Calcutta: A Cultural History

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Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated, 2008 - History - 255 pages
Calcutta (renamed Kolkata in 2001) is a city of extremes, where exquisite refinement rubs shoulder with coarse commercialism and political violence. Krishna Dutta explores these multiple paradoxes, giving personal insight into Calcutta's unique history and modern identity as reflected in its architecture, literature, cinema, and music.

About the author (2008)

Krishna Dutta was born and brought up in Calcutta. She has translated Bengali literature and written several books on Rabindranath Tagore.

Bibliographic information

TitleCalcutta: A Cultural History
Interlink Cultural Histories
AuthorKrishna Dutta
ContributorAnita Desai
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherInterlink Publishing Group Incorporated, 2008
ISBN1566567211, 9781566567213
Length255 pages
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History / Asia / India & South Asia
History / Social History
  
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