IN APPRECIATION OF SHARMISTHA CHATTERJEE'S MAGICAL ESSAY ON THE HERO OF EPIC DREAMS
What magical words ! They seem to make the essay fly through a rarefied atmosphere of exotic dreams and fantasies, an ethereal realm of unearthly attainments.
Yet, these are descriptions of real deeds, events historical, concrete and happening within the constraints of historical situations that are never quite conducive to the free flow of events but are ever the source of limitless hindrances that the hero overcame through his genius and grit.
But such are the enactments of epic personalities like Netaji who shape historical forces to determine the destiny of man and do so with a flair that leaves posterity wondering whether such a series of episodes ever happened in concrete terms quite or are the recordings of an ancestry making fantastic claims.
The same saga holds true for Rash Behari Bose and his innumerable almost impossible escapes from the clutches of the British, from right under their noses, so to say. The John Bulls of the British Indian CID or the Scotland Yard back home could not touch the hem of his garment as he waltzed his way through British cordons to carry out dangerous expeditions and daring escapes.
In a like manner has the narrative been written, although, the drama and the dangers of revolutionary life have not quite come through owing to stylistic levity. Nonetheless, a glorious exercise of literary excellence yet again and my heartiest commendations for it.
Written by Sugata Bose
What magical words ! They seem to make the essay fly through a rarefied atmosphere of exotic dreams and fantasies, an ethereal realm of unearthly attainments.
Yet, these are descriptions of real deeds, events historical, concrete and happening within the constraints of historical situations that are never quite conducive to the free flow of events but are ever the source of limitless hindrances that the hero overcame through his genius and grit.
But such are the enactments of epic personalities like Netaji who shape historical forces to determine the destiny of man and do so with a flair that leaves posterity wondering whether such a series of episodes ever happened in concrete terms quite or are the recordings of an ancestry making fantastic claims.
The same saga holds true for Rash Behari Bose and his innumerable almost impossible escapes from the clutches of the British, from right under their noses, so to say. The John Bulls of the British Indian CID or the Scotland Yard back home could not touch the hem of his garment as he waltzed his way through British cordons to carry out dangerous expeditions and daring escapes.
In a like manner has the narrative been written, although, the drama and the dangers of revolutionary life have not quite come through owing to stylistic levity. Nonetheless, a glorious exercise of literary excellence yet again and my heartiest commendations for it.
Written by Sugata Bose
Sharmistha Chatterjee I remain a pauper and grope for words to express my humbleness. So well written!
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