As we wrapped up Kolkata Kaleidoscope for this year ,there are certain things that seemed really strange to be forgotten. The Jain temple at Belgachhia that was one of our last destinations appeared huge in terms of area but was not really that intricately carved with colourful tiles and glass bits like that of the Jain temple we had seen last year at Gouribari. The main temple remotely resembled a miniature Red Fort and unlike its Gouribari counterpart did not have three more temples for company in the vast space of land that it occupied in Belgachhia. However, since there are very few people visiting this place therefore the whole place retains its serenity without being interrupted by the usual crowd of people disturbing the sanctity of temples in India . In contrary to this the monument supposedly labelled as ''Clive's house'' is just a pile of bricks manifesting the neglect of both the Government and the people around there. A visit to this monument at Dumdum was in noway appealing when we fished out that a dilapidated old building sheltering a pregnant goat and a few slum dwellers. The best part of the whole scene before our eyes was however a row of clothes hung out to dry on the slab mentioning ''Clive's House'' along with a brief description. This was just enough to ensure that we would not try to go further in order to take a closer look at the mass of debris before us.
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