To writer Rudyard Kipling, Kolkata was “The City of Dreadful Night”. To novelist Dominique Lapierre, it is “The City of Joy”, and to architectural conservationist Manish Chakraborti, it is “The City that Needs Saving”.Chakraborti, a fast-talking 42-year-old Bengali, is on a mission to rescue Kolkata’s colonial-era buildings from the ravages of time. It’s his life and his passion. “These old buildings lend a wonderful mosaic to the city&r… (View original article)
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