Novel

‘1951 or 1971, in any case Bhojohari Dey, Radha Ballabh Saha, Kalipada Dutta and so many of them will have to go. Where will they go?’ said, Jaydeep.

On that day most of the teachers were on the playground under the winter sun. With their hands in the back with rolled-up newspapers, they were scattered in the field in small groups and were engaged in grave talks…..

The other day, my mother went to my uncle’s house and returned with a grumpy face. She said, “Today when I went to Aradhana’s (my aunt) she offered tea in a new set of china. Even the table lamp was of the latest design

Grasshopper Chronicle Chapter 16 Royal Fancy Store Jyotirmoy Prodhani My uncle came home and said to my aunt, “I am

After the market incident, the great Assam andolan no longer remained the same anymore at Golakganj. Parents were extremely reluctant to allow their children to participate in the picketings and processions, the Bandhs too no longer remained the fun days, as they used to be. Whenever there would be bandhs, there would be grim unease all around

The Assam andolan began again. This time it was 48-hour Assam Bandh, that is, everything would remain closed for two consecutive days, nothing would be open— shops would be closed, buses would not ply, offices

It was a large gathering. The function started exactly at 5.30 pm. It was a tall stage, small but well decorated with lights and cloth screens as the background screen, on the floor they laid a thick, long colourful cloth….

Music College at Golakganj became quite famous, for this was the only one of its kind. Till the college was established nobody knew that there were so many talented musicians around. Before the opening of the college,…

As Maa served lunch, she said, ‘Today we are going to a wedding invitation, so in the evening come quickly from the playground as I will have to dress you up.’
– ‘Whose wedding is it?’

Do you remember Aklee? We spoke about him. The dark handsome lad, whose thumb my father had severed as a penalty! The kid who had challenged Arzee. The lad whom Doury embraced as a friend.