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
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?
India Enchanted
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
The colour philosophy of Raghubir Singh was influenced by his interest in traditional Indian art
The Young Man and the City
Celebrated Bengali novelist Sankar’s Thackeray Mansion offers a mosaic of the peoples and cultures that make up Calcutta
A Modern City, Forever Old
Amit Chaudhuri’s window to Calcutta shows a city where incompatible things miraculously coexist
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