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Author's reminiscences of his life and times in Kolkata in the late 1940's and early 1950's, in effect a political and sociocultural history of postworld war II and postpartition India, make a scholarly tome laced with deep studies and gripping accounts of a wide range of subjects: origin of Kolkata, controvery over traditional differences between people of east and west Bengal, Portrayals of cultural, political , literary, academic, coffee house culture economic and personages national and international, a unique tome.
A potpourri of the author's distant memories, this book focuses on his early life at his native place Vikrampur in prepartition East Bengal, now Bangladesh. The author showcases the pristine glory of vikrampur, which in more recent times has been the home of many illustrious sons of Bengal. Besides being a deep study of the history and the cultural and spiritual traditions of that place, the book also highlights some of the less known facets of the local sociocultural scene to make sure that these do not get obliterated for ever from our collective memory. The authors disagreement with some of the points made in the nobal laureate Amartya Sen analysis of the Bengal Famine (1943) should attract notice in academic circles.
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