A review by raji_c
Chowringhee by Sankar

4.0

I must confess that I did not enjoy this book in the beginning. I found the writing style a little dated and didn’t think I would enjoy it. However, the narrator drew me in. I enjoyed the tale, the narration, the writing. The book is both an enchanting and a disturbing picture of 1950s Calcutta. While the book abounds with interesting characters, I particularly enjoyed the various shades of women portrayed in the book: Mrs Pakrashi, Rosie, Pamela, Connie, Sujata, Karabi. What I didn’t like: the dearth of happy endings and the ending itself :)