Keu Keu Eka by Samaresh Majumdar [Hardcover]

The phone call came in the middle of the night, waking up the entire house. At first, Aritra thought it was definitely some kind of prank or a ghostly call. But despite his hesitation, he eventually had to pick up the phone. And that's when he was hit with a shock of surprise. The distressed voice of a young woman on the other end was unmistakably asking for Aritra Chatterjee. Apparently, her mother, Ratnabali Chowdhury, had suddenly fallen terribly ill. In her feverish delirium, she kept repeating Aritra's name. The girl had quickly found Aritra's phone number from her mother's diary. She begged Aritra to come, even just once! The girl also provided the address in Salt Lake. Aritra was stunned. He couldn’t remember whether he knew Ratnabali or her husband at all. But why was his number in Ratnabali’s diary? How? In this swift, flowing narrative, the story unfolds, offering an end to the mystery while also skillfully revealing the hidden depths of solitude in modern life.