Of Another Time

Of another time is a novel about the childhood adventures of emon Barua Barua kansan konwar Jai SA I ki a br>Rupa Choudhury and puja Barua as they grow up in their neighbourhood in the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra. Set in the heart of Indias north-east in the closing decades of the last century at a time when insurgency and terrorism was at its height not only in the north-east but other parts of India. In of another time the contemporary Indian soceity has been shown through the eyes of children and all types of characters appear. The fortunes of some characters ends happily while the fortunes of some ends in tragedy. Both ordinary and extra-ordinary incidents fill the pages of the novel. Murders Bank robberies and other evils of contemporary Indian soceity like oppression of women and Dowry are realistically narrated. Of another time(2005) is Mr bhattacharyyas first novel. Mr Bhattacharyya has also published two other novels Spring also comes(2010) and fading away.