Kolkata

Mappa theke Manchitra

November 17, 2024,
4.00pm

P. M. Bagchi and Co., Sovabazaar

A deep dive into 18th and 19th century maps of Calcutta at the 140-year-old publishing house of P. M. Bagchi and Company, juxtaposing colonial and indigenous mapping practices followed by walk in the neighbourhood with Prof Epsita Haldar and Dr Sarbajit Mitra.

This event is part of the fourth edition of The City as a Museum, an annual festival that travels to various sites, repositories and neighbourhoods in Kolkata to explore the transformative potential of peripheral narratives of the city.