Bibliograph

The epic city, the world on the streets of Calcutta, Kushanava Choudhury

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Label

The epic city, the world on the streets of Calcutta, Kushanava Choudhury

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The epic city

Oclc number

1019840158

Responsibility statement

Kushanava Choudhury

Sub title

the world on the streets of Calcutta

Summary

The author describes how, after moving to New Jersey at the age of twelve, he returned to Calcutta to work for an English language newspaper, where he encountered a chaotic, living city unchanged by time

Table Of Contents

Midlife crisis -- Umbrella Park -- Flat hunt -- Nimtala -- Flyover -- College Street -- Victoria -- The epic city -- Crossing the canal -- After the factory -- Chitpur nights -- Sealdah -- Russian dolls -- This little corner -- The fortress of triumph

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