Mapa Hasi Chapa Kanna (Akhanda) by Sanjib Chattopadhyay [Hardcover]

What is life? Is life not "measured laughter and suppressed tears"? The person who has this insight is Sanjeev Chattopadhyay, a distinguished storyteller in Bengali literature. In his incomparable style, like the autumn Shyuli flower, he weaves laughter, sometimes with a hidden layer of suppressed tears. His short stories, all drawn from real-life events, when arranged across pages with his unique pen, make readers laugh uncontrollably at times and, at other times, leave them lost in thought, pondering in solitude. Mapa Hasi Chapa Kanna is an unparalleled collection of stories by the worthy successor of Parashurama, Sanjeev Chattopadhyay.

Sanjeev’s perception:

"The state of people around us! Humans are beating other humans senseless. Two kinds of 'parties.' In big clubs, 'corporate creatures' have a bottle-thief culture... Just like the temperature goes to sub-zero, the beauties wear next to nothing. Highlighting every part of the body with a flimsy piece of cloth! Attractive animals..."

What could be truer than this? The 'unabridged' edition of Mapa Hasi Chapa Kanna, originally published in nine separate volumes, is now presented with due reverence.

Reader beware! Hasn't something like this happened in your life too?