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দশটি উপন্যা�
দ্বাদশ ব্যক্ত�, নায়কে� প্রবেশ � প্রস্থান, বারান্দা, বাওবাব, ছায়�, দ্বিতীয়� ইনিংসে� পর, ভালো ছেলে, মালবিক�, ছোটবাব�, জীবন্ত
656 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2004
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About the author
Moti Nandi
79books55followersMoti Nandi was a sports journalist and worked as a sports editor in Anandabazar Patrika. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award (2008) at a glittering ceremony to mark the grand finale of the maiden edition of the Excellence in Journalism Awards.
In his novels, he is noted for his depiction of sporting events and many of his protagonists are sports-persons. His first short story was published in Desh weekly on 1957. His story for Pujabarshiki was in Parichoy Magazine on 1985.
In his novels, he is noted for his depiction of sporting events and many of his protagonists are sports-persons. His first short story was published in Desh weekly on 1957. His story for Pujabarshiki was in Parichoy Magazine on 1985.
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July 8, 2024
কৈশোরে� প্রিয় লেখকের� আজীবন� আমাদের প্রিয় থেকে যান। মত� নন্দী� প্রত� মুগ্ধত� আমার তা� কখনো কাটবার নয়। কারণ, সে� কৈশোরে� আবিষ্কার কর� ফেলেছিলা� এই মানুষট� -বাংলায� তো বটেই, হয়ত� বিশ্বসাহিত্যেই- স্বতন্ত্� একটা জঁরা তৈরি কর� নিয়েছেন, ক্রীড়াসাহিত্য নামে ডাকা যায় যেটাকে� খবরে� কাগজের পরিসংখ্যান আর হারা-জেতা� বাইর� একজন খেলোয়াড�, কিংব� খেলাকে ভালোবাসা অথবা খেলা� সাথে জড়ি� কোনো মানুষে� জীবনকে মত� নন্দী যেভাবে তুলে এনেছেন; সেটি একেবার� একমেবাদ্বিতীয়ম। কিছু একটা পেতে হল� যে লড়ত� হয�, ফাঁক� দেয়� চল� না; খেলা� গল্পের মোড়কে মত� নন্দী সবসময় সে� প্রেরণাই দিয়� গেছে� কিশো� পাঠককে�
অথ�, চিরকাল� খেয়াল করেছ�, প্রাপ্তবয়স্কদের জন্য মত� নন্দী� লেখাগুলো ভীষণ অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন� নিজে� লেখা� স্বা� এরকম আগাগোড়া বদলে ফেলা খু� সহ� কথ� নয� (লিখত� গিয়� মন� পড়ছ� মুহম্ম� জাফর ইকবালে� কথ�, তা� কিশো� উপন্যা� আর প্রাপ্তবয়স্কদের উপন্যাসে� মাঝে� তফাৎটা ঠি� এম�)�
এই সংকলনে� উপন্যাসগুলোয�- মোটা দাগে- ঘুরেফিরে এসেছ� একটা প্রসঙ্গই� অতৃপ্ত� থেকে কীভাবে মানু� জড়িয়� যায় অবৈধ সম্পর্কে� ব্যতিক্র� শুধু ‘দ্বিতীয় ইনিংসে� পর� আর ‘ছোটবাবু�; এর মাঝে প্রথমট� পড়ত� গিয়� আনন্দমেল� পড়া� কৈশো� উঁকি মেরে গেছে�
অথ�, চিরকাল� খেয়াল করেছ�, প্রাপ্তবয়স্কদের জন্য মত� নন্দী� লেখাগুলো ভীষণ অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন� নিজে� লেখা� স্বা� এরকম আগাগোড়া বদলে ফেলা খু� সহ� কথ� নয� (লিখত� গিয়� মন� পড়ছ� মুহম্ম� জাফর ইকবালে� কথ�, তা� কিশো� উপন্যা� আর প্রাপ্তবয়স্কদের উপন্যাসে� মাঝে� তফাৎটা ঠি� এম�)�
এই সংকলনে� উপন্যাসগুলোয�- মোটা দাগে- ঘুরেফিরে এসেছ� একটা প্রসঙ্গই� অতৃপ্ত� থেকে কীভাবে মানু� জড়িয়� যায় অবৈধ সম্পর্কে� ব্যতিক্র� শুধু ‘দ্বিতীয় ইনিংসে� পর� আর ‘ছোটবাবু�; এর মাঝে প্রথমট� পড়ত� গিয়� আনন্দমেল� পড়া� কৈশো� উঁকি মেরে গেছে�
December 31, 2015
Baobab (বাওবাব )
Author � Mati Nandi
Genre � Fiction, Bengali
Source - Print
Rating - 4
Read - December 2015
Mati Nandi gave me sports. And I will be eternally grateful to him for that.
But even beyond his sports-writing, he was an exceptional writer of novels and novellas. And here in Baobab is a master of the written word, at near his peak. Suneet, the chief protagonist of the story, is probably quite the most heinous, morally destitute main protagonist you will ever encounter in a story, and yet somehow, Nandi is able to humanize him. Not by glorifying him, that would be gangster simple and it is easy to love pure evil; but by etching out this disgusting, disgusting human being with a level of finesse that you eventually get him - this is nonetheless a human being. With human thoughts, human urges and human passions. You cannot look away.
This book is the work of an utterly skillful artisan.
I have a theory why Mati Nandi is not as famous as say Shirshendu or Bani Basu as a writer. The minor, and oft-stated answer is that the snobbish literary circle cannot and could not take a former writer of mere sports books seriously. The major answer, I think is that the Bengali reader is an emotional reader, and most, nay all of her favorites are stylistically emotional - Nandi's staccato, journalistic style of prose is not her natural habitat.
Nayaker Prabesh o Prasthan
নায়কে� প্রবেশ � প্রস্থান
Author � Mati Nandi
Genre � Fiction, Bengali
Source - Print
Rating - 5
Read - December 2015
This is an extraordinary piece of work. Remember that piece in 'Interpreter of Maladies', the first one? A Temporary Matter? Of how a quasi-estranged couple speak with each other in the middle of a week-long power-failure? This story, by Mati Nandi, reminded me of that. This is a story of how an entire small lane in Kolkata changes, or just comes to terms with itself, while a celebrity steps in, and then steps out of a building in that lane. This is quite extraordinary storytelling. Needs translation.
Dwitiyo Innings - er Por
দ্বিতীয় ইনিংসে� পর
Author � Mati Nandi
Genre � Fiction, Bengali
Source - Print
Rating - 4
Read - December 2015
A fine novella; based on test cricket what's more, which doesn't diminish at all on re-reading. Not a classic, not among his greatest, but still a fine piece. Mati Nandi is an expert novelist. I am glad to have re-discovered him.
Author � Mati Nandi
Genre � Fiction, Bengali
Source - Print
Rating - 4
Read - December 2015
Mati Nandi gave me sports. And I will be eternally grateful to him for that.
But even beyond his sports-writing, he was an exceptional writer of novels and novellas. And here in Baobab is a master of the written word, at near his peak. Suneet, the chief protagonist of the story, is probably quite the most heinous, morally destitute main protagonist you will ever encounter in a story, and yet somehow, Nandi is able to humanize him. Not by glorifying him, that would be gangster simple and it is easy to love pure evil; but by etching out this disgusting, disgusting human being with a level of finesse that you eventually get him - this is nonetheless a human being. With human thoughts, human urges and human passions. You cannot look away.
This book is the work of an utterly skillful artisan.
I have a theory why Mati Nandi is not as famous as say Shirshendu or Bani Basu as a writer. The minor, and oft-stated answer is that the snobbish literary circle cannot and could not take a former writer of mere sports books seriously. The major answer, I think is that the Bengali reader is an emotional reader, and most, nay all of her favorites are stylistically emotional - Nandi's staccato, journalistic style of prose is not her natural habitat.
Nayaker Prabesh o Prasthan
নায়কে� প্রবেশ � প্রস্থান
Author � Mati Nandi
Genre � Fiction, Bengali
Source - Print
Rating - 5
Read - December 2015
This is an extraordinary piece of work. Remember that piece in 'Interpreter of Maladies', the first one? A Temporary Matter? Of how a quasi-estranged couple speak with each other in the middle of a week-long power-failure? This story, by Mati Nandi, reminded me of that. This is a story of how an entire small lane in Kolkata changes, or just comes to terms with itself, while a celebrity steps in, and then steps out of a building in that lane. This is quite extraordinary storytelling. Needs translation.
Dwitiyo Innings - er Por
দ্বিতীয় ইনিংসে� পর
Author � Mati Nandi
Genre � Fiction, Bengali
Source - Print
Rating - 4
Read - December 2015
A fine novella; based on test cricket what's more, which doesn't diminish at all on re-reading. Not a classic, not among his greatest, but still a fine piece. Mati Nandi is an expert novelist. I am glad to have re-discovered him.
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