Charitraheen by Sarat Chandra is one of the most famous novels written by the versatile Bengali author almost a hundred years ago. However, even today, it is as thought provoking and involving as it would have appeared to the readers of that bygone era, when novelists were quite a few […]
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay was the most popular Bengali novelist of the early 20th century, and ironically, he initially wrote under the pen name of Anila Devi, in exact role reversal of Emily Bronte. Indeed, strange is the power of creativity, that can make one change one’s identity so completely! But, […]
“Great things come in small packages” As I read Nishkriti by Sarat Chandra, the last novel in Sarat Chandra Omnibus, the above said proverb kept ringing in my head. The shortest novel (just 51 pages long) entertained me the most, making Sarat come across as a superb entertainer, a fantastic […]
The third novel in The Sarat Chandra Omnibus ,Parineeta is somewhat similar to Devdas. It can be loosely termed as another childhood romance, where protagonists, Shekhar and Lalita are neighbors, falling in love with each other by virtue of familiarity. Their liaison is objected by Hero’s father, and much drama […]
Palli Samaj by Sarat Chandra is a scathing remark on the idyllic village life, often portrayed in novels and stories. Most of the books, be it fiction or history, present villagers as innocent, good creatures, who are unpolluted by civic vices, eking out a sheltered life in complete oblivion of […]
There are very few books which impact readers’ understanding in a life changing way and there are even fewer characters, who remain etched in memory, long after the book is closed. However, Devdas by Sarat Chandra is one such rare novel, where the protagonist is immortalized to such an extent, […]
Srikanta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is the first novel by the noted Bengali novelist, that I have read, and is a part of The Saratchandra Omnibus. The story revolves around a wandering young man from the age of fifteen to thirty plus. It is written in first person by a […]
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