Sudurer Pyasir Brittanta

About the Book: The fourteen stories in this volume bring together different settings and flavours. The author an avid traveller has wandered all over the country and here she recounts the diverse people she has met and the places she has seen—people of different regions and religions places with their unique history cuisine and culture. Through this book one can travel all across India as the author describes her experiences while travelling—sometimes humorous sometimes deeply philosophical. And while doing so she brings alive the rich heritage of the country. There are also stories of family of bygone times and of nature. Running through it all is the writer’s gentle empathy and her ability to describe each person and place in a way that they come alive in the reader’s mind. About the Author: Maitreyi Shome was born in 1946 in the Himalayan hill station of Darjeeling. While still very young she learned to appreciate the wonders of nature and developed an artistic temperament. At the age of 20 she got married to Subid Shome an engineer by profession and moved to Bombay (now Mumbai). Over the 55 years and counting of their married life they have travelled and lived in places in India and outside. An avid reader of books Maitreyi enjoys travelogues fiction and non-fiction books. Thanks to her reading habit she has always loved to travel and meet new people and experience new places. She is the author of a book for children Moutushir Gaan (Pratham Books 2019) and a book of her life’s experiences Aamar Jiboner Aami (2020).