Calcutta Pudding, Chapter 4

And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding. In this chapter Devi finds a way out of her otherwise gloomy life by making her homeland's delicacy, 'Calcutta Pudding' and also this is how the desert is born into the Jone's household. #About the Author Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'. https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/ She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles' her literary platform into a publishing house now which is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses. The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.