Prabir Kumar Datta's 'The Rainbow Days' is released

Debutant author Prabir Datta’s book ‘The Rainbow Days’ is an emotional saga of a family in rural Bengal between 1967 and 1972. As the title suggests, the book describes the celebration of life despite financial struggle, social enmities and cruel reality.

The book may be considered as a documentary of a contemporary history. The book views a sensitive period of Benagli history through the eyes of a teen-aged boy named Papu who was growing up in a remote village in Bengal.

The social changes after independence from British rule – painful division, problems of emigration from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), naxalites movement in Bengal in the 70’s – are all eloquently dealt with in this book by Prabir Dutta.

Papu, a brilliant student, belonged to a struggling family that left its root in East Pakistan and came to India leaving everything behind. His father, a former freedom fighter, refused to accept government benefits after independence and decided to teach in a village. But, as they say, “Once a revolutionary, always a revolutionary”, he now had to fight a powerful, corrupt establishment against heavy odds.

‘The Rainbow Days’ is the story of that struggle interspersed and interwoven with the recollections of some sweet moments with loving friends, affectionate parents, serene village atmosphere, and many passionate

moments. Prabir Dutta takes the readers through family disputes, declining values, corruption creeping into the daily lives of ordinary men and women, the innocence of childhood, sad deaths, and many things else that make up the cruel reality of life.

The experiences of Papu’s colorful childhood have universal appeal and this explains why the ‘Rainbow Days’ is an interesting, intriguing and unorthodox novel which leaves you spellbound and forces you to ponder over forgotten values and sentiments.

Book Details
Author: Prabir Kumar Datta
Publisher: Partridge India
Imprint: PartridgeIndia
Year of Publication: 2013
ISBN-13: 9781482811643
ISBN-10: 1482811642
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 376
MRP: Rs. 676

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