Calcutta:Two Years in the City- PB

Calcutta Two Years in the City is Amit Chaudhuri's story of his two years in the city of Calcutta now known as Kolkata. Calcutta is a charming city that has stayed in the hearts of everyone who has visited it and has been appreciated and described by various writers.Amit Chaudhuri visited the city of his birth Calcutta in 1999 only to find that the Calcutta of his childhood had been replaced by another city which was quite unfamiliar to the city of his memories. Calcutta Two Years in the City revolves around the years 2009 to 2011 and primarily around the elections of 2011.The writer explores all facets of the city how the Calcutta of the 19th century has transformed into the burgeoning metropolitan city that it is today and still has a lot of untapped potential waiting to be tapped.The writer takes us on a surreal journey through the streets of Calcutta invoking very strong visualisation of the city's streets and culture. They range from the destitute homeless to the urban elite from new malls to old dilapidated houses and from the quiet streets to the festivity - filled roads.This book was launched by the publishing house of Penguin India in 2014. It is available in paperback version. About the Author Amit Chaudhuri was born in 1962 and is a globally reputed author and academic. He was born in Calcutta and brought up in Bombay India and pursued college at University College London Oxford. He has written a number of poems novels and short stories and he also wrIt's for daily publications such as the Times and the Guardian.He was presented the Sahitya Akademi Award the highest literary honour in India in 2002 for his novel 'A New World'. He has several awards in his arsenal Commonwealth Writers' Prize Rabindra Puraskar and Encore Prize to name a few. He currently works at the University of East Anglia as a Professor of Contemporary Literature.