The opening scene of Spectre, the last James Bond film to be released, shows 007 chase a villain through throngs of Day of the Dead revellers in Mexico City. What if the next Bond film were to start with a scene set in Calcutta in the middle of Durga Puja, with 007 dodging the baddies on a Royal Enfield? Rodrigues, who is also chairman of the Port of London Authority, went pandal-hopping on Sunday and later spoke to Metro about his “unforgettable” Durga Puja experience and how to promote the festival internationally. Before coming to Calcutta, I saw the Durga Puja exhibition on the banks of the Thames. Why isn’t the next one or the one after done here in Calcutta during the Durga Puja?

Source: The Telegraph October 15, 2018 21:00 UTC