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Author: Durga Prasad Publisher: Durga Prasad ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 12
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DESCRIPTION (The story is in English) The author happens to visit Kolkata along with his grandson – Mr. Shubham Kumar and his granddaughter – Miss Monika Kumari in the month of April 2014 in connection with their examination. After the examination is over they desired to visit some historical places of Kolkata. The author took them to Howrah station and from there to Koila Ghat by fairy motor boat and while crossing the Hooghly River he advised them to view the Howrah Bridge from a close distance with their own eyes clearly. On seeing the gigantic construction of the Howrah Bridge without pillars, they were very surprised. They wanted to know many things. The next day in the morning the author visited Kali Ghat – Kali Mandir by sub-railways. The author stated one by another the whole history of the temple. On the same day the author took them to Maidan where the Victoria Memorial is situated. They got down at the Maidan Metro Station and from there they went to Victoria Memorial and saw many things. The author has described these places with keen interest to his grandson and granddaughter as to how they were built, when they were established and by whom. Really all these places are worth seeing and whosoever happens to visit Kolkata must see these historical places of British regime/rule. You may access to the Google Play and then type the name of the story or the name of the author – Durga Prasad in search column by paying Rs.20 online as directed, ********************************************
Author: Durga Prasad Publisher: Durga Prasad ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 12
Book Description
DESCRIPTION (The story is in English) The author happens to visit Kolkata along with his grandson – Mr. Shubham Kumar and his granddaughter – Miss Monika Kumari in the month of April 2014 in connection with their examination. After the examination is over they desired to visit some historical places of Kolkata. The author took them to Howrah station and from there to Koila Ghat by fairy motor boat and while crossing the Hooghly River he advised them to view the Howrah Bridge from a close distance with their own eyes clearly. On seeing the gigantic construction of the Howrah Bridge without pillars, they were very surprised. They wanted to know many things. The next day in the morning the author visited Kali Ghat – Kali Mandir by sub-railways. The author stated one by another the whole history of the temple. On the same day the author took them to Maidan where the Victoria Memorial is situated. They got down at the Maidan Metro Station and from there they went to Victoria Memorial and saw many things. The author has described these places with keen interest to his grandson and granddaughter as to how they were built, when they were established and by whom. Really all these places are worth seeing and whosoever happens to visit Kolkata must see these historical places of British regime/rule. You may access to the Google Play and then type the name of the story or the name of the author – Durga Prasad in search column by paying Rs.20 online as directed, ********************************************
Author: Krishna Dutta Publisher: Signal Books ISBN: 9781902669595 Category : Calcutta (India) Languages : en Pages : 278
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In the popular imagination, Calcutta is a packed and pestilential sprawl, made notorious by the Black Hole and the works of Mother Teresa. Kipling called it a City of Dreadful Night, and a century later V.S. Naipaul, Gunter Grass and Louis Malle revived its hellish image. This is the place where the West first truly encountered the East. Founded in the 1690s by East India Company merchants beside the Hugli River, Calcutta grew into India's capital during the Raj and the second city of the British Empire. Named the City of Palaces for its neoclassical mansions, Calcutta was the city of Clive, Hastings, Macaulay and Curzon. It was also home to extraordinary Bengalis such as Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel laureate, and Satyajit Ray, among the geniuses of world cinema. Above all, Calcutta (renamed Kolkata in 2001) is a city of extremes, where exquisite refinement rubs shoulders with coarse commercialism and political violence. Krishna Dutta explores these multiple paradoxes, giving personal insight into Calcutta's unique history and modern identity as reflected in its architecture, literature, cinema and music. CITY OF ARTISTS: Modern India's cultural capital; home city of
Author: Debjani Bhattacharyya Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108681727 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 485
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What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history of dramatic ecological changes in the Bengal Delta from 1760 to 1920 involves land, water and humans, tracing the stories and struggles that link them together. Pushing beyond narratives of environmental decline, Bhattacharyya argues that 'property-thinking', a governing tool critical in making land and water discrete categories of bureaucratic and legal management, was at the heart of colonial urbanization and the technologies behind the draining of Calcutta. The story of ecological change is narrated alongside emergent practices of land speculation and transformation in colonial law. Bhattacharyya demonstrates how this history continues to shape our built environments with devastating consequences, as shown in the Bay of Bengal's receding coastline.
Author: Krishna Kumar Birla Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 8184758510 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 989
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What a family! Simple and complex, traditional and modern, religious and rational, money-minded and money-renouncing, Indian and international, fiercely individualistic and inspiringly loyal' -P. Lal In a life spanning nine decades Krishna Kumar Birla, son of the legendary Ghanshyam Das Birla, witnessed events that shaped India in the twentieth century and had close associations with iconic figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Madan Mohan Malviya, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Head of one of India’s leading business houses, K.K. Birla embraced principles in which the creation of wealth, philanthropy and political leadership were all regarded as part of nation-building. Written in a style that is simple and translucent in its sincerity, Brushes with History brings alive an important era in the life of the nation, its changing social mores, evolving principles of corporate governance and enduring family values In an affectionate and moving tribute, K.K. Birla’s daughter, Shobhana Bhartia, acquaints readers with her father’s spiritual strength and moral values which were an integral part of his life.
Author: Amitav Ghosh Publisher: Penguin Books India ISBN: 0143066552 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 263
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From Victorian lndia to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers the battered I.D. card of a long-lost acquaintance, he is suddenly drawn into a spellbinding adventure across centuries and around the globe, into the strange life of L. Murugan, a man obsessed with the medical history of malaria, and into a magnificently complex world where conspiracy hangs in the air like mosquitoes on a summer night.
Author: Deep Halder Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9353025885 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 192
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'When the house of history is on fire, journalists are often the first-responders, pulling victims away from the flames. Deep Halder is one of them.' - Amitava KumarIn 1978, around 1.5 lakh Hindu refugees, mostly belonging to the lower castes, settled in Marichjhapi an island in the Sundarbans, in West Bengal. By May 1979, the island was cleared of all refugees by Jyoti Basu's Left Front government. Most of the refugees were sent back to the central India camps they came from, but there were many deaths: of diseases, malnutrition resulting from an economic blockade, as well as from violence unleashed by the police on the orders of the government. Some of the refugees who survived Marichjhapi say the number of those who lost their lives could be as high as 10,000, while the-then government officials maintain that there were less than ten victims.How does an entire island population disappear? How does one unearth the truth and the details of one of the worst atrocities of post-Independent India? Journalist Deep Halder reconstructs the buried history of the 1979 massacres through his interviews with survivors, erstwhile reporters, government officials and activists with a rare combination of courage, conscientiousness and empathy.
Author: Vinay Kukreja Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1040100120 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 259
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This book explores how digital technologies are transforming cultural heritage preservation, documentation, and archiving. It delves into the technical aspects of digitalization techniques, digital preservation strategies, and the use of advanced technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality in the context of cultural heritage. Digital Cultural Heritage: Challenges, Solutions and Future Directions covers the digital documentation and archiving of cultural artifacts, which involves the use of imaging techniques, data storage, and metadata management. This aspect would resonate with engineers specializing in imaging technology, data management, and information systems. The chapters showcase the breadth of innovative ideas in delivering, communicating, interpreting, and transforming cultural heritage content and experience through multi-modal, multimedia interfaces. Aiming to offer a balanced overview of digital heritage and culture issues and technologies, the book pulls together expert views and updates on these four broad areas, namely, (a) Smart Cities and Digital Heritage, (b) Heritage and Education, (c) Culture and Society, and (d) Digital Documentation and Preservation. The book will resonate with engineers specializing in imaging technology, data management, and information systems and those exploring the intersection of digital technology and museums, such as interactive exhibits, digital displays, and virtual museum experiences. It will also be of interest to researchers, curators, and educators as well as the culture-minded public seeking to understand how the burgeoning field of digital heritage and culture may impact our social, cultural, and recreational activities.
Author: Evan Cotton Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781016300339 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Durga Prasad
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