Beneath the anticipation of a new year’s beginning lies a quieter, more revealing form of reflection. An introspective gaze. An annual appraisal. Amid conflict, chaos, and migration, there is also a ...
Freedom. As much as this word brings joy across generations, the trauma has been equal when it came to Partition horrors. The wait for the end of colonial rule saw Bengal and Punjab go up in flames ...
Dutta depicts Calcutta's many faces in this erudite guide to the city, which is part of the Cities of the Imagination Series. The author, who was born and raised in Calcutta and who has translated ...
Ruchir Joshi’s Great Eastern Hotel (HarperCollins) is a good attempt at writing the Great Calcutta Novel in English. The story bookends primarily two time periods, the ’40s, but with the narrator ...