Kolkata: to Be Young Was Paradise [Hardcover]

Author's reminiscences of his life and times in Kolkata in the late 1940's and early 1950's, in effect a political and socio-cultural history of post-world war II and post-partition 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. About The Author:- H.A. Barari, Former Director, Governor of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Contents:- Preface • Forward Face, Unreluctant Soul • Exploring Kolkata • Our Life Style in Kolkata • Kolkata's B.B.D. Bag: Its Vikrampur Connection • Ghati and Bangal : Glimpses of My College Life: Kolkata's Religious Festivals • The Gory End of A Friend's Father • End of World War II: The I.N.A. Saga • Pre-independence Communal Scene : A Historical Retrospective • Cabinet Mission Proposals: 'Direct Action' • Noakhali and After • The British Decide to Quit: My Last Eve-of partition Visit to My Village in East Bengal • Plans for the Country's Vivisection • Presidency College: Our Dreaming Spire • We Become Free: Farewell to Vikrampur, My Home in East Bengal • Was the Partition of Our Country Inevitable? • The Prince of Shovabazar • Further on the Presidency College • M.N.Roy: Comintern Hero and Humanist • The Second Crucifixion • Time for General Studies • Kolkata's Cultural Ambience • Calcutta University: My Alma Mater • Prof. Maurice Dobb of Cambridge • Indian Communists: Quo Vadis • I Become A College Lecturer: My Tryst with the Imperial Bank of India • June 1953: An Eventful Month • Proud to be policeman • Index The Title 'Kolkata: to Be Young Was Paradise written/authored/edited by H.A. Barari', published in the year 2006. The ISBN 9788121208819 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 418 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Archaeology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-