Hatmaksho by Subarna Bose [Hardcover]

No story ever truly begins, and marking its endpoint is difficult. Life flows like a continuous stream, carrying various characters and narratives. Each person's unique circle touches others at inevitable contact points. An invisible magician unveils different objects from the void, some of which remain while others disappear back into the void. Similarly, this story focuses on a phase in the lives of a few contemporary college students. Alongside modern friendships, emotions, and ego conflicts, there lingers a pull of past memories and tales of new twists in old relationships. Like the soft orange light of a late afternoon, filled with lingering nostalgia and melancholy, the narrative weaves itself with the characters' dreams and imaginations against their surroundings. This patchwork, like a quilt made from various colorful fabric pieces, is sure to touch the reader's heart.