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CHAI CHAI IBD

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03 / 2024
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About the BookA CULT CLASSIC, BISHWANATH GHOSHâÇÖSáCHAI, CHAIáIS BACK ON STANDS WITH AN ATTRACTIVE NEW COVER.Some years ago, a book was published that would change the way one looks at travel forever. Bishwanath Ghosh had got down at Itarsi junction to grab a cup of chai while travelling from Kanpur to Chennai. Sipping on the tea, as he heard the recorded voice announcing the arrivals and delays of the many trains that passed through the station, it struck him that while Itarsi junction connects the length and breadth of India on the rail map, almost nothing is known about Itarsi, the town. Thus began GhoshâÇÖs quest to tell the story of all the towns behind some of the countryâÇÖs biggest junctions: Itarsi, Mughal Sarai, Jhansi, Shoranur, Arakkonam and Jolarpettai-places that are always a stopover and never a destination, familiar and yet unknown.Chai, Chai, a definitive work on small-town India, went on to become an instant success and continues to draw readers with its abundant wit and charm.About the AuthorBishwanath Ghosh, born in Kanpur on 26 December 1970, is the author of the hugely popularáAimless in Banaras: Wanderings in IndiaâÇÖs Holiest City. HeâÇÖs also a Hindi poet, who has two well-received compilations-Jiyo Banaras and Tedhi-Medhi Lakeeren-to his credit. His other books includeáTamarind City: Where Modern India Began, Longing, Belonging: An Outsider at Home in CalcuttaáandáGazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Line that Partitioned India. He is an Associate Editor witháThe Hinduánewspaper and lives in Calcutta.

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