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City of Joy

by Dominique Lapierre

Made into a movie starring Patrick Swayze, this is the inspiring story of an American doctor who experienced a spiritual rebirth in an impoverished section of Calcutta.

The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery

The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery

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... (more)

Sea of Poppies

by Amitav Ghosh

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2008 A Chicago Tribune Best Book of 2008 A Washington Post Best Book of 2008 An Economist Best Book of 2008 A New York Best Book of 2008 A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2008 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2008 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis . Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage... (more)

The Namesake: A Novel

by Jhumpa Lahiri, Mira Nair

Jhumpa Lahiri's debut story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, took the literary world by storm when it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Fans who flocked to her stories will be captivated by her best-selling first novel, now in paperback for the first time. The Namesake is a finely wrought, deeply moving family drama that illuminates this acclaimed author's signature themes: the immigrant experience, the clash of... (more)

Voices in the CityAnita Desai

Voices in the City

by Anita Desai

Based on the life of the middle class intellectuals of Calcutta, it is an unforgettable story of a Bohemian brother and his two sisters caught in the cross-currents of changing social values. In many ways the story reflects a vivid picture of India's social transition - a phase in which the older elements are not altogether dead, and the emergent ones not fully evolved.

The Hungry Tide

by Amitav Ghosh

From the author of the international bestseller The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide is a novel of adventure and romance set in the exotic Sundarbans -- treacherous islands in the Bay of Bengal where isolated inhabitants live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. A headstrong young American arrives in this lush landscape to study a rare species of river dolphin. She enlists the aid of a local fisherman and... (more)

Complete Adventures of Feluda, v. 2 (Revised, 2005)Satyajit Ray

Complete Adventures of Feluda, v. 2 (Revised, 2005)

by Gopa Majumdar, Satyajit Ray, Chitrita Banerji

19 tales of detection by Ray's master sleuth, Feluda. includes new material. trans, Gopa Majumdar

The Blue Bedspread

by Raj Kamal Jha

In the middle of a steamy Calcutta night the phone rings. An unnamed man in a city of millions answers to a voice telling him that his long-lost sister is dead. He must go to the hospital to identify the body and claim his sister's orphaned newborn daughter until she can be adopted the next day. During the long hot night, the baby sleeps on a bedspread that used to be indigo blue, but has faded to almost white.... (more)

Sister of My Heart: A Novel

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

From the award-winning author of Mistress of Spices , the bestselling novel about the extraordinary bond between two women, and the family secrets and romantic jealousies that threaten to tear them apart. Anju is the daughter of an upper-caste Calcutta family of distinction. Her cousin Sudha is the daughter of the black sheep of that same family. Sudha is startlingly beautiful; Anju is not. Despite those... (more)

City of JoyJoffe., Mark Medoff, & Jake Eberts w/afterword by Dominique Lapierre Roland

City of Joy

by Joffe., Mark Medoff, & Jake Eberts w/afterword by Dominique Lapierre Roland

The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema

The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema

by Madhu Jain

Mother Teresa

by Anne Sebba

Mother Teresa of Calcutta--few figures in the twentieth century have received such adulation. This diminutive Albanian nun was frequently cited as the living embodiment of Christian kindness, received the Nobel Peace Prize, and was hailed as a living saint. Yet the respect she received was not unanimous, and toward the end of her life serious, measured criticisms were directed at this modern icon, who had once... (more)

Abdul's Taxi to Kalighat: Impressions of Calcutta

Abdul's Taxi to Kalighat: Impressions of Calcutta

by Joe Roberts

When Joe Roberts and his wife decided to spend the winter in Calcutta, staying in a colonial relic of a hotel and exploring the city and chatting to the locals, they wanted to challenge the false impressions that Westerners have of the city. What they found was a civilized, charismatic place, rich in culture and history amid all the chaos. This is an informative history of the city mixed with the author's personal... (more)

Chowringhee

by S?am?kara

Dreams Die Young

by C V Murali

This tale is set against the backdrop of the Naxalite movement which rocked Bengal in the 60s and 70s and drew large number of youth from the colleges of Calcutta. It traces the story of Rajat Sen, an engineering student and his tryst with the movement.

Ramakrishna ; His Life and Sayings

Four Chapters = Char AdhyayRabindranath Tagore

Four Chapters = Char Adhyay

by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was aware of the potentially volatile contet of Char Adhyay, his last and thirteenth novel, written when he was seventy two. Who is a real patriot? Is liberation to be achieved by rhetorical slogans, ascetic militarism, conformity and ruthless external discipline? How can one be true to one's self in the making of a nation? Questions that make this tragic story of two lovers central... (more)

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City of Joy

by Dominique Lapierre

The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery

by Amitav Ghosh

Sea of Poppies

by Amitav Ghosh

The Namesake: A Novel

by Jhumpa Lahiri, Mira Nair

Voices in the City

by Anita Desai

The Hungry Tide

by Amitav Ghosh

Complete Adventures of Feluda, v. 2 (Revised, 2005)

by Gopa Majumdar, Satyajit Ray, Chitrita Banerji

The Blue Bedspread

by Raj Kamal Jha

Sister of My Heart: A Novel

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

City of Joy

by Joffe., Mark Medoff, & Jake Eberts w/afterword by Dominique Lapierre Roland

The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema

by Madhu Jain

Mother Teresa

by Anne Sebba

Abdul's Taxi to Kalighat: Impressions of Calcutta

by Joe Roberts

Chowringhee

by S?am?kara

Dreams Die Young

by C V Murali

Ramakrishna ; His Life and Sayings

Four Chapters = Char Adhyay

by Rabindranath Tagore

What Mother Teresa Taught Me

by Maryanne Raphael