Mayna Tadanta by Suchitra Bhattacharya [Hardcover]

In Suchitra Bhattacharya's short stories, her success lies not in the extraordinary shocks of narrative construction, but in the artistic presentation of the poignant, colorful moments that are frozen in the layers of our familiar lives. Almost every one of her short stories depicts the life and inner world of women. Through the daily routines, through the ordinary, life continues to move forward. Along this everyday path, there are numerous stories along its sides. A story means the tale of a person, a tale of nature. And a tale of a person means the life and time of a human being. Both wings of the narrative bird are essential, but in the light of art, sometimes the wings of the woman flare up, sometimes those of the man. In the writer's skillful selection of themes, in almost every story in "Moyna Tottho" (The Autopsy), women emerge as the central figures. These women range in age from nineteen to eighty. In other words, they touch both ends of the path of life—beginning to end. Some of them are named Jhinuk, Trina, Trishna, Madhavi, others are Basundhara, Mamata, Ansuya, or Shobhna, Supriti, Anurupa. Their stories are timeless tales of women’s lives. At the same time, they are creations that are both enriching and memorable.