Herein I do rejoice in the fact that I am a Bengali (such occasions are few), and I have had the privilege to read the entire Byomkesh series, and to have enjoyed every instance, twist and turn through the wonderful writing skills of Saradindu Bandopadhyay. I guess that is why, they never enacted it for the television. And I have to say it was the worst film Ray has ever made in his entire life! He probably destroyed the story altogether. Ray described Chiriakhana (The Zoo) as his most unsatisfying film. Chiriakhana was made into the film directed by Satyajit Ray. Neither were any of the stories featured in the 2 nd part of Saradindu’s omnibus. Bakshi’s quest for truth in the Doordarshan Channel would find this fact extremely disappointing, that Chiriyakhana was never shown on the television. I read Agnivan and of course my favourite Chiriyakhana. When was the last time I read this book? Ah yes! Possibly when I was in the 10 th standard. Today, I decided to try and visit my “regional book shelf”, and I took out Saradindu Bandopadhyay’s Byomkesh Bakshi (1 st part). And this post is the culmination of that off-day. My mind did not want to grasp anything more, nor was it ready to support me to do something even remotely relating to academics. So, I decided to take a day off, take my mind to do some leisure activities so that I could begin my quest afresh. Studying and then trying to inculcate different things and then their application. The past few days, I have been more restless than usual.
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