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Kolkata. A city born out of colonial lust for power and profit, of failed revolutions, and relegated to the margins of capitalist world. A city, according to many, that is only worth leaving. In this city, a 73-year-old man discovers he has a special talent to attract women the world over, a clerk is visited by a young woman's ghost, a sex worker dreams of travelling the world and an abandoned wife decides on an unusual revenge for her st...

Of matters Modern analyses the experience of modernity in South Asia. Arguing that South Asias experience of modernity has to be understood in a global context, the book explores a wide range of topics: the emergence of 'Assam Fever' in colonial discourse, an experiment with fusion music in early colonial India, The emergence of detective fiction in colonial Punjab, the search for authenticity among nationalist and post-colonial thinkers, the ...

Of matters Modern analyses the experience of modernity in South Asia. Arguing that South Asias experience of modernity has to be understood in a global context, the book explores a wide range of topics: the emergence of 'Assam Fever' in colonial discourse, an experiment with fusion music in early colonial India, The emergence of detective fiction in colonial Punjab, the search for authenticity among nationalist and post-colonial thinkers, the ...