

    They never stop honking

  • @phillippe.cai.
    @phillippe.cai. Месяц назад +3

    Школьный автобус 😂😂

  • @AriesBrooks
    @AriesBrooks Месяц назад +2

    Traffic is SCARY AS HELL ! 🚗🚶🚗🚶🚗🚶😯

  • @valentinasarayvalenciamart5912
    @valentinasarayvalenciamart5912 29 дней назад

    Me encanta la bici colegial 😅....

  • @epualc
    @epualc Месяц назад +6

    just curious, why are they taking bath on the streets?

    • @cupidwxings
      @cupidwxings Месяц назад +10

      Most of the time in the slum they don't have a bathroom in the house so they do it communally

    • @billikash2591
      @billikash2591 Месяц назад

      INDIANS TAKE SHIT ON THE STREETS TOO😮

    • @FllixRouge
      @FllixRouge 29 дней назад +3

      This is NOT a slum, here its done Everywhere 😅

    • @Kolibri32
      @Kolibri32 29 дней назад +3

      you find this shocking ?? wait 'till you find out were their doin their nr2.😁

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад +1

      There are water-pomp in the street near of the Museum and Sudderstreet.

  • @billfriar7272
    @billfriar7272 Месяц назад +3

    And to think of the money on space travel is spent by India when this is how most of them live in squalor

  • @whathappened2230
    @whathappened2230 Месяц назад +9

    My Indian friend told me not to eat street food in India. I can see why. Thanks for the video Rob!

    • @NotiBoii-c6l
      @NotiBoii-c6l 28 дней назад

      street food? bruh even indian restaurants are filthy

    • @michelwong1
      @michelwong1 26 дней назад +3

      the water is dirty
      their hands are dirty
      you eat , you go hospital 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @desthomas3020
      @desthomas3020 16 дней назад +3

      There are big rats in posh restaurants in London,food for thought.

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад +1

      I was living seven years in India, 3 years in Kolkata and I love street foods, I was never hill. I miss you Kolkata, Namashkar from Belgium

  • @destructiveanalytics
    @destructiveanalytics Месяц назад +10

    Streets of South Asia. Archival footage from 1936. Colorized.

    • @ilsavv
      @ilsavv Месяц назад +2

      Indeed. And it was probably filmed in another planet. It's hardly the Earth.

    • @jacku8304
      @jacku8304 25 дней назад +4

      @destructiveanalytics
      It is In the early 2000s. Not 1936 when British was in still in charge of India.

    • @vchandra3721
      @vchandra3721 24 дня назад +3

      Check out the car models. Certainly not present in 1936.

    • @robvanuchelen2019
      @robvanuchelen2019  11 дней назад

      That would be something amazing time traveling kind of thing, filming before being born! But, in fact, I filmed this during several trips to Calcutta, between 2010 and 2022 and edited in 2024. I added this in the description now.

  • @claudiojunior9618
    @claudiojunior9618 22 дня назад

    Chaotic

  • @RockNRoll-r9k
    @RockNRoll-r9k 16 дней назад

    Calcutta, now Kolkata is 50 years back.

  • @JohnWilson-wg4gk
    @JohnWilson-wg4gk 17 дней назад

    That reminds me...I need to buy an extended warranty for my car so I'll never have to pay another repair bill for as long as I own my car...

  • @Sujatad3932
    @Sujatad3932 Месяц назад +1

    👍😊

  • @sagatadelaga
    @sagatadelaga Месяц назад +1

    JADI WAJAR SAJA..DI MANA PARA MANUSIA INI BERPIJAK DI BUMI,DI SITU KEJOROKAN ADA

  • @Andriyan5555
    @Andriyan5555 Месяц назад

    СПАСИБО

  • @muralidharrao825
    @muralidharrao825 Месяц назад +5

    Man pulling another man what an inhuman situation, for me it's terrible to watch very poor state.

    • @tamashbeen_log
      @tamashbeen_log Месяц назад +1

      1997's video.. Not poor state

    • @Get-Agar
      @Get-Agar Месяц назад

      Also man shaving another man.

    • @FllixRouge
      @FllixRouge Месяц назад

      In an Overpopulated World the Children go to school literally like Sardines 😅

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад

      That’s life....

  • @АлександрОлонец
    @АлександрОлонец 22 дня назад

    It is surprising that the lower the standard of living, the better people reproduce.

  • @adrianadhyatmoko6913
    @adrianadhyatmoko6913 29 дней назад

    when was the video filmed? seems like it's from '70s?

    • @robvanuchelen2019
      @robvanuchelen2019  11 дней назад

      I filmed this during several trips to Calcutta, between 2010 and 2022 and edited it in 2024.

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад

      ​@@robvanuchelen2019That the reason why all is same 😅

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад

      In 1973 and now, all is same, Only the cows are living outside of the city.

  • @ioannavoudouri308
    @ioannavoudouri308 Месяц назад +1

    🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @filmetv-s1o
    @filmetv-s1o Месяц назад +5

    A miserabilidade deste povo é fortemente agravada pelo descaso dos governantes

  • @brauliomorales8328
    @brauliomorales8328 Месяц назад +3

    And we complane in america.

    • @za8766
      @za8766 Месяц назад +2

      Do americans spell complain COMPLANE?

    • @ilsavv
      @ilsavv Месяц назад +1

      @@za8766There is freedom of speech in the USA, so everybody spells as they will.

    • @minxk_06
      @minxk_06 15 дней назад

      Conformity is not the key.

  • @100PercentOS2
    @100PercentOS2 Месяц назад +3

    Don't look like they believe in birth control either.

  • @DaniTrejo45
    @DaniTrejo45 13 дней назад

    It's looks like Jakarta somewhere in the corner... nowadays

  • @mariekrekora9958
    @mariekrekora9958 Месяц назад +2

    Why is this poverty rate so high compared to the average person in the world? Take some responsibility and stop blaming others it starts at home. Maybe India could benefit from a better government that rules as a country for the people? Hope for the best I’m a romantic.

  • @campingalbertacanada248
    @campingalbertacanada248 Месяц назад

    I'm missing out!

  • @carlossummers4992
    @carlossummers4992 Месяц назад

    ❤️👍

  • @Sohaibkhan-kb2xk
    @Sohaibkhan-kb2xk 2 месяца назад +4

    Nice vedeo

  • @christinehall6441
    @christinehall6441 27 дней назад +2

    My father was an anglo born in calcutta. I'm so thankful he came to Britain 1945 and i was born here not into that squalor 😮. He had a miserable childhood and never went back, or discussed his past with us.

  • @COACTUSFECI75
    @COACTUSFECI75 Месяц назад +1

    this looks to me,like 40years in past...only in colour.🤭

  • @Sondibargasmanullang
    @Sondibargasmanullang Месяц назад

    Suasana nya dengan kendaraan tua dan kuno mirip seperti Indonesia di 40 tahun lalu...aku bersyukur menjadi orang Indonesia, Indonesia sangat jauh lebih bersih dan maju

    • @za8766
      @za8766 Месяц назад +3

      Is jakarta clean?

    • @Sondibargasmanullang
      @Sondibargasmanullang Месяц назад

      @za8766 dijakarta jauh lebih bersih kalau pun kotor,itu sah saja karena sekelas London juga ada tempat yang kotor,tapi setidaknya jakarta jauh lebih bersih tidak sekotor India,

    • @staypeace5955
      @staypeace5955 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@Sondibargasmanullangbandingin jakarta sm London ? Tadi malam ngefly pake apa SDM rendah?

    • @Sondibargasmanullang
      @Sondibargasmanullang Месяц назад

      @@staypeace5955 woiiii longor yg aku bilang di London juga DA tempat kotor,peak aku bukan bandingin ...lu dongok sih

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад

      Countries are not in compétition !

  • @KindergartenOne-vw3bi
    @KindergartenOne-vw3bi Месяц назад

    So many abu

  • @BoLa-uv5oy
    @BoLa-uv5oy 29 дней назад

    SupaPowa SupaPoopa is still struggling to build 🚽💩🚽

  • @marcoiransolayo2088
    @marcoiransolayo2088 Месяц назад +1

    Pero y ......,.....es Obligatorio tener tantísimo habitante?? Nos preguntamos.

  • @ilsavv
    @ilsavv Месяц назад

    What country is it?

    • @FllixRouge
      @FllixRouge 29 дней назад +1

      La La Land 😂

    • @jacku8304
      @jacku8304 29 дней назад +2

      It is India, about 30 years ago. Culturally very much the same.

    • @minxk_06
      @minxk_06 15 дней назад +1

      I think France

  • @bijug8200
    @bijug8200 Месяц назад

    Calcutta has become Kolkata but it's still stuck in the 80s !

  • @JekilDodiyaa
    @JekilDodiyaa Месяц назад +3

    There is no smart phone any one and the cars are old model and the clothing of people is also 20-25 years old fashion so its old video probably between 1995 - 2000...

    • @ilsavv
      @ilsavv Месяц назад

      They probably buy what is dumped from the West.

    • @amitavaghosh9926
      @amitavaghosh9926 11 дней назад

      @@JekilDodiyaa absolutely correct

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад

      It’s full of Smartphones for employés and students !

  • @jdw7092
    @jdw7092 3 дня назад

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @amacije
    @amacije Месяц назад +1

    Não vi pessoas super obesas. Também não vi traficantes nem mendigos.

  • @dt3375
    @dt3375 Месяц назад +1

    Look like people runaway from war or something

  • @andrewst9797
    @andrewst9797 Месяц назад

    It looks clean and relatively tidy and the air is clear.
    What happened⁉

    • @STOPHEREProductions
      @STOPHEREProductions Месяц назад

      Looks like an old video

    • @andrewst9797
      @andrewst9797 Месяц назад +2

      @@STOPHEREProductions It does. Only one or two old mobile phones were visible... so nice - dreadful things.

  • @saumitramunshi8833
    @saumitramunshi8833 4 часа назад

    Most people we are see in video are not from the city...a large part of them are migrant. Others commuters. They commute on a daily basis .this not a residential area.

  • @sushantbangera9681
    @sushantbangera9681 9 дней назад

    Its very old clip....no mobiles seen

  • @CIRE719
    @CIRE719 24 дня назад

    Crossing at your own risk😅

  • @MrGaborseres
    @MrGaborseres Месяц назад

    😱

  • @michaelp772
    @michaelp772 Месяц назад

    The British should have bestowed a plumbing system for them while they were there.

    • @oscargrainger2962
      @oscargrainger2962 Месяц назад

      We did but they sold it.

    • @ilsavv
      @ilsavv Месяц назад

      @@oscargrainger2962 Sold to whom? Back to the GB?

  • @yvetteschnorf6413
    @yvetteschnorf6413 2 дня назад

    L’Inde pays magnifique, mais entre le bruit des voitures, les odeurs de crasses, et la chaleur qu’elle horreur 🫣

  • @ilsavv
    @ilsavv Месяц назад

    Judging by the cars this videos was recorded in 1960ish.

    • @jacku8304
      @jacku8304 29 дней назад +3

      The modern cars tell us this is late 1990s. Nothing to be shame about. So don't minus off 30 years.

  • @zod-krypton6383
    @zod-krypton6383 Месяц назад +1

    Wtf.... How to give up my Indian citizenship.

  • @michelwong1
    @michelwong1 26 дней назад

    hahaha~~~~
    This is Modi's India 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ann0yed
    @ann0yed Месяц назад

    Being a porter must suck!

  • @KalsomSudin
    @KalsomSudin Месяц назад +1

    Kat negara sendiri buatlah apa pun..masuk negara org sebagai pelanchong tidak boleh buat.😂😂😂😂

  • @vijaymahadik4443
    @vijaymahadik4443 Месяц назад

    Love you that school childrens.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @mozart9052
    @mozart9052 28 дней назад

  • @她就不需要
    @她就不需要 Месяц назад +2

    Hindustan and Pakistan 😂😂😂😂

  • @Debraj1978
    @Debraj1978 29 дней назад +1

    Note: This is calcutta in 2025, not 1980.

  • @zhongguono1
    @zhongguono1 13 дней назад

    印度真的是一个不可思议的国家,人间地狱这个称号一点不为过😢

  • @jerry-q8f
    @jerry-q8f 24 дня назад

    anything is possible but, i do not see it

  • @BanazPatieh
    @BanazPatieh Месяц назад

    What year is it there?

    • @amitavaghosh9926
      @amitavaghosh9926 Месяц назад +1

      @@BanazPatieh this is a 20 year old video depicting and misguiding as 2024.

    • @oscargrainger2962
      @oscargrainger2962 Месяц назад

      Well it could be anywhere between 1900 and 2024.😅

    • @adrianopereira3060
      @adrianopereira3060 Месяц назад

      Não jovem, este vídeo é atual, só que é feito pela inteligência artificial, por você não percebe se o vídeo é real, atual ou não... entendeu?​@@amitavaghosh9926

  • @jerry-q8f
    @jerry-q8f 24 дня назад

    and that's who is suppose to be China's rival

  • @UNAS2000
    @UNAS2000 Месяц назад +1

    They are not true people of Kolkata (Calcutta), they are migrants from other places/states.

    • @erssiva490
      @erssiva490 Месяц назад

      😂😂yes yes everyone in Kolkata

    • @eugeniesissi8686
      @eugeniesissi8686 11 дней назад

      Like everywhere in India.... It’s a moving people they try for a little job.