Kotha Bolo, Ujan Srot by Mousumi Patra [Hardcover]

"This story is an imaginative attempt to delve into bureaucracy. What appears tightly knit on the surface—how much of it is secret whirlpools and tumultuous waves underneath? And what would happen if someone ordinary, like you or me, falls into that boundless abyss? The current flows upstream, with intense force. No one knows if a boatman will come from the other shore. In the ebb and flow of hope and despair, there remains only one way to survive in the unfathomable waters—swimming with all your might. Whether it's a backstroke or a dive, whatever works. In the desperate, relentless struggle to cross the turbulent current, one companion speaks softly throughout—'Ujan Srot' (the upstream current)."