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Tamarind City

By Bishwanath Ghosh (Author)
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Tamarind City
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About the Book :

While in other big cities tradition stays mothballed in trunks, taken out only during festivals and weddings, tradition here is worn round the year. This is just one of the authors many keen observations of Chennai.With mordant wit, this biography of a city spares neither half of its split-personality: from moody, magical Madras to bursting-at-the-seams, tech-savvy Chennai. And, a minute into the book, the reader knows they are inseparableand Bishwanath Ghosh refuses to take sides.And yet, he tells us, while Chennai is usually known as conservative and orthodox, almost every modern institution in Indiafrom the army to the judiciary, from medicine to engineeringtraces its roots to Madrass Fort St George, which was built when Delhi had only just become the capital of the Mughal Empire, and Calcutta and Bombay werent even born.Today, the city once again figures prominently on the global map as Indias Detroit, a manufacturing giant, and a hub of medical tourism. There have been sweeping changes since pre-Independent India, but even as Chennai embraces change, its people hold its age-old customs and traditions close to their heart. This is what makes Chennai unique, says Ghosh, the marriage of tradition and technology. Bishwanath Ghosh wears a reporters cap and explores the city he has made his home, delving into its past, roaming its historic sites and neighbourhoods, and meeting a wide variety of peoplefrom a top vocalist to a top sexologist, from a yoga teacher to a hip transsexual, from a yesteryear film star to his own eighty-five-year-old neighbour, from the ghosts of Clive, Wellesley, Hastings and Yale to those of Periyar and MGR, two people who redefined the political skyline of Tamil Nadu.What emerges is an evocative portrait of this unique city, drawn without reservationsometimes with humour, sometimes with ironybut always with love.

About the Author :

Bishwanath Ghosh was born on 26 December 1970 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where he began his career as a journalist before moving to New Delhi to work with Press Trust of India and The Asian Age. In 2001 he relocated to Chennai where he spent seven years at The New Sunday Express and three at The Times of India. He is currently a deputy editor with The Hindu. In 2009 he wrote the bestselling travel book, Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop But Never Get Off, also published by Tranquebar. About the Book :While in other big cities tradition stays mothballed in trunks, taken out only during festivals and weddings, tradition here is worn round the year. This is just one of the authors many keen observations of Chennai.With mordant wit, this biography of a city spares neither half of its split-personality: from moody, magical Madras to bursting-at-the-seams, tech-savvy Chennai. And, a minute into the book, the reader knows they are inseparableand Bishwanath Ghosh refuses to take sides.And yet, he tells us, while Chennai is usually known as conservative and orthodox, almost every modern institution in Indiafrom the army to the judiciary, from medicine to engineeringtraces its roots to Madrass Fort St George, which was built when Delhi had only just become the capital of the Mughal Empire, and Calcutta and Bombay werent even born.Today, the city once again figures prominently on the global map as Indias Detroit, a manufacturing giant, and a hub of medical tourism. There have been sweeping changes since pre-Independent India, but even as Chennai embraces change, its people hold its age-old customs and traditions close to their heart. This is what makes Chennai unique, says Ghosh, the marriage of tradition and technology. Bishwanath Ghosh wears a reporters cap and explores the city he has made his home, delving into its past, roaming its historic sites and neighbourhoods, and meeting a wide variety of peoplefrom a top vocalist to a top sexologist, from a yoga teacher to a hip transsexual, from a yesteryear film star to his own eighty-five-year-old neighbour, from the ghosts of Clive, Wellesley, Hastings and Yale to those of Periyar and MGR, two people who redefined the political skyline of Tamil Nadu.What emerges is an evocative portrait of this unique city, drawn without reservationsometimes with humour, sometimes with ironybut always with love. About the Author :Bishwanath Ghosh was born on 26 December 1970 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where he began his career as a journalist before moving to New Delhi to work with Press Trust of India and The Asian Age. In 2001 he relocated to Chennai where he spent seven years at The New Sunday Express and three at The Times of India. He is currently a deputy editor with The Hindu. In 2009 he wrote the bestselling travel book, Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop But Never Get Off, also published by Tranquebar.

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  • : Tamarind City
  • : Bishwanath Ghosh
  • : tranquebar
  • : 9381626337
  • : 9789381626337
  • : Paperback
  • : 344
  • : English

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