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‘Calcutta is remarkable! It is a world where everything except a remedy for death is available. Every task is easy for its talented people, its market has an abundance of everything except the commodity of good fortune.’ – Mirza Ghalib
Those who lived in Calcutta during the 1960s–1980s—before it became the Kolkata of malls and neons and flyovers—swear by the ‘city enchantress’, its ambience and ethos. Calcutta Jhalmuri is Probal J. Bhattacharyya’s ode to a bygone era. In evocative prose, these stories evoke the sounds and sights of a city now irrevocably lost in the sands of time. The myriad characters offer an insight into the whole social and economic spectrum—from a freedom fighter to a college playboy, a nautch girl, and a battered housewife—as they leap out of the pages to paint an irresistible portrait of an extraordinary city. Wistful and elegiac, this is one unforgettable ride down memory lane.
Readership
Lovers of literary fictionReaders of short storiesReaders of Indian fictionFiction, readers of narratives set in the 1960s–80s, lovers of Bengali literatureReaders interested in human psychology
From the Publisher
Publisher : Om Books International; Standard Edition (20 November 2024); Om Books International, 107 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002, India, Tel.(11) 4000 9000, Fax, (11) 23278091, sales@ombooks.com
Paperback : 222 pages
ISBN-10 : 8196043317
ISBN-13 : 978-8196043315
Item Weight : 140 g
Dimensions : 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.5 cm
Net Quantity : 1 Piece
Importer : Om Books International, 107 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002, India, Tel.(11) 4000 9000, Fax, (11) 23278091, sales@ombooks.com
Packer : Om Books International, 107 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002, India, Tel.(11) 4000 9000, Fax, (11) 23278091, sales@ombooks.com
Generic Name : Short Story Book
