Nafisa grew up in Queens NY, got some sort of degree in Ethnic Studies and Political Economy, worked in youth organizing/nonprofit, then moved to Kolkata as an AIF fellow. getting around the city is like hitchhiking. You don’t know if that bus is really going to come in the next 15-30-90-ever….
today I won. I really hate getting shoved around with my laptop at a fast moving intersection so I could jump on a bus that takes 90+mins to get anywhere. I would rather eat a lizard than take taxis to Joka. So instead I did this:
Walk 10mins - Auto - Metro - Auto - Auto
22.5 rupees! 30-40 mins! Heck yes. That is across town dude.
AHH. Well I’m happy.
By the way. Autos in Kolkata go either one direction or in set routes. You can’t be like, take me to my aunts house by the tree and the thing hamenamanenah… You have to know the major intersections and figure it out yourself.
Also, I just stole this from google, but that’s an auto. three-four if theyre skinny people in the front, 3 ppl in the back. ROCK
