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Mahabharata is a book of legends. 'What is not in India, is not in India.' That is, everything that is in India, has been reflected in Mahabharat. However, the number of readers…
Mahabharata is a book of legends. 'What is not in India, is not in India.' That is, everything that is in India, has been reflected in Mahabharat. However, the number of readers of this Mahabharata is not very large. Even if we leave aside philosophy, politics, economics and social policy, many things remain unknown to us about the Mahabharata characters who attractb us so much. Some light, a lot of shadow. Those unknown things, strange information are all described in this book. Starting from the time of Shanatanu's father Pratip to the time Abhimanyu's son Parikshit, countless unknown information of seven generations has been found and retrieved from the pages of the Mahabharata. It is said that such a compilation does not exist in the Bengali language.
One of the most distinguished authors and translators of contemporary times, Asim Chattopadhyay spent his early youth in the turbulent and incendiary days of the 1970s, driven by a desire for social change. In later life, he took up editing and translation as his profession, while continuing his creative literary pursuits alongside. He has documented his experiences of a revolutionary life in his novel Pub Akash Lal. He is also the first person to translate Henry Lewis Morgan’s seminal work Ancient Society into Bengali. At present, he is the chief editor of Setu Prakashani.
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