VandeMataram
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The book Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri is a chronicle of the author's two years experience in the city. The book reveals the experience of the author in the metropolitan city of Calcutta, now Kolkata. The book depicts the change that took place in the city from the 19th century to the 21st century. The author portrays a an acute, often ironic, and occasionally terribly funny picture of life in the city today of its malls and restaurants, its fitful attempts to embrace globalisation, its middle class who leave and then return reluctantly, its bygone aristocracy, and its homeless and poor itinerants. This book is a nice and interesting read and the author's attempt in writing the book is quite appreciable.