{"product_id":"calcutta-conversations","title":"Calcutta Conversations","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Lina Fruzzetti and Akos Ostor\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Chronicle Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 242\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8180280098\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalcutta has been declining for the past 100 years!-so the received wisdom goes. The proud, erstwhile capital of British India is choking on garbage, pollution, overcrowding and abysmal poverty. Yet it is still a vital center of commerce, finance, literature, music, art and above all politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLina Fruzzetti and Akos Ostor have been coming to the city since the mid-1960’s and their experience has belied all stereotypes. Intrigued by the negative images, often shared by Calcuttans themselves, they decided to explore views and perceptions indigenous to the city by holding a series of extended conversations with people whose lives were deeply enmeshed in the fate of the city. In the time-honored Bengali tradition of adda (informal conversations) they discussed many of the apparent contradictions with several friends, eminent Calcuttans, all involved with public life in the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is Calcutta Conversations, a book containing voices and images which are at once internal and external, illuminating one of the most vibrant and exasperating cities in the world.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the cool of the evenings, on weekends, and holidays, or any other time during the day or night that seems convenient, small groups of people, mostly men, gather in coffee houses, tea shops and other places to talk about the events and issues of the day concerning the neighborhood, the city, or the world. They engage in a time-honored tradition, a most engaging feature of Calcutta life: the pursuit of good conversation, adda, in one Bengali word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Invitation to Adda in Calcutta\u003cbr\u003eGlimpses of Calcutta’s Past\u003cbr\u003eRadha Prasad Gupta\u003cbr\u003eM J Akbar\u003cbr\u003eSatindranath Chakrabarty\u003cbr\u003eSatyesh Chakraborty\u003cbr\u003eSunil Munshi\u003cbr\u003eGour Kishore Ghosh\u003cbr\u003eSamar Bose\u003cbr\u003eSunil Ganguly\u003cbr\u003eCalcutta, 1986-88: A Photo Essay by the Editors\u003cbr\u003eSamaresh Bose\u003cbr\u003eSurajeet Ghosh\u003cbr\u003eBadal Sarkar\u003cbr\u003eUtpal Dutt\u003cbr\u003eJochhan Dastidar\u003cbr\u003eSamik Banerjee\u003cbr\u003ePratap Chandra Chunder\u003cbr\u003eSisir Bose\u003cbr\u003eAmal K Dutta\u003cbr\u003eSakya Sen\u003cbr\u003eParimal Ray\u003cbr\u003eAniruddha Ray\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: A Conversation with Tarun Mitra \u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBiographical Notes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Eminent Contributors \/ Chronicle Books \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153691537776,"sku":"12965","price":44.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/12965.jpg?v=1793912658","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/calcutta-conversations","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}