You have written three books that are set in Calcutta. While these were fiction, this recent title is non-fiction. Why did you choose the period (2009-11) to base your book? Also, how challenging was it to write about Calcutta in the non-fiction genre?
My first novel, A Strange and Sublime Address, emerged from my childhood encounters with what I call ‘modernity’ in Calcutta. One of the definitions of ‘modern’ I might offer in this context is an urban milieu — a neighbourhood that continually promises the possibility of discovery, and is therefore, continually strange.

Calcutta: Two Years in the City, Amit Chaudhuri