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Devasis Chattopadhyay’s 'Harry Hobbs of Kolkata and Other Forgotten Lives' revisits a city that many of us are unfamiliar with, a city which once we would have called Calcutta (now Kolkata), but the writer feels that the name is no longer relatable. The book is a trip through the past introducing us to people that history has forgotten. 'Harry Hobbs of Kolkata and Other Forgotten Lives' has been called a study of subaltern colonial history, and certainly so.
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Devasis Chattopadhyay’s 'Harry Hobbs of Kolkata and Other Forgotten Lives' revisits a city that many of us are unfamiliar with, a city which once we would have called Calcutta (now Kolkata), but the writer feels that the name is no longer relatable. The book is a trip through the past introducing us to people that history has forgotten. 'Harry Hobbs of Kolkata and Other Forgotten Lives' has been called a study of subaltern colonial history, and certainly so.
