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10 Walks in Calcutta
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Calcutta Nights
Calcutta nights (Raater Kolkata) is the real-life story and memoir of the enigmatic ‘Meghnad Gupta’, pen name of famed Bengali fiction writer Hemendra Kumar Roy. Translated into English by Rajat Chaudhuri almost a century after the first publication of Raater Kolkata in 1923, Roy reveals to contemporary readers The darkest secrets of an earlier Calcutta. The first two decades of the last century, the backdrop for this book, were politically turbulent times. Those days, Calcutta, the erstwhile capital of British India, was teeming with people from different parts of the country besides Europeans and other foreigners. It was a city of sin, pleasure and suffering. Indians who arrived and se...
Calcutta Mosaic
'Calcutta Mosiac' explores the history of the diverse immigrant communities of this great city.
Calcutta Cookbook
The Calcutta Cookbook Is Much More Than A Cookery Book&Mdash;It Is A Culinary Chronicle Of Travellers And Traders Who Built The City That Job Charnock Founded. Calcutta 'S Chronicle Began On A Hot, Wet August Afternoon In 1690 When A Hungry Charnock Climbed Off His Ship On To The Steps Of A Muddy Ghat. The River Was Hooghly And The Place Sutanati&Hellip; The Story Of Calcutta Is Told By Three Food Lovers&Mdash;The Late Gourmet Chef And Author Of Bangla Ranna, Minakshi Das Gupta, And Feature Writers Bunny Gupta And Jaya Chaliah&Mdash;Who Have Collected Recipes From All Over The World. Many Of These Are Family Secrets Of Calcuttans Who Have Recreated Armenian, Jewish, Arabian, European, Chinese And Tibetan Dishes With Distinct Calcutta Flavour. Through Over Two Hundred Tried And Tested Recipes Ranging From The Delicious Bengali Chingri Maacher Malai Curry To The Biryani And Kebabs Of Kabul, And The Temperado, Vindaloo And Sorpotel Of Goa, Calcutta Unfolds As A Gourmet&Rsquo;S Paradise
Guru English
Guru English is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies from South Asia that, Aravamudan argues, launches a different kind of cosmopolitanism into global use. Using "Guru English" as a tagline for the globalizing idiom that has grown up around these religions, Aravamudan traces the diffusion and transformation of South Asian religious discourses as they shuttled between East and West through English-language use. The book demonstrates that cosmopolitanism...
The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry, 1828-1965
This Is The First Comprehensive Anthology Of English Verse Written By Indians, Compiled And Edited By One Who Himself Was A Poet And A Critic Of Distinction. Such A Volume Is Of Considerable Historical Value And Contemporary Interest, For English Has Been For More Than 150 Years, And Continues To Be, A Vehicle Of Creative Expression For Many Of Our Poets And Writers. The Anthology Includes Selections From 108 Poets From Derozio And Toru Dutt Of The Last Century To A.K. Ramanujan And Kamala Das Of The Recent Times.
Moonlight Into Marzipan
In a crumbling Calcutta garage,a man strays blasphemously close to the secret oflife... Promothesh's discovery promises to bring him fame and riches:instead it unleashes a chain of disastrous events which begins with his arrival in London accompanied by his protective but ill-fated wife,Esha.Esha's death leaves him marooned and confused,his astonishing discovery slipping from his grasp.Into this morass ofambition and self-pity slips love,in the human forn of his biographer,Alexandra Vorobyova,and the devil himself,in the very human form of Yuri Sen.
The Madness of the Saints
Although ecstasy has been explored in several Indian contexts, surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to its central role in Bengali devotion. In The Madness of the Saints, June McDaniel undertakes the first comprehensive study of religious ecstasy in Bengal, examining the texts that describe it, the people who experience it, and the traditions that support it.
THE INDIAN LISTENER
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 was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. 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 alo...
Introducing Hinduism
Introducing Hinduism, 2nd Edition is the ideal sourcebook for those seeking a comprehensive overview of the Hindu tradition. This second edition includes substantial treatments of Tantra, South India, and women, as well as expanded discussions of yoga, Vedanta and contemporary configurations of Hinduism in the West. Its lively presentation features: case studies, photographs, and scenarios that invite the reader into the lived world of Hinduism; introductory summaries, key points, discussion questions, and recommended reading lists at the end of each chapter; narrative summaries of the great epics and other renowned Hindu myths and lucid explanations of complex Indian philosophical teachings, including Sankhya and Kashmir Saivism; and a glossary, timeline, and pronunciation guide for an enhanced learning experience. This volume is an invaluable resource for students in need of an introduction to the key tenets and diverse practice of Hinduism, past and present.
