{"product_id":"derby","title":"Derby","description":"\u003cul data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"257\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"88\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"64\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Binayak Bandyopadhyay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"119\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"101\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novel (Upanyas)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"212\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"134\"\u003eFormats: \u003c\/strong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"212\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"196\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789354251054\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"231\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"225\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"257\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"245\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"286\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"284\"\u003eBook Description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"482\"\u003eIs \u003cem data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"297\"\u003eDerby\u003c\/em\u003e just the legendary rivalry between \u003cstrong data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"364\"\u003eEast Bengal and Mohun Bagan\u003c\/strong\u003e? Or is it also the eternal union of \u003cstrong data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"420\"\u003eGanga and Padma\u003c\/strong\u003e, symbolizing the shared destiny of Bengalis across borders?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"947\"\u003eDriven by the deep desire of \u003cstrong data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"526\"\u003ePritikana\u003c\/strong\u003e, a woman from Kolkata’s aristocratic \u003cstrong data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"580\"\u003eGhosh family\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"616\"\u003eexiled Bengali Anandakumar\u003c\/strong\u003e embarks on writing the \u003cstrong data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"684\"\u003ehistory of the refugee Bengali community\u003c\/strong\u003e. This story is not just about their \u003cstrong data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"750\"\u003ehumiliation and struggles\u003c\/strong\u003e but also their \u003cstrong data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"792\"\u003eresilience and rebirth\u003c\/strong\u003e. Anandakumar, his wife \u003cstrong data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"827\"\u003eSushama\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a village girl \u003cstrong data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"859\"\u003eBaatasi\u003c\/strong\u003e—each of them, in their own way, rise like a \u003cstrong data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"915\"\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/strong\u003e from the ashes of their past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"1295\"\u003eOn the other side, \u003cstrong data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"984\"\u003eJayi’s world\u003c\/strong\u003e is painted in just \u003cstrong data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1035\"\u003etwo colors—green and maroon\u003c\/strong\u003e, the colors of Mohun Bagan. Her heartbeat syncs with just one rhythm—\u003cstrong data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1117\"\u003efootball\u003c\/strong\u003e. But how did her grandmother, the same \u003cstrong data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1180\"\u003ePritikana Choudhury\u003c\/strong\u003e, sign a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003e10-lakh-rupee cheque\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cstrong data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1258\"\u003eEast Bengal’s centenary celebrations\u003c\/strong\u003e just before a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1292\"\u003ecerebral stroke\u003c\/strong\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1568\"\u003eThe answer to this mystery takes Jayi through history, to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1359\" data-end=\"1386\"\u003eChittagong Armoury Raid\u003c\/strong\u003e, to the birth of a girl on that fateful day, and to the intertwined fate of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1463\" data-end=\"1506\"\u003eJayi, Aranya, Swadhina, and Anandakumar\u003c\/strong\u003e—all bound together by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1565\"\u003efootball jerseys and family ties\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1774\"\u003eBinayak Bandyopadhyay’s \u003cem data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1601\"\u003eDerby\u003c\/em\u003e unites \u003cstrong data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1643\"\u003eNetrokona, Nadia, and New York\u003c\/strong\u003e into a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1651\" data-end=\"1672\"\u003etimeless portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e of Bengalis, painting a picture where an \u003cstrong data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1771\"\u003eage-old people stand on a boat, holding torches aloft\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1808\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1780\" data-end=\"1806\"\u003eKey Themes \u0026amp; 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