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Longing, Belonging: An Outsider at Home in Calcutta

‘Calcutta was no longer an old piece of furniture in the attic. It was an antique whose value I had realised.’ With these words Bishwanath Ghosh embarks on an exploration of a city that, as a probashi — non-resident Bengali, he has only recently fallen in love with. He probes the lives of its inhabitants — some famous and others faceless — and at the same time strolls along the Hooghly, wanders in and out of Park Street, College Street, Kalighat, Kumartuli, Sonagachhi, even ending up in a dance bar in Salt Lake.With his adventurous spirit and undeniable wit intact, Bishwanath Ghosh pieces together his own unique idea of a unique city.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 372
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9789384030605
  • Genres
  • travelogue, travel, india
  • Release date
  • 2014