Calcutta Mosaic : Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta.

By: Banerjee, HimadriContributor(s): Gupta, Nilanjana | Mukherjee, SipraMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Anthem South Asian StudiesPublisher: London : Anthem Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (276 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781843318057Subject(s): Calcutta (India) -- Population | Minorities -- India -- CalcuttaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Calcutta Mosaic : Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of CalcuttaDDC classification: 954 LOC classification: JQ220.M5 -- B36 2009ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Front Matter -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes -- Main Body -- Chapter 1. Mapping the Spaces of Minorities: Calcutta through the Last Century, by Keya Dasgupta -- I -- II -- III -- IV. Representative Immigrant/Minority Communities -- V. Initial Arrivals to the City: Representative Communities in Trade -- VI. Occupational Diversities -- VII. Other Religious Communities -- VIII. Selected Indian Communities -- IX. Immigrants in Calcutta: Spatial Distribution -- X. Convergence of Religious and Linguistic Communities: Representative Cosmopolitan Neighbourhoods -- XI. Occupational Groupings by Place of Birth -- XII. Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix 1: World Map of Calcutta, 1931 -- Appendix 2: World Map of Calcutta, 1961 -- Chapter 2. The Armenians of Calcutta, by Susmita Bhattacharya -- 2.1. Coming to Calcutta -- 2.2. Structure of the Community -- 2.3. Trade and Economic Activities -- 2.4. Social Life -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3. The Jews of Calcutta, by Sipra Mukherjee -- The Interview -- Notes -- Chapter 4. The Sindhis of Calcutta, by Sajni Kripalani Mukherji -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- Chapter 5. The City of Colleges: The Bengali-Muslim in Colonial Calcutta, by Sipra Mrkherjee -- 5.1. The Begali-Muslims and the Ashrafs -- 5.2. Dynamics within the Community -- 5.3. The Bengali Initiative -- 5.4. The Controversies over Education -- Notes -- Chapter 6. The Chinese Community of Calcutta: An Interview with Paul Chung, by Sipra Mukherjee and Sarvani Gooptu -- The Interview -- Chapter 7. The Anglo-Indians of Calcutta: An Interview with Rudolph Rodrigues, by Nandini Bhattacharya -- The Interview -- Notes -- Chapter 8. The Biharis of Calcutta: An Interview with Sachchidand and Indu Rai, by Sipra Mukherjee -- The Interview -- Notes.
Chapter 9. Agraharis of Calcutta: A Minority Group within the Larger Sikh Community, by Himadri Banerjee -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- X -- XI -- Notes -- Chapter 10. A Journey into my Neighbourhood: The Bohra Community of Calcutta, by Sarvani Gooptu -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- Chapter 11. 'South Indians' in Calcutta: Experiences in Cultural Processes, by Nandini Bhattacharya -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- Chapter 12. 'Non-Bengali' Icons of Malevolence: Middle Class Representation of an 'Other' in Interwar Culcatta, by Sudeshna Banerjee -- 12.1. The Hindustani Goala and the 'Ude' Thakur -- 12.2. 'Agent of Starvation': The Marwari Businessmen -- 12.3. A 'Dying' Lot in the City of Survival -- 12.4. The Dwindled 'Inner Domain' and the New 'Outer Domain' -- Notes -- Chapter 13. Selfing the City: Single Women Outsiders in Calcutta, Gender and the Processes of Everyday Urban Life, by Ipshita Chanda -- Notes.
Summary: 'Calcutta Mosiac' explores the history of the diverse immigrant communities of this great city.
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Front Matter -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes -- Main Body -- Chapter 1. Mapping the Spaces of Minorities: Calcutta through the Last Century, by Keya Dasgupta -- I -- II -- III -- IV. Representative Immigrant/Minority Communities -- V. Initial Arrivals to the City: Representative Communities in Trade -- VI. Occupational Diversities -- VII. Other Religious Communities -- VIII. Selected Indian Communities -- IX. Immigrants in Calcutta: Spatial Distribution -- X. Convergence of Religious and Linguistic Communities: Representative Cosmopolitan Neighbourhoods -- XI. Occupational Groupings by Place of Birth -- XII. Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix 1: World Map of Calcutta, 1931 -- Appendix 2: World Map of Calcutta, 1961 -- Chapter 2. The Armenians of Calcutta, by Susmita Bhattacharya -- 2.1. Coming to Calcutta -- 2.2. Structure of the Community -- 2.3. Trade and Economic Activities -- 2.4. Social Life -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3. The Jews of Calcutta, by Sipra Mukherjee -- The Interview -- Notes -- Chapter 4. The Sindhis of Calcutta, by Sajni Kripalani Mukherji -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- Chapter 5. The City of Colleges: The Bengali-Muslim in Colonial Calcutta, by Sipra Mrkherjee -- 5.1. The Begali-Muslims and the Ashrafs -- 5.2. Dynamics within the Community -- 5.3. The Bengali Initiative -- 5.4. The Controversies over Education -- Notes -- Chapter 6. The Chinese Community of Calcutta: An Interview with Paul Chung, by Sipra Mukherjee and Sarvani Gooptu -- The Interview -- Chapter 7. The Anglo-Indians of Calcutta: An Interview with Rudolph Rodrigues, by Nandini Bhattacharya -- The Interview -- Notes -- Chapter 8. The Biharis of Calcutta: An Interview with Sachchidand and Indu Rai, by Sipra Mukherjee -- The Interview -- Notes.

Chapter 9. Agraharis of Calcutta: A Minority Group within the Larger Sikh Community, by Himadri Banerjee -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- X -- XI -- Notes -- Chapter 10. A Journey into my Neighbourhood: The Bohra Community of Calcutta, by Sarvani Gooptu -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- Chapter 11. 'South Indians' in Calcutta: Experiences in Cultural Processes, by Nandini Bhattacharya -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- Chapter 12. 'Non-Bengali' Icons of Malevolence: Middle Class Representation of an 'Other' in Interwar Culcatta, by Sudeshna Banerjee -- 12.1. The Hindustani Goala and the 'Ude' Thakur -- 12.2. 'Agent of Starvation': The Marwari Businessmen -- 12.3. A 'Dying' Lot in the City of Survival -- 12.4. The Dwindled 'Inner Domain' and the New 'Outer Domain' -- Notes -- Chapter 13. Selfing the City: Single Women Outsiders in Calcutta, Gender and the Processes of Everyday Urban Life, by Ipshita Chanda -- Notes.

'Calcutta Mosiac' explores the history of the diverse immigrant communities of this great city.

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