Kolkata’s Tiretti Bazaar isn’t just about momos: It’s India’s only historic Chinatown with an Italian origin and centuries of Chinese-Indian history

If you think you know Kolkata, you haven’t been to Tiretti Bazaar at 5 am. Tucked into the heart of the city is a neighbourhood that does not exist anywhere else in India — India’s one and only historical Chinatown. First, the plot twist: Kolkata’s old Chinatown was named after an Italian. Yes. Not Chinese. Italian. Also read | No red light, no green light, just hand signals: Thimphu is the only capital city on Earth that has no traffic lights at all According to Incredibleindia.gov.in, in the late 18th century, a Venetian political exile and architect named Edoardo Tiretta…