Kamini Kanchan by Sanjib Chattopadhyay [Hardcover]

The protagonist of this novel is Tarak Sarkar. However, the surname "Sarkar" had changed in popular speech. Everyone called him "Guchait." Why, even Tarak himself was not unaware of this. Tarak was a master of organization. Wherever there was business, there was this man named Tarak. Now, this habit of organizing had been with him since childhood. His life was peculiar. A perfectly good-natured mother, a father with vices. His father, Bishwanath Sarkar, was the head clerk of a railway company warehouse. He dealt in unaccounted money, always driven by greed. Leaving his wife and son behind, he began living with his mistress, Dalim. Tarak, too, inherited the unethical legacy of his father, Bishwanath. One eye was on women, the other on wealth. His studies went off track. One after another, he found teachers. Yet, this story is not just about the wayward Tarak Sarkar. His life had many thorns, but those thorns were like the thorns of a rose. Despite all the thorns, how did the flower bloom, and how did Tarak Guchait’s life and perspective change? This extraordinary story is told in Sanjeev Chattopadhyay’s remarkable novel.