00891pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002200040245003500062260000900097300001600106362001000122520056900132650002200701773003400723180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBanerjee, Sumanta  aRevisiting Kolkata as an `NRB'  c2004  ap.5203-205.  a4 Dec  aTwo victorian colonial trends continue to persist in modern Kolkata - the miserable existence of the city's poor on its pavements and a rejuvenated fascination for the glory of the raj on the other; both are sustained by the prerogatives and compulsions of the ruling party. The party's efforts to establish its hegemony over all spheres of civic life has fostered a symbiotic relationship with a rising criminal class - a class that feeds on and, in turn, also sustains the different socio-economic groups who have chosen to make Kolkata their home. - Reproduced.  aUrban development  aEconomic and Political Weekly