The novel covers a period of roughly 20 years in which Srikanta encounters various characters and situations. Reluctantly or otherwise is left to the reader’s interpretation. Srikanta tells the story of the eponymous 19th century Bengali Brahmin from the time he is a young boy to the time he settles down into domesticity in his late thirties. A task that Aruna Chakravarti has ably accomplished through her English translation of this modern classic. Saratchandra was aware of the novel’s universal appeal and wanted it to reach a larger population through translations. What vivid memories they are! They succeed in making the reader reflect on how things have changed and yet how they have remained the same in nearly eight decades since its first publication. Srikanta, an important work by Saratchandra, is, by the author’s admission “A series of scattered memories”.
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