[Article] A taste for Calcutta Adjust Share This terrible, beautiful city By Simon Winchester, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Calcutta (India) Description and travel Social conditions Social life and customs More from Simon Winchester By Rolls to Russia A Silver Spirit crosses the Iron Curtain The train to Kompong Sam Seeing the world with Thomas Cook Ending the dacoity menace India's most frightful crime Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > June 1980 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close