Matrikothon by Tamaghna Naskar [Hardcover]

"He is merely a traveler. He left his home out of love for his country, then laid down his weapons at his mother's feet and took up prayer beads. He describes himself as a wanderer with a patched-up bag, roaming the dusty paths of Bengal, which is his addiction.

Gathering the dried leaves of banyan, peepal, and jarul trees, the proud mustard fields, the shy green of oxalis, the marks left by grandmothers and aunts on the moss at the pond steps, and the dew drops collected in spider webs—he carefully and lovingly captures these fragile past remnants, the musk-like scent of Bengal, filling his bag.

Before setting out on his journey, he empties his bag, shaking it out. He is the ascetic, the traveler Bhupendranath Goth Biswas. This journey is an introduction to him by Mother Bandurga. Now begins the journey..."