Exams over…summer vacations- It spells as a novel time for me (pun intended). i picked up this book Chowringhee by Sankar from a friends house just because i liked the cover…but man sometimes judging a book by its cover pays, as it did this time!
Chowringhee is a hell of a read..a fantastic combination of tragedy and comedy, which makes you cry one moment, while the next you will be rolling with fits of laughter! Writing of Sankar and the translation by Arunava Sinha is so fluid and simple that it simply leaves the reader spellbound!
The plot is based on a hotel in the city of Calcutta of the 1950’s. Its the story of managers, bartenders, receptionists, laundry workers, bearers and the all important guests woven into each other. Yes it seems a regular one, but the treatment to the plot is simply one of its kind. Do give this a try! Even this says the same!
The Vidyarthi 
