Marudesh Katha by Abhijit Tarafdar [Hardcover]

"After school, Jhilam heard a groaning sound. As she searched, she noticed a student lying between two benches in a classroom, with his bag hanging from the desk and saliva dripping from his mouth. Jhilam's screams gathered everyone, and the sick student, Saikat, was quickly taken to a nursing home. Saikat didn't survive, but Jhilam got entangled in a legal case. Her son Rik had been bedridden since childhood due to a complex illness, and her relationship with her husband Somnath was gradually weakening. As Jhilam's story progresses, the transformation of Bengali medium schools into English corporate schools becomes apparent to the reader. Other characters also reveal the diverse nature of human minds. Abhijit Tarafdar's 'Marudesher Katha' vividly depicts contemporary urban social life."