About The Book
The story centers around the life of Kaliprasanna Singha, along with legendary historical figures including Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the reformer; Michael Madhusudan Dutt, the poet; the father and son duo of Dwarkanath Tagore and Debendranath Tagore; Harish Mukherjee, the journalist; Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj radical; David Hare and John Bethune, the English educationists; and others.
My Thoughts
This is the first part of the brilliant historical fiction series written by Sunil Gangopadhyay. The book revolves around various historical figures and the main character is Kaliprasanna Singha.
It is impossible to talk about this book in a few sentences. The best justice would be to read it.
An English translation of this book is available on Amazon.
Any person even with a remote interest in reading must read this book.
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About the Author
Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was an Indian poet, historian, and novelist in the Bengali language based in the city of Kolkata. He is a former Sheriff of Calcutta. Gangopadhyay obtained his master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. In 1953 he and a few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine, Krittibas. Later he wrote for many different publications.
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