Hogg Market in Kolkata was and still remains a landmark. It was like a labyrinth and, one could very easily get lost in the maze of shops that sold every conceivable item under the sun from jewelry to dress materials and books apart from foreign goods.
One entrance to the famous Hogg Market was beside the Minerva cinema hall, another one next to Lighthouse cinema hall and the third one in front of Globe cinema hall.
My parents would always caution me and my brothers to make a mental note of the shop where we stood and, if lost, to take help from the shopkeepers to get back to the stating point.
A visit to Hogg Market was a sort of ritual and was invariably on the cards for Christmas – the attraction was the freshly baked cakes. The aroma of the oven fresh cakes was sufficient to drive one crazy and I was no exception. It would draw us from far off and since we were regulars in some of the shops, the owners would take special care for us.
And, of course, apart from cakes there were large varieties of pastries, toffees, lozenges, candies whose temptations were difficult to resist. (to be continued…)
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