Retro metro: Kolkata’s time travel machine – a cartoon
A journey on Kolkata’s neglected but beautiful metro is also a trip back in time, says artist Dwarka Nath Sinha
The Kolkata metro system opened for business in 1984, making it the oldest in India. Unfortunately, having been the first to boast a metro, the city seems to have rested on its laurels somewhat – compared to the metro in any other Indian city, travel on the Kolkata system now feels a little like travelling back in time.