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Asoknath Mukhopadhyay delved into research investigation on Colonial Calcutta since 1973, when he served as the honorary Managing Editor of the Nineteenth Century Studies –a quarterly, sponsored by ICHR. Asoknath had a long association with the IIM Calcutta as its Librarian and his expertise in library technology came in handy for his research activities. He significantly contributed to the Unitarian activist Charles Appleton Dall (Bengal Past and Present,1986). His book, Early Bengali Serials (KP Bagchi, 2004), is available online at the Heidelberg University site. Late Dr Alok Ray, one of Read More...
Finding Dhurrumtollah
Books by Asoknath Mukhopadhyay
This is a unique history book about a city street and its interactions with the heterogeneous societies of Colonial Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) amidst the spontaneity of cultural changes. Dhurrumtollah Street running between the then posh English neighbourhood and the worn-out stretch of Cossitollah, Malanga, and Dingabhanga towards Talpukur of yesterdays at the east end maintained a distinctive cosmopolitan profile undivided by racial, religious, or socio-eco
Finding Dhurrumtollah
Books by Asoknath Mukhopadhyay
This is a unique history book about a city street and its interactions with the heterogeneous societies of Colonial Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) amidst the spontaneity of cultural changes. Dhurrumtollah Street running between the then posh English neighbourhood and the worn-out stretch of Cossitollah, Malanga, and Dingabhanga towards Talpukur of yesterdays at the east end maintained a distinctive cosmopolitan profile undivided by racial, religious, or socio-eco
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