Calcutta as the thematic Background: A Critical Study of Amit Chaudhuri’s Novels

Abstract

Amit Chaudhuri was born in Calcutta and grew up in a corporate society i.e. Bombay. To know Calcutta was curiosity in his life as he spent his youth in Bombay. He has more affection for Calcutta, his region, where he belongs. Chaudhuri can be called a regionalist as a regionalist explores his region and the various features related to it like local colour, characters, dialect, customs, traditions, and topography, etc. Therefore, this study will proceed on the clear belief that Chaudhuri’s works are strongly set in his region, Calcutta and being a regionalist he has tried to portray the real picture of Calcutta using all the features stated above. Thus, the scope of this study is to explore the importance of home with respect to various features like physical characteristics, people, life, customs, habits, manners, etc in the novels of Chaudhuri.