Right when people across the city are shivering in the cold and still quipping, “Why isn’t it snowing in Kolkata yet?” a new trend has come to the rescue and taken over Instagram feeds. ADVERTISEMENTFrom snow-covered lawns of Victoria Memorial to a frosted Howrah bridge, Kolkatans are using AI and their imagination without a leash…Kashmir? No, it’s KolkataA reel shows commuters and bikes leaving trails across a snow-covered Howrah Bridge. Imagine throwing snowballs in front of Howrah Bridge, sipping a hot cup of milk tea in a snow-lapped Rabindra Sarobar and warming yourself near a bonfire…sounds like a dream? Cars, bikes, buses and even rickshaws wind through Howrah Bridge, leaving a trail behind and making us crave the snow.

Source: The Telegraph January 13, 2026 12:21 UTC