Description:In 'The Top of the Raintree', Kamalini Sengupta masterfully delves into Calcutta's prime, mirroring intricate personas, social, political, and religious ironies through the surreal, mundane, and real. The Rajmahal, a grand turn-of-the-century Calcutta mansion, comes alive, housing a mix of tenants, including a British couple adapting to new India, a Russian theatre patron overwhelmed by famine, an Anglo-Indian widow battling alcoholism, an ageing Bengali evading inheritance claims, and a Muslim family navigating post-Partition Hindu-Muslim tensions. As the mansion ages brick by brick, chapter by chapter, stereotypes crumble.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Top Of The Raintree. To get started finding The Top Of The Raintree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: In 'The Top of the Raintree', Kamalini Sengupta masterfully delves into Calcutta's prime, mirroring intricate personas, social, political, and religious ironies through the surreal, mundane, and real. The Rajmahal, a grand turn-of-the-century Calcutta mansion, comes alive, housing a mix of tenants, including a British couple adapting to new India, a Russian theatre patron overwhelmed by famine, an Anglo-Indian widow battling alcoholism, an ageing Bengali evading inheritance claims, and a Muslim family navigating post-Partition Hindu-Muslim tensions. As the mansion ages brick by brick, chapter by chapter, stereotypes crumble.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Top Of The Raintree. To get started finding The Top Of The Raintree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.