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Jake Arnott – Fleeting Glances, Kolkata & Chandigarh
February 23rd, 2010 | 
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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.
Tony Lee’s video diary
Well… I've been back a day now and I'm still playing catchup, but it hasn't been so busy that I can't post up the video diaries that I took while I was in India, especially as the Internet issues of Bangalore meant that there were no updates while I was there. They're not the best quality, having been recorded in a higher resolution that YouTube takes, and therefore lose resolution for the upload, and the camera I used (not primarily a camcorder) has an annoying click it makes as it tries to auto focus on me every now and then, but you'll get the general gist and taste of everything…
So, without further adieu, here are the YouTube links.
DAY ONE: KOLKATA
1. Arriving at Kolkata (Calcutta) Airport with Jake Arnott. (0.36 minutes)
2.The 'Hello Alastair' I prepared at Starmark, Kolkata. (0.15 minutes)
3. The End of Day One recap. (3.52 minutes)
DAY TWO: KOLKATA
4. Walking through the Tanks-filled Jadavpur University. (0.24 minutes)
DAY THREE: PUNE
5. The End of Day Three recap, the flight, the drink with friends. (4.28 minutes)
DAY FOUR: PUNE
6. The End of Day Four recap: British Library Talk. (2.26)
DAY FIVE: BANGALORE
7. In the car leaving the airport. (0.47 minutes)
DAY SIX: BANGALORE
8. The start of the day discussion and end of previous day recap. (5.40 minutes)
9. Final day recap and conclusion on visit to India. (5.03 minutes)
“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
