'[A] brilliant book, full of fascinating details about eating establishments, from early inns and taverns to modern Bengali restaurants... and the many ethnic and foreign influences on Calcutta cuisine... [It] can almost be read as a history of the cuisine of India itself.' - Collen Taylor Sen, Author of Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India
'A starbust of a book, as enjoyable as it is stimulating.' - Sunday Express 'This riveting, myth-busting book cannot be summarised in any detail; you will simply have to read it.' Financial Times
“Manan Kapoor’s immersive study returns the poet to his roots, which are inescapably Indian-there’s no other word for the syncretic mastery of the Hindi, Urdu and English traditions that shaped his work.”-Jeet Thayil
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A memoir of family, war and peace FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY “Immersive, exhilarating. . . . This memoir adds an essential voice to the genre of migrant literature, challenging false popular narratives that migration is optional, permanent and always results in a better life.”—The New York Times Book Review
