Calcutta Connects explores Indian-Scottish cultural and historical connections, with new writing by renowned and emergent poets and fiction writers from India and Scotland, including Margaret Burnett and Bashabi Fraser.

Hannah Adcock documents the life and work of Scottish missionary worker Isabella Plumb, based on journals and letters in the National Library of Scotland.

The magazine features photographs by publisher and filmmaker Naveen Kishore documenting life in Calcutta.

Read Imminent ruin and desperate remedy: Calcutta and its fragments by Swapan Chakravorty

FICTION

In Economy – Rajorshi Chakraborti, Kali – Margaret Burnett, India, By Design – Martin Goodman, Untouchable – Merryn Glover, Dowry – Usha Kishore

POETRY

Shampa Ray, Sudeep Sen, Gurcharan Rampuri, Shanta Acharya, Jane Griffiths

ARTICLES

Imminent Ruin and Desperate Remedy – Swapan Chakravorty, The City That Writers Built – Anjana Basu, As I Saw Kolkata Changing – Bashabi Fraser, The Theatre of Calcutta – Anjum Katyal, Bangali Cinema – Sangeeta Datta, A Celtic Chakra – Kenny Munro, Miss Plumb – Hannah Adcock

PHOTOGRAPHS

Kolkata, Durga Puja, Naveen Kishore

REVIEWS

Hannah Adcock, R.V. Bailey, Margaret Beveridge, Anna Crowe, Andy Gloege, Stephen Lackaye, Michael Lister, Matthew McGuire, Lauren Pope, Jennie Renton