Some stories arrive softly. They do not announce themselves. They wait.
Bandook Gali – A Fiction Drawn from the Margins of History, began with a name that lingered longer than expected. A lane crossed often, rarely questioned, in the city of Kolkata in India. A sense that the past had left behind traces rather than records.
This novel traces the margins of historical facts, characters, and events, shaped through fiction and observation. It follows a boy, a family, a neighbourhood, and a little lane in Kolkata whose name carries more weight than explanation. Life moves forward in familiar rhythms. Doors open. Doors close. The lane remains.
Set against the layered social and cultural landscape of the post-colonial city, which became a boiling cauldron of the freedom movement from the British, the story examines how history settles into everyday life. Not as spectacle, but as residue. What survives is continuity. What is remembered finds its place. What is hidden reveals itself in time.
Written with deliberation and restraint, Bandook Gali is a complete narrative that moves with quiet purpose toward its conclusion. It does not demand attention. It earns it.
Some stories are not meant to be rushed. They are meant to be walked through, step by step, until the lane reveals its name.
If you have found something here that stayed with you, some of my other books are now available in print and digital editions. They gather longer journeys, quieter questions, and stories that continue beyond this page.
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This is new!!!
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Yes, Aparna. This has just been published.
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Aum Shanti
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Thank you.
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That looks like an interesting book. Congratulations on the publication of your new book.
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Thank you. So glad that you liked the way the book sounds.
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A beautifully understated and evocative introduction. The quiet confidence of your words mirrors the spirit of the story itself—measured, reflective, and deeply atmospheric. Bandook Gali feels less like a novel that tells history and more like one that lets history breathe through everyday life. An elegant, compelling invitation to walk slowly through memory, place, and time.
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Thank you, Verma’ji. That generosity means a great deal, especially coming before the walk has even begun. If the tone alone suggested a quiet, unhurried journey, then the lane has already started speaking. I hope, when you do step into the story, it meets the patience and attentiveness with which you have approached it.
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“Some stories are not meant to be rushed. They are meant to be walked through, step by step, until the lane reveals its name,”
All your stories are amazing. And I actually enjoy slowing down to read them. It’s one of the few things I get to do where I am not rushing myself. I have actually considered taking a trip to India because of you. Just to see normal sights.
And want to speak to normal people. America is burning me out.
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Thank you for saying this. Truly. It means more than you may realise.
If my stories have given you a place to slow down, even briefly, then they have already done their quiet work. India, at its most ordinary, has a way of returning people to themselves. Not through spectacle, but through small human rhythms, conversations, pauses, and shared spaces. But India also has its share of problems like any other country. It is also burning at places.
Whenever you do come, come without an itinerary. Walk. Sit. Watch. Speak to people without hurry. The normal sights often carry the deepest calm. And until then, I hope the stories continue to offer you a gentler pace, a place where you do not have to rush yourself.
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They do. They act as a balm for my soul. I have needed such stories to nourish the calm. Thank you my friend. For writing things that bring peace and love. It is nice. Sometimes I feel so relaxed after reading a story that I feel like going outside on the sun for a while. Just to enjoy nature.
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Congratulations on another new book published. You are on a roll!
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Thank you Katelon. I treasure your constant encouragement and appreciation.
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and a beautiful story it turned out friend, well penned.
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Thank you William. Glad that you liked it.
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Congratulations on your new book.
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Thank you so much Daisy.
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Well “explained!”
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Wow!! Many congratulations once again. I wish you all the success.
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Dear Greeta, thank you so much. Friends like you are a constant source of encouragement for me to keep on writing these stories.
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