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Book 100 of 2021. Here lies my 100th read of the year. 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉 After much deliberation and some low-key worrying, I finally picked my 100th read. What better than Ray for my 100th read? My 100th read in Ray's 100th Year. Perfect! Serendipitous! Feluda and Topshe and Jatayu are more than characters, they are people we know, people we grew up with, people we feel safe with. Their adventures, banter, sleuthing, travels and camaraderie are alllll things we love and appreciate. A Bengali child is handed these stories as heirlooms. They are precious to us. Integral to our collective memories. A part and parcel of the Bengali way of life. I grew up hearing of this super sleuth but could only read them in my mid-twenties when I found translations of these classic tales. I have since then read everything Ray's ever written a few times over. For that and evermore, I will always be infinitely grateful to translators and the invaluable work they do. They bring these stories to those who wouldn't be able to access it without their help. Because I cannot imagine my life without Feluda and his magajastra. ❤️ PS: If you haven't read Ray yet...what are you waiting for?! Pick up his glorious short stories instead of watching the uber stylised take on Netflix. . . . #whimsybookworm2021reads #booksbooksbooks #bibliophile #Feluda #SatyajitRay #Ray #shortstory #modernclassics #favourites #bookreader #bookrecommendations #bookreviews #bookblogger #booksmakemehappy #goodreads #booknerdigans #translatedbooks #translated #litwithindianlit (at West Bengal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKXPRLJTBV/?utm_medium=tumblr

There is a certain amount of suspension of disbelief required, I think, before you dive into this book. Or maybe, just maybe you need to sit with this disbelief and imagine how it could be true. How in rural Punjab, circa 1929, a young girl could get married and not know her husband. Literally, not know him. Not know his face. Or who he is. A stranger, she occasionally shares a bed with, because she must of course perform her wifely duties without question. But fifteen year old Mehar is curious and determined to find out more about this new husband of hers. Split between 1929 and 1999, China Room is a story of identity (in more ways than one) and about so much more. A full review of this Booker Long list is up on the blog. Link in bio. Go see. . . . #chinaroom #sunjeevsahota #literaryfiction #literaturelovers #litwithindianlit #historicalfiction #indiabookstagram #booksbooksbooks #IndianBooksinAugust #bookrecommendations #bookreviews #alwaysreading #fiction #readerscommunity #unitedbookstagram #bookbloggers (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS5oERwpMOD/?utm_medium=tumblr

Book 39 of 2021. Next up for #allbengalibooksinapril is That Bird Called Happiness by Nabendu Ghosh. I've been slowly making my way through this beautiful book. A collection of short stories about life, love, longing, happiness and a hint of philosophy. I am taking my time with this book and quite enjoying it so far in. . . . #whimsybookworm2021reads #bengalilit #litwithindianlit #fiction #literaturelover #bibliophile #bookstagram #unitedbookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookish #booksmakemehappy #shortstories #translated #beautifulbooks #booksbooksbooks #morebookslessalgorithm (at West Bengal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaJy5spVkV/?igshid=1ly0y1jys4jb1