Amolik Dey is Everyman. A teacher with a young wife and son, he is dedicated to
taking care of his family yet cannot turn a blind eye to the inequalities he
sees around him. Torn between his wife's desire for a 'normal' life and his own
passion for fighting injustice, he endangers both himself and his family with
his increasing militancy.
Set in a small town in the Bengal of the 1960s and 70s, this is a story of
unrest and rebellion. It is a time of great upheaval, of violence and
agitations, and the author subtly weaves in how the political tensions that
threaten to