Bimal Mitra’s Saheb Biwi Golam beautifully portrays Kolkata and the life of the zamindars of the nineteenth century and outlines how and why these zamindars witnessed a gradual decline in their status and power.

A Zamindar neglects his wife and prefers the company of alcohol and dancing girls. The decadence of the Bangali Zamindar milieu and the raising bourgeoisie in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a young upward mobile rustic seeking fortune in Calcutta, and fascinated by the lady of the house...—s sharma