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Jake Arnott – Fleeting Glances, Kolkata & Chandigarh
February 23rd, 2010 | 
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Fleeting Glances: Kolkata & Chandigarh
Jake Arnott
My first time in Kolkata and I have a deranged sense of nostalgia: the air of faded grandeur in the old city, the ghost of my great grandmother, an Anglo-Indian who married a harbour official here in 1897. Passing as white, passing by. The colonial splendour of Calcutta University, the post-colonial splendour of the bright young students of its English department. Walking around the massive book market with Debanjan Chakrabarti from the British Council who was a student here. We go to the Coffee House and he orders mutton sandwiches for old times sake. He shares his memories and his mutton sandwiches and I tell him of my forgotten family history. He takes me to the last place in Kolkata that serves Anglo-Indian specialties. I have Kobiraji Cutlet, sort of chicken schnitzel with mustard sauce.
Jake Arnott
My first time in Kolkata and I have a deranged sense of nostalgia: the air of faded grandeur in the old city, the ghost of my great grandmother, an Anglo-Indian who married a harbour official here in 1897. Passing as white, passing by. The colonial splendour of Calcutta University, the post-colonial splendour of the bright young students of its English department. Walking around the massive book market with Debanjan Chakrabarti from the British Council who was a student here. We go to the Coffee House and he orders mutton sandwiches for old times sake. He shares his memories and his mutton sandwiches and I tell him of my forgotten family history. He takes me to the last place in Kolkata that serves Anglo-Indian specialties. I have Kobiraji Cutlet, sort of chicken schnitzel with mustard sauce.
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Tony Lee meets Jake Arnott
Graphic novel writer Tony Lee and crime / historical fiction writer Jake Arnott meet in Kolkata during their Lit Sutra visit to India.
“I wrote out of desperation…”
Jake Arnott interviewed about his "life, love and more" in the Kolkata Mirror.
Photo: Dipanjan Ghosh
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Lit Sutra: UK – India Literary Conversations
Tony Lee, Jake Arnott and Woodrow Phoenix are all arriving in India this week for a series of events. Please check our Facebook page for more details
