Chapter 6B Why Mother Died? “What are you doing with that lump of mud?” asked Nilesh, Pratap’s fellow prisoner, and also his friend. Nilesh is in this prison because even though he is a farmer’s son, he wanted to try his luck with business. During his days in the Gurukul, he concentrated more on studying…
Author: Sanjana Guha

The Adventure of Rudra and Pratap Narayan (Ch-6A)
Chapter 6A Bhanu met the girls “Who the hell are you?” cried Bhanu, aka, Prince Rudra Narayan, when he saw the red-beaked falcon turning into a lady in front of him. He was acquainted to only those magical tricks that Sunaina was capable of, and she was never capable of transforming herself into something else….

The Adventure of Rudra and Pratap Narayan (Ch-5)
Chapter 5 Gargi and Rajni in the Forest Bhanu had the vision of that prisoner again. But he could not figure out who it was, except his eyes looked familiar to him, or may be the tears. Bhanu started having restless nights and days that resulted in mistakes—mistakes that he started making in his daily…

The Adventure of Rudra and Pratap Narayan (Ch-4)
Chapter 4 Bhanu, Sunaina and a Vision Six Years Later While Prince Rudra Narayan was drowning in the river he was saved by a middle-aged or rather you can say an aged-woman named Sunaina. Sunaina was the head of the cobbler’s village. Yes, you heard it right there was a cobbler’s village, the queen of…

The Adventure of Rudra and Pratap Narayan (Ch-3B)
Chapter 3B The Manipulative Queen Prince Pratap Narayan Chaudhury was shattered because he couldn’t save Rajni at that moment, but he didn’t have time to lament, what was important for him was to save the rest of the students and teachers of the Gurukul. Unknowingly, he became their leader, and led them to the forest…

The Adventure of Rudra and Pratap Narayan (Ch-3A)
Chapter 3A Fire Broke Out In Gurukul After Prince Rudra Narayan Chaudhury had left the Gurukul, his teacher went to his chamber. Something inside him was troubling him; he could not take any more classes. He stayed in his hut for the whole day. At night he called for his daughter Rajni. Rajni was a…

The Adventure of Rudra and Pratap Narayan (Ch-2)
Chapter 2 Chandreyi’s Warning Were Ignored by Prince Rudra Narayan It was time for Prince Rudra Narayan Chaudhury to return to his kingdom. He was unaware of the problems of his kingdom, far away in the Gurukul, he and his brother were having their lessons. His brother Pratap Narayan had to stay for three more…

The Adventure of Rudra and Pratap Narayan (Ch-1)
Chapter 1 The Tyranny Begin Once upon a time, in a distant land, there lived a King and his two sons. The name of the King was Shambhu Narayan Chaudhury, and his wife was Chitralekha Chaudhury, she died while giving birth to his second child Pratap Narayan Chaudhury. The elder son Rudra Narayan Chaudhury was…

Literature Depicting Atrocities against Weak and the Common People
During my childhood, I read The Tempest by William Shakespeare, from The Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. I loved reading it, Prospero with all its magical power, Ariel— the fairy, Ferdinand and Miranda’s love story, all used to make me feel good, but what used to make me feel bad was Caliban,…

DONNE’S BELOVED IS TAGORE’S BRAHMA
This line from Donne’s The Canonization is found in the lips of Tagore’s hero Amit in Sesher Kobita. And question arises why out of so many poets Tagore choose Donne’s line, when Tagore has once claimed that of all English poets John Keats has influenced him the most. But it can be assumed that the…