Tamarind City

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Book</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A WITTY OBSERVANT AND PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY OF A REMARKABLE CITY-CHENNAI</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From moody magical Madras to bursting-at-the-seams tech-savvy Chennai the two aspects of the city are inseparable. As Bishwanath Ghosh tells us while Chennai is usually known as conservative and orthodox almost every modern institution in India-from the army to the judiciary; from medicine to engineering-traces its roots to Madras.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Today the city once again figures prominently on the global map as 'India's Detroit' a manufacturing giant and a hub of medical tourism. There have been sweeping changes since Independence but even as Chennai embraces change its people hold its age-old customs and traditions close to their hearts.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is this city that Bishwanath Ghosh explores delving into its past roaming its historic sites and neighbourhoods and meeting a wide variety of people-from a top vocalist to a top sexologist from a yoga teacher to a percussionist from a yesteryear film star to his own eighty-five-year-old neighbour. What emerges is an evocative portrait of this unique city drawn without reservation-sometimes with humour sometimes with irony-but always with love.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Author</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Bishwanath Ghosh an Indian writer and journalist best known for his literary travelogues which describe the essence of India. In 2009 he published the bestselling </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Chai Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> which The Telegraph (Kolkata) called a delightful travelogue with a difference. He is also the author of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Longing Belonging</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> (2014) which is a portrait of present-day Kolkata </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Gazing at Neighbours</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> (2017) and </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Aimless in Banaras</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p>