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“… This book is an extremely readable account of Calcutta’s multifaceted problems,which have all along baffled solution.”The city grew and grows.In the wake of its growth new problems add up to the old… The din of the markets and the cry of the hawker ring aloud in the following pages; roads, water supply ,sewers and drains attract the city administrator’s notice.He does not hide the filth and garbage of the city.Buildings and museums do not escape his searching eyes.The urban culture, of which Calcutta is justly proud,finds place in this…
“… collection of articles, talks and interviews on Calcutta through which the author seeks to reveal the mystery of the metropolis…”