I had read maybe one or two or a few only Indranath Rudra stories in Anandamela and that too at a very young age. But it had something that still aroused the interest as I chanced across a collection among the final few copies left in bookfair this year. True these are old fashioned stories but how now I lament why I didn't bought a few more volumes. The only bad part is these are written with an undue emphasis on drama of the moment though the intellectual part is quite good. Sometimes the sleuth hunts in his own but sometimes he is assisted by Mriganka and his wife. But the quick observation with the analytical reasonings always keeps the detective a class apart from the rest. The stories after a brief author's introduction are arranged as
- Ghori
- Sonar Koroti
- Choti
- Momer Haat
- Nebuchadnezzarer Silmohar
- Atta Jhinuker Botam
- Shunya Kalshi
- Rakter Shaitan
- Paerakuthir Rahasya
- Chidranwesi Indranath
- Neel Chobir Chalanae
The narratives correctly blend nostalgia with the classic. Right from very first readers will be glued to the old world romance that also is used to mask yet prolongthe underlying suspense.
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