Mon Eke Eke Dui by Partha De [Hardcover]

"Music. Love. These two elements create an even more complex quadratic equation called 'the mind.' It's difficult to solve its mysteries. Can anyone say when a wave rises in the lake of the mind and when it dissipates?

One can touch the body with a finger, drench it with raindrops. But does music know the technique to touch and soothe the mind? Does the Udara, Mudara, Tara have that much power?

Youth and old age. Like the high octave and the low octave. Can these two peaks and the trough ever touch each other?

The two novels in this book, 'Eke To Fagun Mas' and 'Ki Likhi Tomay,' seek to answer these questions. They try to understand why the colors of music, love, and the mind are multifaceted. Is their triangular touch auspicious or inauspicious?

Both novels in this book belong to the social genre. However, love and music here haven't come just as a pinch of salt; they aim to be part of the story's soul, to be the spotlight. Under this arrangement of light, the characters of the story stand on the stage—like the author Animesh, the kirtaniya Kumudini, the rickshaw puller Prahlad, the fifteen-year-old Puti from the first story, or the housewife Lohma, Malvika, Shyamalakanti from the second story."

The book seems to explore themes of music, love, and the human mind, weaving them into social narratives that seek to unravel complex emotional and psychological questions.