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In pictures: Look who turned up to wish My Kolkata a happy birthday!

From Lionel Messi and Taylor Swift to Barack Obama, celebs descend on the City of Joy courtesy AI

Priyam Marik Published 25.08.23, 02:08 PM
King Charles, Lionel Messi, Benedict Cumberbatch and more were in town (at least artificially!) to raise a double toast — to Kolkata on the 333rd anniversary of the advent of Job Charnock, the city's unofficial founder, on its shores and to My Kolkata on the eve of its second birthday
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King Charles, Lionel Messi, Benedict Cumberbatch and more were in town (at least artificially!) to raise a double toast — to Kolkata on the 333rd anniversary of the advent of Job Charnock, the city's unofficial founder, on its shores and to My Kolkata on the eve of its second birthday

Images: Midjourney
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Barack Obama mingles with locals at a pub in Chandni Chowk, pleasantly surprised to find many Kolkatans agree that the US has been doomed since 2016
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Barack Obama mingles with locals at a pub in Chandni Chowk, pleasantly surprised to find many Kolkatans agree that the US has been doomed since 2016

Taking a detour from her Eras Tour, Taylor Swift lands up on the Howrah Bridge and runs through her greatest hits while gazing at the Ganga
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Taking a detour from her Eras Tour, Taylor Swift lands up on the Howrah Bridge and runs through her greatest hits while gazing at the Ganga

Used to operating in the tightest of spaces, Lionel Messi wriggles his way through a crowd of admirers in Sovabazar, all the while scanning a good place for the closest thing to a maté
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Used to operating in the tightest of spaces, Lionel Messi wriggles his way through a crowd of admirers in Sovabazar, all the while scanning a good place for the closest thing to a maté

King Charles looks amazed and puzzled in equal parts while examining the exhibitions at the Indian Museum and secretly wondering why they were never taken to London
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King Charles looks amazed and puzzled in equal parts while examining the exhibitions at the Indian Museum and secretly wondering why they were never taken to London

Usain Bolt puts on a show at Salt Lake’s Yuba Bharati Krirangan by running faster than the average Metro-chasing college student
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Usain Bolt puts on a show at Salt Lake’s Yuba Bharati Krirangan by running faster than the average Metro-chasing college student

Bow Barracks briefly dazzles Benedict Cumberbatch before the rumours of a nearby crime turn him into the latest Byomkesh
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Bow Barracks briefly dazzles Benedict Cumberbatch before the rumours of a nearby crime turn him into the latest Byomkesh

Malala Yousafzai ends up fronting a parade at Park Circus without ever realising what the parade is about
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Malala Yousafzai ends up fronting a parade at Park Circus without ever realising what the parade is about

Roger Federer glides his way through College Street and eventually gets his hands on a copy of ‘How to be Eternally Charming’
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Roger Federer glides his way through College Street and eventually gets his hands on a copy of ‘How to be Eternally Charming’

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