$2.75
Genre
Print Length
205 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Rupa Publications Co.
Publication date
1 January 2009
ISBN
9788129115430
Weight
0.33 pound
Here is your best chance to know all about 'that Calcutta' and 'those Bongs'! A collection of short stories, That wanted to know about Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) and the wonderful Bengali's. As you flip through the pages, you will fall in love with the Bengalis-their habits, idiosyncrasies, crazy ways of life and of course, their delicious food! From the savoury hills to the intrinsic Rasagollas to a tingle of Gandharaj lime...your mouth will water-that is how their culinary skills are! And you will become a part of their world among the Dadas, Didas and Thakumas and at the time you might go O'Mago! At their gullibility. A storehouse of eccentric characters of an almost past era, That Calcutta...Those Bongs! Is an obituary to numerous lives of inconsequential as it makes heroes out of very humble people nobody would otherwise glorify.->Replete with a witty sense of humor, mild sarcasm and intelligent irony, the stories in this book will undoubtedly make you laugh, but at times, can also make your eyes go moist.->It makes a gone way of life come alive, especially for those who look for roots....->And through these brilliant stories, triggered by real life incidents and inspiration, the author takes you on a memorable journey which you will never forget.
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