Calcutta Mosaic

Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta

Edited by Himadri Banerjee, Nilanjana Gupta, Sipra Mukherjee

Publication date:

10 July 2009

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9788190583558

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

This collection brings together the stories of the Armenians, Chinese, Sikhs, ‘South Indians’, Bohra Muslims and other communities who have come and created this wondrous mosaic, the city of Calcutta.

Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction 1. Mapping the Spaces of Minorities: Calcutta through the Last Century; 2. The Armenians of Calcutta; 3. The Jews of Calcutta: An Interview of Michael Ezra; 4. The City of Colleges: The Bengali Muslim in Colonial Calcutta; 5. The Sindhis of Calcutta; 6. The Chinese Community of Calcutta: An Interview of Paul Chung; 7. The Anglo-Indians of Calcutta: An Interview of Rudolph L Rodrigues; 8. The Biharis of Calcutta: An Interview of Sachchidand and Indu Rai; 9. Agraharis of Calcutta: A Minority Group within a Larger Minority Community; 10. A Journey into My Neighbourhood: The Bohra Community of Calcutta