© Shubhankar Adhikari (Artist)
Watercolour painting on paper
Sharing a painting from my “Kolkata Tram” series. In this
painting I have painted a tram passing
through the lush green area of Esplanade .I have used here sap green, payne’s
gray, lemon yellow and little bit of
ultramarine blue. I often love to travel by tram specially the Esplanade to
Khidirpur route.
Tram is one my favourite mode of transport. . I like tram
because as a mode of transport it is very clean and green ,
environment friendly,no emissions ,safe and secured, moderately speedy, smooth
and comfortable, pedestrian-friendly, affordable , inspiring for the creative
minded people .
Kolkata is the only city in India where still trams are
operating. Perhaps the Kolkata tram is the oldest electric tram in Asia. Worldwide the trams
are gaining significance after the sharp increase in oil price. I think the
Kolkata tramways will retains its heritage and will expand further by setting
up new routes as well as reopening the closed routes. There are huge fans for
this iconic tram services in Kolkata and suburbs . Recently we can see some beautiful modern trams replacing the old
ones on the streets of Kolkata.
