The world of literature in general and Bengali Literature, in particular, remains incomplete without him being a part of it. A hot afternoon in a quiet house where only her voice rang in our ears.Ī gifted writer has left it to the world to explore his brilliantly written books and his unique characters - Sharadindu Bandhopadhyay’s Satyanweshi, Bhutanweshi, and Sadashib. This particular line from The Rhythm of Riddles: 3 Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries takes me back to my childhood days when, along with my siblings, I sat in a circle around my grandmother as she narrated one of the Byomkesh Bakshi stories because we were too young to read by ourselves. Why do people still read Byomkesh? Why do we need a hot afternoon in a quiet house in a small town to discover Byomkesh?”
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