![]() Chaudhuri spent much of his childhood in Bombay and later lived in England, returning to stay in Kolkata only recently. Chaudhuri's new book Calcutta: Two Years in a City is about a city that was, the city that is and the one that it perhaps will be in the future. Nobody writes about life and its frailties like Sankar does, but Amit Chaudhuri comes very close when he writes about Calcutta (or Kolkata as it's known now). Since then I have read Sankar translations in both English and Hindi. I discovered Sankar's writing a few years back when someone recommended his book Chowringhee to me. My favourite Bengali author is Mani Shankar Mukherjee who wrote using the pseudonym Sankar. Harford's The Undercover Economist Strikes Back now comes a close second.Ĭalcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri (Hamish Hamilton, Rs 599) In fact, Henry Hazzlit's Economics in One Lesson (first published in 1946) remains my favourite book, when it comes to books that explain the dismal science in a language that everybody can understand. In this new book, Harford tries to explain macroeconomics and the current financial crisis to the lay reader in simple English. ![]() His focused approach to his subjects ensures the reader understands what he is trying to say and that possibly explains why his books, like The Undercover Economist, The Logic of Life and Adapt, have been bestsellers. Tim Harford is my favourite writer when it comes to non fiction. The Undercover Economist Strikes Back - How to Run - or Ruin - an Economy by Tim Harford (Little, Brown Rs 599) ![]()
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