Calcutta 1940-1970
In the Photographs of Jayant Patel
Paper Type: Art Paper (Matt) | Size: 300 x 225mm
ISBN-10: 9386906023 | ISBN-13: 978-93-86906-02-1
1495 | 35 | 25
Calcutta 1940–1970: In the
photographs of Jayant Patel is an
outstanding collection of black-and-white photographs, depicting a wide swathe
of the city and its various neighbourhoods. These photographs go back to the
glory days of Bombay Photo Stores when it was a prominent landmark of Park
Street. As the official photographer of Government House, today’s Raj Bhavan,
Patel documented history in the making. This collection presents glimpses of
political life before and after the Partition of a Calcutta that was once the
Second City of the Empire.
Lila Patel
Author
Lila Patel, born in Gujarat, grew up in Colombo, Sri Lanka
and then in Delhi where she graduated from Lady Irwin College. Lila was a
competitive golfer and an entrepreneur. She founded the Flora International,
later Flora Enterprise, which supplied live plants and flower arrangements to
the corporate world in Calcutta till about 2007.
Soumitra Das
Author
Soumitra
Das is a journalist born and based in Calcutta who
began his career with The Statesman and is now with The Telegraph. He is deeply
involved with the visual arts and heritage issues and writes regularly on these
topics. He has a popular column titled ‘Flashback’ on Calcutta’s history and
the city’s rapidly changing face. In October 2007, he brought out a book on the
streets of Calcutta titled A Jaywalker’s Guide to Calcutta which became a
bestseller. He has contributed to the Tramjatra book on Calcutta trams
published by an Australian university.