Hajarduyari by Buddhadeb Guha [Hardcover]

In some families, degrees of higher education remain nothing more than papers tucked away in drawers and wardrobes, never coming into contact with life. Srī, whose formal name was Srīparnā, realized this deeply after spending eight years in a prestigious, aristocratic, and highly-educated in-law's house. She had studied at a college like Presidency and had a devoted, open-hearted lover, Suman, from the "Hazar-Duari" area. When Suman became a hidden memory, locked away in the letters of her past, Srī uprooted her husband from Kolkata and dragged him to Odisha, hoping to build a secluded life of their own. Who knew that, like her marriage to Gopen, this too was another twist of fate? Life, perhaps, is just like this - full of unexpected surprises, like a story. Some people only tell that story. But Hazar-Duari offers something different. The shock of the story subtly intertwines with the present time and society, and through the analysis of a couple’s relationship, it brings forth the meaningful revelations of many men and women’s problems.