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The poverty one still sees in America today is more shocking to me than anything I have seen in Ethiopia or Calcutta or Manila, and has made me, as someone living in a society of great wealth and someone who's never had to worry about the next meal, think seriously about what universal responsibility really means.
In Bombay, we have a fine concert hall. I think it is high time we built venues in Delhi and Calcutta, not only for western music, but also Indian music. It doesn't matter which party is in power; don't you think the capital of India should have a concert hall?
I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for me the night before I left Calcutta: Spend two years studying creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class.
I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You know, there was always a couple of bodyguards behind me, who took care if I wanted... I needed pencils for school, I needed a notebook, they were the ones who were taking out the money. I was constantly guarded.
As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive.
Lepers were a common sight all over India and in every part of Calcutta, but extending help beyond dropping a coin or two into their rag-wrapped stumps was not. As a child I was convinced even touching a spot a leper had rubbed against would lead to infection.
I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.
Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
Confession is something we will never outgrow, even if we become the saints God made us to be. Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were revered even during their lifetime; but both made frequent use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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In the foreword to the first edition Geoffrey Moorhouse wrote: 'In a sense, the story of Calcutta is the story of India . . . It is the story of how and why Empire was created and what happened when Empire finished . . .
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Calcutta: A Cultural History
A travel guide to one of the world's great cities looks at the history of Calcutta, renamed Kolkata in 2001, from its founding in 1690 by East India Company agent Job Charnok to the present day.
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Calcutta Poor: Elegies on a City Above Pretense
Based on historical and anthropological findings, and the author's visits to the slums of Calcutta, what becomes clear is that even in the midst of great poverty, there is a nobility of character, a vitality of ethnic and cultural ties and ...
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Finding
Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About ...
Mary Poplin's chronicle of her volunteer work with the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta provides an inside glimpse into Mother Teresa's life of service to the poor.
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Calcutta: Two Years in the City
The award-winning author Amit Chaudhuri has been widely praised for the beauty and subtle power of his writing and for the ways in which he makes “place” as complex a character as his men and women.
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Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel (PB)
From Victorian lndia to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life.
Amitav Ghosh, Amitav, 2009
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City Requiem,
Calcutta: Gender and the Politics of Poverty
City Requiem, Calcutta emphasizes how gender itself is spatialized, and how gender relations are negotiated within the geopolitics of modernity and through the everyday practices of territory.
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Mother Teresa of
Calcutta: A Personal Portrait
In this personal portrait of the beloved nun, Maasburg presents 50 amazing stories about Mother Teresa that most have never heard--wonderful and delightful stories about miracles, small and great, that he was privileged to experience at ...
Many Of These Are Family Secrets Of Calcuttans Who Have Recreated Armenian, Jewish, Arabian, European, Chinese And Tibetan Dishes With Distinct Calcutta Flavour.
Minakshie Dasgupta, Bunny Gupta, Jaya Chaliha, 1995
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The Forgotten Palaces of
Calcutta
The Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta received the Best Book Award, 2007, in Book Cover Category from the Federation of Indian Publishers.
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Calcutta University assault: JNU teachers condemn West Bengal …
Calcutta University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das has threatened to quit if no action was taken in the case of the assault on varsity teachers. «Zee News, 七月 15»
The coffee-house culture
During the British period there were only two cities in India known for their romantic coffee-house culture: Madras and Calcutta. Even cities such ... «The Hindu, 七月 15»
Deepak Spinners Ltd delists from Calcutta Stock Exchange
Hence, the Company is delisted from Calcutta Stock Exchange with effect from July 03, 2015. Shares of DEEPAK SPINNERS LTD. was last ... «Equity Bulls, 七月 15»
Deepak Spinners delists from Calcutta Stock Exchange
NEW DELHI: Chandigarh-based textile firm Deepak Spinners today announced that it has voluntarily delisted from the Calcutta Stock ... «Economic Times, 七月 15»
Sugata Marjit to take over as the new Vice Chancellor of Calcutta …
Sugata Marjit, a well known scholar and researcher on industrial economics will take over as the new Vice Chancellor of the Calcutta University ... «The Indian Express, 七月 15»
Delisting of Equity Shares from Calcutta Stock Exchange Ltd
Longview Tea Company Ltd has informed BSE that the voluntary delisting of Equity shares under the SEBI (Delisting of Equity shares) ... «Hindu Business Line, 七月 15»
Calcutta High Court Adjourns Bail Hearing of Gorkha Leader Bimal …
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court today adjourned the hearing of anticipatory bail prayers of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha(GJM) chief Bimal Gurung ... «NDTV, 七月 15»
Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city
I was born in Calcutta, but we moved to Bombay when I was one and a half years old, maybe in early 1964. The company my father worked in ... «The Guardian, 七月 15»
Supporters of Trinamool Congress students wing rough up teachers …
Chaos broke out at Calcutta University's main campus on Wednesday when agitating teachers were roughed up by supporters of the Trinamool ... «IBNLive, 七月 15»
CALCUTTA ROTARY OFFICERS INSTALLED
On July 18, the Calcutta Rotary installed the incoming Officers and Board Members for the 2015-2016 Year. Pictured are (front, from left) Board ... «The Review, 六月 15»
