Dhanda Jakhan Gandhate by Debashish Bandyopadhyay [Hardcover]

"This novel is set in an imaginative world where colorful people reside. When chanar (cheese curd) water spills on Akashbabu, it gives off a sour smell, and Sitnath Moira somehow conveys this to Sukumar Ray. This Sitnath is the same person who cooks a dish from the ever-growing arum in his garden and names it after himself as 'Krombadhomaner SitaBhog' (Ever-expanding SitaBhog). There’s gossip in the air about mosquitoes being trafficked by the kilogram. Goats roam around nibbling on selected news from newspapers. There's a school where simple, innocent acts like fidgeting, looking outside, or playfully rubbing a friend's foot are forbidden. We also have the sharp-witted police officer Kaga (Kantik Ganguly) and the young Boga (Bandhan Gayen). And amidst the fun-filled activities happening in that place reluctant to become a town, there lurks the ominous mystery of a deadly game.

In this world of mystery, all the people are seen through the imaginative eyes of little Boga. Teaming up with Kaga to unravel mysteries, Boga tries to reshape everything according to his unique imagination and dreams of replacing programmed mechanical lives with bizarre ideas to change the world."