White & Black: Journey to the centre of Imperial Calcutta

This book takes a clear-eyed view of the changing face of Calcutta. The city’s built heritage inherited from pre-Independence times is in the last stages of ruination but the buildings bear traces of the glamour that once won Calcutta the sobriquet of ‘City of Palaces’.

Soumitra Das

Soumitra Das is a journalist born and raised in Calcutta. He is deeply involved with the visual arts and heritage issues and writes regularly on these topics. He has collaborated with English photographer Christopher Taylor on a book on Dalhousie Square entitled white and black: Journey to the centre of imperial Calcutta. He has also written a history of the Indian museum and a walking guide to the streets of Calcutta.