Adam’s Bridge: Sacrality, Performance, and Heritage of an Oceanic Marvel (Ocean and Island Studies) - Softcover

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Arup K. Chatterjee is a professor of English at OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, and the founding chief editor of Coldnoon: International Journal of Travel Writing & Travelling Cultures (2011 to 2018). He is the author of the bestselling book, The Purveyors of Destiny: A Cultural Biography of the Indian Railways (2017) [republished as The Great Indian Railways (2018)], the widely acclaimed, Indians in London: From the Birth of the East India Company to Independent India (2021), and the forthcoming The Great Indian Railway Saga (2024), besides being the author of over 70 articles and academic papers in national and international publications. In 2012, he translated the Urdu poems of Firaq Gorakhpuri, published in the biography written by Ajai Man Singh, The Poet of Pain and Ecstasy (Roli 2015). His research interests include nineteenth-century colonial history, anthropology, culture, and literary studies.