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Calcutta

Calcutta, As It Was

Swapan Dasgupta

Lord Curzon’s enduring monument to the British Raj

Red-Light Dreams

Vikram Zutshi

A police procedural and sociological treatise set in Calcutta

Calcutta on August 15, 1947

Tridip Suhrud

‘Hindus were in Muslim localities and Muslims were in Hindu areas, as if nothing had ever happened! Everyone said that all this was due to Gandhi Baba’

From Genius to Divinity

MJ Akbar

Satyajit Ray never touched alcohol, and listened to a sonata by Beethoven on his turntable gramophone at breakfast. What else could possibly be required for the biodata of a Calcutta god?

Beloved Concrete Monsters

Maitri Dore

The cultural revival of Modernist architecture

Calcutta of the Mind

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

Modern India’s first capital was also its most global

What Does Mamata Banerjee Owe Winston Churchill?

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

The great commoner of Calcutta

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

The Naxalbari anniversary and the role of non-citizens in UK elections

India Enchanted

Shreya Ray

Lord Hastings’ 1814 journey from Calcutta to Punjab with painter Sita Ram is a discovery of Colonial India through lives mundane and magical

Master Picture Perfect

Rosalyn D’Mello

The colour philosophy of Raghubir Singh was influenced by his interest in traditional Indian art

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Credit Democracy

Sustainable fashion makes an Indian statement