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Calcutta, the Star of the East, is a great city, a City of Palaces, of people and of `Joy`. Calcutta`s buildings are entertaining in a compelling sense, akin to a great epic drama, and so they are, in a serious pictorial sense as well - a grand display gallery. Because of its political and economic history, the city and its background have been lavishly documented. As a matter of record it has sufficient awareness of its own architectural heritage. Calcutta`s Edifice allows these buildings to `speak for themselves`. Illustrated by the author, this book strives to achieve a point of view not of a foreigner but of an appreciator. With notes of the past and seductive speculations of the future, it examines the architectural and associated apparatuses of Calcutta as it is.
ISBN - 8129104156
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Pages : 736
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