Walking Calcutta

Walking Calcutta
Author: Keith Humphrey
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2011-07-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 190844729X

This wandering odyssey through the city's pullulating backstreets 0and serpentine byways reveals a Calcutta rarely glimpsed by western travellers. Arranged as a series of journeys on foot through the older quarters of the city seldom trod by outsiders, the narrative chronicles the topography, social and historical background and the vibrant street life and characters which give Calcutta its uniqueness. Complete with detailed directions and street maps for the areas explored, the book provides a storehouse of indispensable information for the intrepid traveller.

The Epic City

The Epic City
Author: Kushanava Choudhury
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 163557157X

Shortlisted for the 2018 Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year A masterful and entirely fresh portrait of great hopes and dashed dreams in a mythical city from a major new literary voice. Everything that could possibly be wrong with a city was wrong with Calcutta. When Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to the world which his immigrant parents had abandoned, to a city built between a river and a swamp, where the moisture-drenched air swarms with mosquitos after sundown. Once the capital of the British Raj, and then India's industrial and cultural hub, by 2001 Calcutta was clearly past its prime. Why, his relatives beseeched him, had he returned? Surely, he could have moved to Delhi, Bombay or Bangalore, where a new Golden Age of consumption was being born. Yet fifteen million people still lived in Calcutta. Working for the Statesman, its leading English newspaper, Kushanava Choudhury found the streets of his childhood unchanged by time. Shouting hawkers still overran the footpaths, fish-sellers squatted on bazaar floors; politics still meant barricades and bus burnings, while Communist ministers travelled in motorcades. Sifting through the chaos for the stories that never make the papers, Kushanava Choudhury paints a soulful, compelling portrait of the everyday lives that make Calcutta. Written with humanity, wit and insight, The Epic City is an unforgettable depiction of an era, and a city which is a world unto itself.

Delhi 14 : Historic walks

Delhi 14 : Historic walks
Author: Liddle, Swapna
Publisher: Tranquebar Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9789381626245

Delhi: capital of India and a walker's paradise. This book shows you how, in 14 easy steps.

Memory's Gold

Memory's Gold
Author: Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Calcutta (India)
ISBN: 9780670082520

Kipling&Rsquo;S &Lsquo;City Of Dreadful Night&Rsquo;, The &Lsquo;Nightmare Experience&Rsquo; Of Jawaharlal Nehru, &Lsquo;Heroine Of A Hundred Thousand Loves&Rsquo;, A &Lsquo;Pestilential Behemoth&Rsquo;&Mdash;Calcutta Provokes Extreme Reactions In Almost Everyone Who Has Encountered The City. Despite Having &Lsquo;Probably The Filthiest Climate On Earth&Rsquo;, Described By Mark Twain As &Lsquo;Enough To Make A Doorknob Mushy&Rsquo;, Despite The Doomsday Predictions About It Being A &Lsquo;Dying City&Rsquo;, Calcutta Throbs With A Life And A Vitality All Its Own, Drawing People From All Walks Of Life To Engage With It. &Nbsp; This Anthology Brings Together Essays, Stories, Poems And Memoirs Of People Who Have Shared An Ardent Relationship With Calcutta. From Henry Meredith Parker&Rsquo;S Early Nineteenth-Century Vignettes Of Life In The City To Ulrike Draesner&Rsquo;S Overwrought Images At The Turn Of The New Millennium, From Tagore&Rsquo;S Elegiac Reminiscences Of His Childhood Home To Sandipan Chattopadhyay&Rsquo;S Hallucinogenic Depictions Of Nights Spent On The Footpath, Memory&Rsquo;S Gold Celebrates The Coexistence Of The Sacrosanct And The Blasphemous, So Characteristic Of Calcutta Itself. &Nbsp;

AKASHVANI

AKASHVANI
Author: All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi
Publisher: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1965-08-15
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 15 AUGUST, 1965 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 68 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXX, No.33 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 13-66 ARTICLE: 1. Indian Systems of Writing :Telugu. Kannada and Nandi Nagari Scripts 2. Active Service 3. The Monsoon AUTHOR: 1. Dr. K. V. Rao 2. Lt. Gen. S. P. P. Thorat 3. Binod U. Rao KEYWORDS : 1. Indebted to brahmi, transitional stage, first inscriptions 2. Silent patriotism, Gaya inscriptions, Telugu, Kannada and nandi 3. Congenital cheat,active service, the monsoon Document ID : APE-1965 (J-S) Vol-III-07 Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.

Calcutta, the Living City: The past

Calcutta, the Living City: The past
Author: Sukanta Chaudhuri
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN:

Celebrating Calcutta's tercentenary, these two volumes contain more than fifty major articles by leading authorities on Calcutta's history, social evolution, civil development, economy, and artistic and cultural life. A series of shorter essays examines the influences of notable individuals, places, and institutions. Contributors include Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Sumit Sarkar, Amiya Bagchi, R.P. Gupta, Rajyeshwar Mitra, R.K. Dasgupta, Samik Banerjee, Manidip Chatterjee, and Moti Nandi. Lavishly illustrated, the volumes detail the city's fascinating past and rich cultural heritage, and offer valuable insight into Calcutta's present and future challenges.