Voices in the City Author:Anita Desai Based on the life of the middle class intellectuals of Calcutta, it is an unforgettable story of a Bohemian brother and his two sisters caught in the cross currents of changing social values. In many ways the story reflects a vivid picture of India's social transition- a phase in which the older elements are not altogether dead, and the emergen... more »t ones are not fully evolved.« less