LONGING BELONGING

‘Calcutta was no longer an old piece of furniture in the attic.

It was an antique whose value I had realised.’

With these words, Bishwanath Ghosh embarks on an exploration of Calcutta; a city that, as a probashi--non-resident Bengali--he has only recently fallen in love with.

He probes the lives of its inhabitants--some famous and others faceless--and at the same time strolls along the Hooghly, wanders in and out of Park Street, College Street, Kalighat, Kumartuli, Sonagachhi, even ending up in a dance bar in Salt Lake. With his adventurous spirit and undeniable wit intact, Bishwanath Ghosh pieces together his own unique idea of a unique city.