{"product_id":"sei-samay-1-2","title":"Sei Samay 1, 2","description":"\u003cul data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"294\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"119\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"77\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় (Sunil Gangopadhyay)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"150\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"132\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upanyas (Novel)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"175\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"164\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"212\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"196\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788170669708\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"231\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"225\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 710\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"257\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"245\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 968 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"294\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"274\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ananda Publishers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"767\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"309\"\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"312\"\u003eThis novel is set in \u003cstrong data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"365\"\u003eBengal between 1840 and 1870\u003c\/strong\u003e, a time when \u003cstrong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"418\"\u003eCalcutta’s elite indulged in luxury\u003c\/strong\u003e, while \u003cstrong data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"487\"\u003eyoung intellectuals enthusiastically imitated the British\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"560\"\u003elandlords funded cultural pursuits through peasant exploitation\u003c\/strong\u003e. Against this backdrop, \u003cstrong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"614\"\u003eIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar\u003c\/strong\u003e tirelessly worked under the dim glow of an oil lamp to \u003cstrong data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"706\"\u003ereform Bengali prose and society\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"740\"\u003eBengali middle class\u003c\/strong\u003e was beginning to emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"858\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"784\"\u003eTime itself\u003c\/strong\u003e is the novel’s central character, as \u003cstrong data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"844\"\u003eSunil Gangopadhyay\u003c\/strong\u003e has stated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1085\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1085\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1083\"\u003e\"The main protagonist of my story is Time itself. To bring Time to life, I needed a symbolic character—Nabinkumar. His journey, conflicts, experiences, and untimely death embody the spirit of this transformative period.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1087\" data-end=\"1510\"\u003eThe novel features \u003cstrong data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1133\"\u003ereal historical figures\u003c\/strong\u003e such as \u003cstrong data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1248\"\u003eMichael Madhusudan Dutt, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Henry Derozio, David Hare, and Debendranath Tagore\u003c\/strong\u003e, who come alive in its pages. \u003cstrong data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1292\"\u003eSei Samay\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1346\"\u003evivid cinematic portrayal of a turbulent era\u003c\/strong\u003e, skillfully weaving \u003cstrong data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1388\"\u003efact with fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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