Nilghurni by Suchitra Bhattacharya [Hardcover]

Doyita is engaged to the handsome young Soumik Basuray. However, Doyita has fallen in love with a peculiar man - her teacher, the world-renowned scientist Bodhisattva Majumdar. Doyita's love is like a fierce whirlwind that knows no boundaries of age, disregards the concerns of relatives, and sweeps aside the norms and rules of society and family life. The elderly Bodhisattva Majumdar, engrossed in his research to uncover the mystery of the creation of the universe, cannot ultimately ignore Doyita's irresistible attraction and abandons his wife and son to live with her.

Was Doyita-Bodhisattva’s life together a happy one? Had the rejected Soumik been able to forget Doyita? How much respect and love did Bodhisattva’s wife, Rakhi, still have left for him in her heart? Neel Ghurani (Blue Vortex) is a complex love story. However, it is not just a tale of a love triangle; through the tensions of male-female relationships, the writer explores the position of women in the lives of uniquely talented individuals. In all, Suchitra Bhattacharya’s crisp writing reveals the life’s struggles of the modern age. Neel Ghurani is a whirlwind of its time, contemporary yet timeless.