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THE SCRIPTURE READER The Tales of the Cartouche

Author Name: SOUMEEK CHOWDHURI | Format: Hardcover | Genre : Literature & Fiction | Other Details

Alekhya, a brilliant student from a poor family in a marginalized area of Bengal comes to do his master's degree at a top university in the city where he is absolutely enamored by his surroundings and specially his professor Bagchi, an icon in the university. He has brought with him an old scripture from the temple where his family have been traditional priests from time immemorial which he starts to interpret with the help of an old curator and scholar in ancient civilization bitter about his job from the museum and brings them to Bagchi which impresses the well-known professor but who is yet to do anything that can inscribe his name in the annals of history.

It seems from these writings that the Aryan civilization was pre dated by a civilization down South and Professor Bagchi finally can arrange an expedition to the place indicated by the scriptures. In a journey that takes Alekhya on a journey to discover history and make some too, will it lead to fame or will it lead to a path of self-destruction in a country where opening this Pandora's box might have a socio-political impact of huge magnitude in a charged atmosphere with elections looming on the horizon.

On a journey of discovery will it also be a journey of self-discovery for Alekhya and realization that characters of people who make up history are no less difficult to decipher than reading the Scriptures.

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SOUMEEK CHOWDHURI

Soumeek is a MD and faculty of medicine from one of the most famous and prestigious universities of Asia, a leading name in academics and research which had earned him the most coveted research prize The prestigious Scottish award to the US and later the Best faculty award of Indian academy of forensic medicine. An author who has the unique distinction of being honoured by the Indian association for the cultivation of the sciences, the oldest fundamental research organization where CV Raman won the Nobel prize in science, his work till date has been a unique blend of scientific and literature served in the garb of scientific forensic thrillers. Author of three novels, Howz murder for an experiment, The silent execution and The devil's surrogate all of which have been well appreciated and translated into several languages like Bengali, French and Spanish, one of the books the silent execution has been made into a full-length feature film which had received good reviews, a few official selections in film festivals abroad and in India, it is due for theatrical release in March 2025. Recipient of several accolades and awards for his writing, he likes to live a very ordinary life and amongst life's little pleasures with his parents in the city of Kolkata and is a bibliophile and lover of cats.

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