{"product_id":"selections-from-galpaguchchha-vol-1-kabuliwalla-and-other-stories-9788125040965","title":"Selections from Galpaguchchha Vol 1: Kabuliwalla and other stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ratan Kumar Chattopadhyay (Translator)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis three-volume English translation by Ratan Kumar Chattopadhyay called \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelections from Galpaguchchha \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(Bengali for a bunch of stories)is a collection of sixty-one of Tagore’s short stories broadly grouped under the themes of parting of ways, the relationship between men and women, and the power within the woman, respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/strong\u003e includes memorable stories like the ‘The Pedlar from Kabul’, ‘Broken Nest’, ‘Punishment’ and ‘The Postmaster’. In the first, an Afghan hawker, Rahmat, comes to Calcutta and befriends five-year-old Mini, who reminds him of his own daughter back home. While ‘Broken Nest’ is a story of a lonely urban housewife’s friendship with her brother-in-law and her overwhelming sense of loss when the relationship ends abruptly, ‘Punishment’ set in rural Bengal is a poignant story of young Chandora and her grim resolve when her husband, to save his brother, persuades her to own up to a murder she did not commit. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616519708823,"sku":"9788125040965","price":843.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788125040965.webp?v=1769295010","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/selections-from-galpaguchchha-vol-1-kabuliwalla-and-other-stories-9788125040965","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}