WEST BENGAL FEATURE
September 1st, 2004
BY MARK ROWEAT first sight they would appear to be uneasy bedfellows. On the one hand, English Heritage, the British government's advisory body with responsibility for the care and maintenance of the country's historic environment; on the other, the Marxist-led government of the Indian state of West Bengal.But the two have, for the past few years, worked closely together in an area of shared interest, drawing up plans for the restoration of the important and prolific British Raj architecture of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).That these seemingly disparate ...
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