Book Hindi- Yeh Nardeh - Bimal Mitra
Mostly, from our library I go for famous regional / international books translated in Hindi, as I do not know much about Hindi writers.
Long back, One of my friend has recommended this book. I brought the book that time but some how I was not able to complete it. May be the book was very tense & different from what I usually read that time.
Recently, I seen the subject book & I decided to try to read.
This book is part 2, part 1 was not available & hence some of the links were missing while early reading of book.
However with the flow of pages I found that the book is very intense, gripping & thought provoking.
The background of the book is Kolkatta & time zone is 5-10 years after independence.
The story is about a person, a hero turning GOD. Heavens door welcomed him with open hands.
The story revolves around the life of Sandip the hero, Vishakha, Dadima, Saumya Babu, Gopal Hajra, Tapesh Ganguli, Bijli, Muktipad Babu, Mallik Chacha etc.& Kolkatta.
Sandip was about to marry his love, Vishakha. However Dadima of Saumya Babu, interferes on wedding day & cancel their marriage. She arrange marriage between Saumya Babu & Vishakha.
Saumya Babu was under arrest for killing his earlier wife. He was supposed to get capital punishment.
As per the kundli of Vishakha, her husband will live long life. To save Saumyababu from capital punishment, his Dadima forced wedding between Saumya & Vishakha.
Both Sandip & Vishakha was indebted to Dadima's family & hence accept Dadima's decision.
As per Vishakha's good luck, Saumya is saved from Capital punishment & get life imprisonment. Vishakha's new life coupled with sufferings & testing times starts.
Now since Sandip is in love with Vishakha decides to help her & keep helping her every time she is in need.
It costs his job as Bank Manager & he ended up in Jail for fraud & forgery.
Even after releasing from jail in an attempt to stablising Vishakha's life, he once again ended up in Jail for charges of killing Bijli (Saumya Babu's new wife) & get capital punishment.
He goes to extreme end to help Vishakha, however his all efforts goes in vain.
Vishakha never get her due place in marriage life or happiness or least the peace.
Sandip being kind & generous by nature never understood the matrix of life & while trying to help Vishakha, his entire life messed up.
Usually, I detach myself from the book while reading. I never get disturbed my life of the characters or turns & twists of story.
However this book is so powerful that all the pains & sufferings actually disturbed me very much.
I like the book, book is painful & end is also not an ordinary happy ending.
It is a journey of life which is simple, peaceful, straight though unbelievable if related to jerks, twists, uncertain phases it faced.
Khushal
19/04/2010
