Book: Heart of Darkness ; a Rare Glimpse Into the Sins and Secrets of Urban Modernity in the Kolkata of the '70s.
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The Middlemanby SankarTranslated by Arunava SinhaPenguinPrice: RS 220, Pages: 192
If a birthday is an occasion for rebirth, Somnath Banerjee awakes to a new life of corruption on his 25th birthday. At one time, the dirty-smelly Chitpur Roadpacked with a parading throng of humanity pressing in on all sidesmight have inspired him to pen a few lines on the human jungle that is Kolkata. To be read out to his muse, Tapati, the very next day, of course. But poetry seems to have left him forever. His ears go red as he thinks about the job in hand: he has to hook a prostitute for a client. He looks up at the sky and prays for torrential rain to drown out his past, who he was.See the full content of this document
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Book: Heart of Darkness ; a Rare Glimpse Into the Sins and Secrets of Urban Modernity in the Kolkata of the '70s.
It's the story of a city at war with itself: where idealistic young men offer up prostitutes for bu...
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