Chirasakha

📌 Book Details:

• Author: Nabakumar Basu
• Genre: Novel (Upanyas)
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9788177564440
• Pages: 988
• Weight: 1276 grams

📚 About the Book:

Chirasakha is a profound and sweeping novel that captures the essence of time, history, and human relationships. Set against the backdrop of North 24 Parganas and Kolkata, this novel follows Bhibas, a young dreamer who embarks on an arduous journey through the uncertain world of art and industry before the Partition of India.

Through poverty, social obstacles, and political struggles, Bhibas searches for stability and love. But who truly supports him? Aparna? Itu? His family? Or someone else? The novel explores the fundamental truth that only love provides refuge, even if it demands sacrifice.

This epic narrative interweaves the lives of numerous characters, both famous and unknown, and delves into the conflicts of success and failure, moral dilemmas, and the quest for identity. Chirasakha is a masterpiece that blends literary depth with emotional intensity, making it a must-read for lovers of classic Bengali fiction.

📚 About the Author:

🔹 Nabakumar Basu was born on December 10, 1949, in North 24 Parganas, growing up in an environment of extreme poverty.
🔹 He pursued medical studies at Calcutta University, later becoming a renowned surgeon and settling in England in 1993, where he worked in the government medical sector.
🔹 His literary journey began in school magazines and little magazines, with his first short story published in Desh in 1977.
🔹 He has written extensively in both mainstream and little magazines, covering short stories, detective fiction, children’s literature, and travelogues.
🔹 Chirasakha is his first and most ambitious full-length novel.

📖 Despite living abroad, Nabakumar Basu remains deeply passionate about Bengali literature and actively promotes its growth and preservation.