TALK "Calcutta in the 1950s" by Dr. Sumanta Banerjee at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 5th February 2016

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 05/02/2016 18:30 05/02/2016 20:00 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Calcutta in the 1950s" by Dr. Sumanta Banerjee Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/02/talk-calcutta-in-1950s-by-dr-sumanta.html Seminar Rooms II to III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Seminar Rooms II to III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "Calcutta in the 1950s" by Dr. Sumanta Banerjee 
The decade of the 1950s was a crucial period in the history of Calcutta, charged with dramatic transitions and traumatic experiences in the quotidian existence of its citizens. Their economic, political and socio-cultural existential world changed under the impact of a number of historical developments

About the Speaker : Dr. Sumanta Banerjee is a cultural historian who specializes in research into popular culture, particularly of the colonial period. His best known works include The Simmering Revolution: The Naxalite Uprising,The Thema Book of Naxalite Poetry, The Popular and the Streets: Elite and Popular Culture in Nineteenth Century Calcutta  and Dangerous Outcast: The Prostitute in Nineteenth Century Bengal

Chair: Shri Hiranmay Karlekar

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