Satideha

• Author: শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায় (Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay)
• Genre: Upanyas (Novel)
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9789350404614
• Pages: 140
• Weight: 253 grams
• Publisher: Ananda Publishers

Synopsis:
Satideha is a deeply philosophical and poetic novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay that explores love, loss, and existential crisis.

• Runu, the protagonist, is fascinated by an unseen painter who paints the dawn each day.
• His world is filled with odd and surreal experiences—a broken crow’s nest leading to the fiery images of dead chicks, searching for a mouse hole to hide little Richa’s fallen tooth, and accepting a breakfast invitation from the regretful Bandana Boudi.
• He tells Murcchona a tale of a mystical land filled with dreams, mist, and magic.
• Among the many events in Runu’s life, there remains a deeply buried past—Lamding, a bicycle, and a shy girl named Sati.
• Runu now feels like a dead man within himself, yet a lingering question remains—why does Murcchona warn him against going to the park late at night?

With its dreamlike narrative, Satideha gradually unfolds a love as delicate and inevitable as the scent of flowers and incense.

About the Author:
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born on November 2, 1935, in Bikrampur, Dhaka (now in Bangladesh). Due to his father’s railway job, his childhood was spent moving across different places—Kolkata, Bihar, North Bengal, East Bengal, and Assam. His early experiences and memories often find their way into his writing.

• He studied at missionary schools in Cooch Behar and later completed his BA from a Kolkata college.
• Initially a schoolteacher, he later took up journalism and became associated with Anandabazar Patrika.
• His first story was published in Desh magazine, and his debut novel was Ghûnôpôkā (The Termite).
• He gained immense popularity for his children’s novel Monojder Adbhut Bari.
• In recognition of his literary excellence, he received the Vidyasagar Award (1985) for children’s literature, the Ananda Puraskar, and the Sahitya Akademi Award (1989) for his novel Manabjamin.