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Calcutta (renamed Kolkata in 2001) is a city of extremes, where exquisite refinement rubs shoulder with coarse commercialism and political violence. Krishna Dutta explores these multiple paradoxes, giving personal insight into Calcutta's unique history and modern identity as reflected in its architecture, literature, cinema, and music.
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Calcutta, Krishna Dutta, Anita Desai
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Calcutta
- Subtitle
- A Cultural and Literary History
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Krishna Dutta, Anita Desai
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 243
- ISBN10
- 1904955460
- ISBN13
- 9781904955467
- Series
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Calcutta (renamed Kolkata in 2001) is a city of extremes, where exquisite refinement rubs shoulder with coarse commercialism and political violence. Krishna Dutta explores these multiple paradoxes, giving personal insight into Calcutta's unique history and modern identity as reflected in its architecture, literature, cinema, and music.