Soul city: Seminar (no. 559)
Dublin Core
Titre
Soul city: Seminar (no. 559)
Sujet
Calcutta, Kolkata, culture urbaine, urbanité, politique de la ville, film
Description
Extract from the introduction 'The Problem':
The challenge before the city and its political masters is to build on its welcoming and accommodating character, retain its universal concerns without sacrificing its regional specificity and still exude hope. After long years of decline, Calcutta today shows the promise of becoming a vibrant regional hub attracting the enterprising for the opportunities it offers. This issue of Seminar celebrates the many, often contradictory features of this sprawling, complex and multi- layered city – a unique megalopolis that refuses to give up or barter away its soul.
Contents:
The problem
Rudrangshu Mukherjee - City with a past
Swapan Dasgupta - An exile's view
Nilanjana S. Roy - Rituals of dispossession
Simon Parkes - Culinary culture
