Sei Samay (1-2) (Bengali) 1st Edition

Osadharon abong onno porjay er ei uponnas. Je bisoy bastu nie ei uponnas rochito tar nogir bangla sahitto te ar nei mone hoy. Unish shotoker kolkata ei uponas e amader chokher samne jionto hoe othe. Ei uponnaser jonno Sunil Ganguly r kache prottek Bangalir rini thaka uchit. Amar songroho te thaka nissondohe shresthotomo grontho.

Faltu kichu English Novel na pore ei boi ti porle onek besi somriddho hoa jay bole mone kori.....

Sei Somoy holo 19 sotok er Kolkata r 1ta okhondo chitro. Amader chena porichito monishi ra ei uponnyas er kushilob. Osombhob sundor bhabe futiye tola hoyeche kolkata sohor tolir nana chitro,tar sathe royeche kichu oitihashik sotti r mishel.
Sei somoy sotti ek onoboddo rochona. Ekbar suru korle sesh na kore otha kothin.

In author's words, "The time-period of the novel is the protagonist" and truly so. The author chose a very unknown but utterly vibrant time in the history of Bengal to play upon. A time which has arguably witnessed the Bengali Renaissance, a time about which a little can be known and a lot has been derived, a time which was building the platform for the struggle for independence very slowly but surely, a time when Bengali literature was in its too early youth to hope to produce a novel like the one concerned here! Yes, the author portrays such a time marvelously in this novel. The historic characters you read in childhood, from David Hare to Vidyasagar, from Michael Madhusudan to Harish Mukherjee, become alive through his mighty pen. It gives almost perfect a picture of that time's Kolkata, its people, their mentality and living through different vibrant characters including the symbolic character "Nabin Kumar". It has a perfect blending of reality and fiction, the writing is fast-paced and satirical. An one and only piece in its genre and a must read for the fans of Bengali Literature.

A masterpiece. A page turner. Words fail me to describe this great work of a great literateur, let alone review it. Even when it was being serially published in Desh, it had left an indelible mark on my young mind, and has, over time, definitely shaped my conception of the legacy I have inherited by just being born and raised in our dear old Kolkata! Now relocated away, and reading it again this time, every page enriched me even more....I realise how knowing and understanding myself would have been impossible without this book. I bow my head with respect to the master.

ei boi ta ami order diechhilam bari chhere etodure chakri kori...ekakitto katabar jnno..porte porte ami just pagol hoe gechhi...asadharon lekhoni protibhay jibonto hoe otha unish sotoker samajik rajnoitik dolil ei uponnas...amar porom pujjo mohapurus rao jibonto hoe uthechen tader baktitte sunil gangopadhyayaer asadhron kolomer tane. protiit totkalin ghotonake aschorojo koushole bona hoeche 'sei somoy'e. protiti bangalir, protiti desh premiker ei uponnas pora uchit.