The Old Man Of Kushumpur ~ Amar Mitra
The Old Man Of Kushumpur “The Old Man Of Kushumpur” is originally translated from a Bengali “Novella” named “ āĻাঁāĻāĻŦুāĻĄ়ো (Gao Buro) ” written by Amar Mitra 34 years back, for which he has been recently awarded the prestigious O.Henry Award. It has been translated by Anish Gupta who is a senior journalist and has experience working in leading Indian Publication. This is a novella about a feeble old man named Fakirchad who has been deserted by his only son who had run with a wench. Though Fakirchad has lost his wife, his eyesight has become hazy, his limbs trembled skin hung loose wrinkles all over his face still warm blood runs through his veins. He still dreams of colorful life. He was unhappy and exhausted from his life. He was tired of living like Yaksha. Hence Fakirchad had braced himself for meeting with “THE BIG MAN” of Kanyadihi, who has an elixir for all his sorrow. This is the main plot of this novella and there are many more adventuro