he changed his name at every village to sound like a local. Mangala - Cleaning woman at Doctor Cunningham's laboratory, but that's her disguise, she is in reality a Demi God who not only discovered the means of treating syphilis with the Malaria parasite but also found a form of asexual reproduction/reincarnation for humans which kept her and Lutchman alive forever. Sonali - A writer for Calcutta Magazine, a journalist, and actor who, it is suggested in the novel, transforms herself with the help of Mangala's "science" Urmila - A journalist for the same publication as Sonali, she is the one Mangala chooses for her transformation or reincarnation. Romen Haldar - Lutchman in his most recent reincarnation. Awards The Calcutta Chromosome won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1997. Sources Home page at amitavghosh.com Notes Further reading Bhattacharya, Shayani (2014). "The Silence of the Subaltern: The Rejection of History and Language in Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome." In Bernardo, Susan M. (ed). Environments in Science Fiction: Essays on Alternative Spaces. McFarland. pp.137-153. ISBN 978-0-7864-7579-7 Indian thriller novels Indian speculative fiction novels Indian science fiction novels 1995 Indian novels 1995 science fiction novels Novels set in Kolkata Novels by Amitav Ghosh