Aar Konkhane by Leela Majumdar [Hardcover]

"Ar Konokhane" is the story of Leela Majumdar's upbringing. She was a member of the renowned Ray family. The book narrates her captivating childhood spent in the hills of Shillong, the companionship of learned and beloved people in the Ray household, the death of Sukumar Ray, her education, intellectual battles with her father, her job at Santiniketan, and above all, her relentless effort to find her own place in the world. The author's simplicity, candid confessions, the story of the Sahib's lazy cat, her humiliation at the missionary school, the anti-British movement, her family's conflicting stance, her bittersweet days at Santiniketan, and her unfiltered portrayal of the true state of affairs there are all presented without any hesitation.