Yatrik - The Traveller  (English, Paperback, Ray Arnab)

Life is a journey they say..and we are travelers. This is the story of one such traveler, who looks back at the journey of his life.. the joys, the sorrow, the heartbreak and the milestones and also the undiscovered facets that change his outlook and viewpoint. This is the story of Anushtup Chatterjee, the average yet uncommon Bong youth and his trials and tribulations.

Brilliantly written with aching satire and sharp surprises that make this an absolute page turner, "Yatrik" truly is Arnab...

Anushtup Chatterjee is a dead man.But Arnab Ray does not try to make a hero out of him.It is refreshing to read a book where the protagonist is not unnecessarily glorified on the pretext that he is dead.That makes Yatrik a highly inspiring work.It deftly deals with all the popular notion regarding middle class Bengali rationality(or the lack of it?) and all the glory and glamour that we Bengalis love to associate with heavy words like revolution,idealism et al.
Yatrik is different from MIHYAP...

I have read the "The Mine" by Arnab Ray and it was a very engrossing read. The way people react to different situations, the way we upscale/downscale our ideals depending on the situations amuses me.

Coming to Yatrik, I loved it because it is a story which could be very close to reality and it doesn't try to paint a perfect picture. Anushtup has his virtues and yet, he fails in judging people. His inferences about his mother, Poonam or his father are based on the a skewed set of experiences...

This is gem of a book..a must read !

Arnab Roy's Yatrik is set on surreal premise with fast deep dives to the real life or its protagonist - Anushtup Chatterjee.

It is a very nice read - the kind you would like to read non-stop. The narrative and the premise is very interesting - that is what keeps you enthralled till the end. The references to the social problems were nicely done and the ending is quite philosophical. A few scenarios were a little melodramatic but that is ok; as the book is an attempt to create literature and...

Often we look back at certain events in our lives and wonder why did they happen the way they had happened and that invariably leads to assumptions. Here Arnab Ray crafted a unique narrative where the protagonist is allowed a boon, as it were, to take a look at behind-the-scene unfolding of events that shaped his life and voila, all his firmly-held assumptions were proven to be wrong. It's quite a page-turner with some great lines thrown in good measure. The one that hits close to home is "Wh...

Finished the book in one sitting on a sunday evening... Time well spent & with an after taste that will remain with me for a long time.