The Bengali Babu: Culture and Consumption in Colonial India

The Bengali Babu: Culture and Consumption in Colonial India

The Bengali Babu: Culture and Consumption in Colonial India

Kolkata

The Bengali Babu: Culture and Consumption in Colonial India

November 15, 2025,
6.00pm - 7.30pm

The Alipore Museum

Join Professor Supriya Chaudhuri for an evening of readings and discussion that situates colonial Bengal within a cultural-historical framework, examining the 19th‑century mercantile milieu and its intersections with gender, class, and commodity.

This event is part of DAG’s ongoing exhibition 'The Babu & the Bazaar: Art from 19th and Early 20th Century Bengal' at the Alipore Museum.