Calcutta Conversations
Lina Fruzzetti, Akos Ostor
Price
575
ISBN
9788180280092
Language
English
Pages
268
Format
Hardback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2003
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
D C Publishers
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This book is a collection of interviews of eminent persons (e.g. Sunil Munshi, Samar Sen, Sunil Ganguly, Samaresh Bose, Badal Sarkar, Utpal Dutt, Pratap Chandra Chunder and Sisir Bose) living in Calcutta, recording their perception on Bengali society and culture in the time-honored Bengali tradition of adda (informal conversations). These interviews, were taken in the mid-80s at a time when Calcutta was declared “a dying city”. One of the most vibrant and exasperating cities in the world. Articular.
Lina Fruzzetti Professor of Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Akos Ostor, Professor of Anthropology and Film Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.