Debdutta Bhattacharjee (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. In 1946, India stood at the crossroads of a cataclysmic change. Its history was going to be written in blood. As the British Empire prepared a hasty exit, it left the subcontinent on the brink of the most violent partition in human history. In the brewing chaos, Muhammad Ali Jinnah's All-India Muslim League demanded two limbs of Bharat to forge an Islamic homeland called Pakistan (the land of the pure). Direct Action Day, also called the Great Calcutta Killings, in August and the Noakhali genocide in October followed, preparing the ground for Jinnah to succeed in fracturing India in 1947. From amidst the mayhem rose Gopal 'Patha' Mukherjee, a 33-year-old meat-shop owner, to save Kolkata from the horrors presided over by Jinnah and his 'Butcher of Bengal', Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. By organising a ferocious resistance and reprisal, Gopal delivered the metropolis and parts of modern-day West Bengal from being violently snatched away as part of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Eight decades later, journalist-authors Abhijit Majumder and Debdutta Bhattacharjee lift the veil off a brilliant, untold story of extraordinary courage, patriotism, sacrifice, and organisational deftness in the face of the most brutal civilisational onslaught.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 146 pages. 5.06x0.31x7.81 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 144.

Condition: New. pp. 144.

Condition: New. pp. 144.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dinabandhu loses everything in a land dispute that spirals out of control. Subol, a gentle college artist, is brutalized for a crime he didn't commit. Khushi, a young woman with dreams of motherhood, is dragged into a nightmare of captivity and degradation. As corruption seeps through every crackfrom crooked cops to power-hungry gangstersa tangled web of betrayal, fanaticism, and bloodlust tightens its grip on the villagers as their lives collide with unforgiving consequences, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The tipping point comes and all hell breaks loose when a madman pulls out a mangled skull from the village canal. As the police investigate the case, old secrets begin to tumble one by one. A name resurfaces: Hoon. Who is he? Who is the madman? And how are their fates bound to the skull or the series of crimes in the village? In a borderland teetering on the edge of chaos, blood flows as freely as contraband and silence is bought with fear. Set against the explosive backdrop of cross-border infiltration, religious extremism, smuggling, and political decay, Even after the Bloodbath is a searing, unflinching tale of loss, vengeance, and power. The truth is buried deep. And some bones don't rest easily.…