"FF" "When numerous bits of clouds" "Gather up in a sky" "We call it the 'monsoon'" "And when numerous words gather up" "We call it a 'novel'" "A love triangle leading to a murder, not new in the city." "Police suspects, Gagan Sirdar's murder is due to an illicit love affair." "Documents say Suranjana and Monosheej have been married for about ten years" "This neighbourhood is well aware of Gagan's affair with Suranjana;" "wife of Monoshij from the Mitra family." "Suranjana and Gagan met each other on a social networking site." "They were involved after that for about two years." "The TV has become impossible these days." "All they have is rape, murder, blasts and... riots." "Who'll watch religious or comedy shows in the morning?" "Crime sells" "Bloody... perverted mentality." "Psychologists say Mr. Monoshij has a borderline personality disorder." "Possible But no one ever complained of any disputes in the family due to that." "There is an aggressor in every animal." "So, murders and rapes intrigue people" "Sorry." "I don't buy that." "No one will read the paper if they don't serve scandals." "Exactly." "What's illicit is delicious!" "Dr. Jekyll is bland but Mr. Hyde, is spicy!" "Which is also why novels by Edgar Allan Poe," "Herman Melville or Nirbed Lahiri are your favourites" "Dark." "Gritty." "Cynical." "Opportunity, courage and power;" "can turn Angel into Devil and Devil into Angel." "Although, who the history chooses to call an Angel or a Devil, that's relative" "Another Virgin Mary for me For you?" "Nothing" " Thank you." "Okay, Sir." "Passing out in 11 months, campus interview is done, what is scaring you?" "Can't speak to the parents about living in?" "Let me get a job, stand on my own feet." "You can't even stand on your feet with stilts!" "Coward" " Great!" "Yet, I'm the one urging you to make use of the five day off for a trip!" "Relax!" "I'll speak to them." "We're a conservative family, you see" "I agree, Rishabh is a nice boy." " Not at all!" "He's very naughty!" "But spending three nights together before marriage..." " Aunty, do people get adventurous only at night?" "Aunty, just three days at my Phool Aunt's house" "A five hour journey." "To Murshidabad." "Obviously they'll visit the Hazarduari Palace in the daytime" "Aware of Hazarduari's history?" "Nawab Humayun Jah's" " Please!" "I'm worrying about the nights, where does Nawab Humayun feature?" "Phool Aunt?" "" " I made it up!" "Baby!" "Weekend is on!" "Ma is convinced." "We're going to Koelphuli!" "Drive carefully." "I don't want any scratches" "'Without those, the car can't lose its virginity." "Girlfriend and alcohol on the beach..." "That too in my car." "Get yourself someone." "Go for a trip." "I deal with scrap iron, brother." "The beach is not my thing." "I'd rather to go Gaya" "Are you planning a honeymoon or a funeral?" "Both." "It'll be cost effective." "Yes tell me." "Another peg?" "Shut up!" "" " You're only four pegs down." "Rishabh, are you drinking?" "" " No!" "Can't go even one day without it?" "I haven't drank!" "She smelt it over phone!" "How was that, huh?" "Three cheers" "For a happy weekend" "I think it's nice." " Hmm." "Hello, young man!" "Avinash Sikdar here" "Bodyguard." " As in?" "Taking care of the health is my job" "Here's my card." "Wife?" "No... yes!" "Which one?" "" " The only one I have!" "Oh no!" "I'm asking about your room Room number!" "312." "Mine is 316." "Opposite yours" "Honeymoon?" "Yes" "Mosquito net is a must." "The mosquitoes here don't bite, they ﬂy you away." "Like a hijack!" "Hi, Jack!" "The wet hair carries the smell of a waterfall." "Even a mother's hair has that." "Your own wife, or someone else's." "All of them have it." "My daughter's hair had it too." "A jungle of waterfall!" "Like the Victoria falls!" "Yes Ma." "We just reached Phool Aunt's house from Hazarduari." "Have you eaten?" "Yes." "Brilliant service" "'Service'?" "Speak to your father." "Spoilt brat." "Saw Hazarduari?" "How is it?" "" " Yes, very nice!" "Read the chief architect's name?" "" " Chief architect?" "Sir Thomas Roe?" "" " What!" "MacLeod Duncan." "Bapi, I'll have to go now, please!" "That was an oral examination!" "What are you laughing at?" "" " So, miss Goody two shoes!" "Come in!" "" " There's news!" "Oh no!" "There's a good news" "I caught some nice Pompfret fish, want to try?" "Such a boring man!" "Sitting in the room all day!" "Go walk on the beach bare feet in the mornings!" "It'll feel like acupuncture!" "" " Baba, let's go." "You're worthless!" "Let's make out on the beach!" "And what if someone sees us?" "Wow!" "So romantic!" "" " What?" "How about spending a night in that bungalow?" "Seems like a haunted house." "Manik Banerjee wrote," ""Flesh; ﬂesh..." "And ﬂesh don't you have a soul, Kusum?"" "I say, where there is passion there's sore" "The sun is setting." "Is that why you brought me here?" "As in?" "You could've brought your Kingshuk da here and drank together!" "Hey, come on, don't spoil the evening!" "'Spoil the evening'?" "Are you turning into an alcoholic, Rishabh?" "Is that what you think?" "Haven't seen anyone drink like this in my family." "So?" "" " So?" "Even my father drinks!" "But twice a month!" "" " On full-moon and no-moon." "Don't you make fun of my dad, Rishabh!" "Shohag, your Babi is not the fucking world!" "To me he is!" "You drank beer and smoked up on the way!" "And now, wine!" "You've spoilt my mood!" "You lost your parents early!" "How would you know such etiquette, right?" "Wham!" "You're not drinking any more!" "I bloody well will!" "Why do you care!" "You are not drinking!" "" " You're so bloody nagging!" "I'm nagging?" "Crap!" "Get rid of me!" "Find someone else then!" "Why are you disturbing me?" "Just get lost!" "Stop being such a stupid drunkard!" "You're an ass!" "You're an ass!" "Hey, Shohag, listen!" "Fucking housewife!" "Middle-class..." "Feel like weeping?" "Sad?" "Happens" "Who are you?" "Each drop of your tear, is writing a letter." "Like every dewdrop does in the moonlight." "'What rubbish!" "'Who are you!" "'What's all this!" "Do your parents know you're here?" "Why do you care?" "I live or I die." "Who cares?" "The same aggression!" "A murder gives birth to two murderers." "The murderer himself." "And the other one who, lives on to avenge." "Anger is eating up the planet." "Come in." "I will be dead in a few days." "Don't want my name in papers for murdering, raping or eloping you" "Although, any man would intend to devour you." "Sexy legs." "You live here alone?" "Everybody lives alone." "They just pretend to be together." "My name is Shohag." "Sit." "Your friend will be here soon" "Let's go to the room" "What?" "Let's go!" "'What the hell are you doing in this bloody bungalow, Shohag?" "Shohag, we need to talk!" "Love is very tender." "Don't scold the one you caress." "And who the hell are you?" "Angry Young man." "Humans need to calm down" "Whisky?" "I don't really know you..." " How long would that take?" "Anything for you, beautiful?" "Let's drink to our friendship" "That's the root to all the problem!" "Dhrubo Lahiri." "An old resident of Koelphuli." "I'm Rishabh Chakrabarty." "Just finished my Master Degree course" "'Rishabh'." "Rishabh Chakrabarty." "'Rishabh' is the second musical note." "So are you natural or pure?" "As in, water... soda... or on the rocks?" "Ice and water." "You had to drink?" "" " What could I do?" "An elderly person offered." " Oh!" "One Blue Lagoon for me in that case." "I never lacked money." "I'm busy with my writing here." "I feel 'Dhrubo' is a name you made up." "Dine with me tonight." "What about some... teppanyaki?" "'A murder gives birth to two murderers'" "I followed you here because you quoted this line." "The novel's name?" " - 'The Moon On Sale'." "You've read it?" "" " So many times!" "In fact it is my favourite novel." "I have all of Nirbed Lahiri's work" "Heard they're making a film on 'The Moon on Sale'." "Phoenix Films has bought the rights Srijita Sen gave it" "'Sen'." "What are you thinking?" "I am thinking..." "I still have young and beautiful female readers like you." "As in?" "'Nirbed' is my pen name" "My real name is 'Dhrubo'." "So this pouch has an 'N' on it." "Though, now everyone calls me 'Nirbed'." "Do you even know what you're saying?" "The Japanese restaurant chain, Mizono, started this cooking system Teppanyaki." "You mean to say... you are Nirbed Lahiri, from the newspaper, 'Drishtikon'?" "Who suddenly disappeared, after receiving immense recognition?" "There's only one famous Nirbed Lahiri." "Nirbed da, did you proof-read it?" "What is the point?" "" " No, you see, they invent their own grammar and spelling." "What did I write?" " - 'Ritu'." "But you've written a different spelling." "Then how did you know I've written, 'Ritu'?" "She figured than." " Figuring it out is the thing" "The understanding of it." "The communication." "Not the grammar." "How long?" "Around twenty years!" "That is why I was wondering why you look so familiar!" "I've seen your photos." "Read your work." "In the papers." "Could I touch you once, Nirbed da?" "Those are my lines" "I always say it to gainly women" "The question is, how deep shall you touch me." "No one can even imagine that you're alive." "Obviously." "You must've been four when I left the city." "I wasn't old enough to remember that time" "Your work has been translated into four other langugages you know?" "I had left by then." " Why?" "So I could cook teppanyaki for you!" "But why did you run away from the city?" "What do you think?" "I think all authors have an expiry date." "You were getting exhausted." "A novel has been tormenting me for the past twenty years" "I plan to finish the work everyday." "But I cannot seem to find an end." "It is based on me." "Can I see the manuscript?" "I'll show you." "Here we are!" "Yakisoba!" "Wow!" "I was the assistant editor of 'Drishtikon' back then" "I used to take care of the poetry section primarily." "Hey Nirbed, read my article on Charles and Diana's marriage?" "Hey Nirbed, read my article on Charles and Diana's marriage?" "I did." "It seemed as if, you played the priest." " What!" "You're exactly as old as the number of teeth you have Come on..." "Nirbed..." " Yes?" "Speak to Sir." "He's transferring you to North Bengal." "I heard rumors in the morning." "Crap" "May I come in?" "Sol am being exported to North Bengal?" "Why don't you send Mr. Nikhil?" "Is 'Man' and 'Mango' the same thing?" "If they'd sent me to the moon instead of Armstrong.." " Oh you would've." "You would've easily sold a few copies of Drishtikon even there." "Probably." "The novel was born on... 12th of July." "My wife turned thirty-two that day." "Birthday gift!" "I hear you're going to North Bengal?" "Who told you?" "No." "Took care of that." "All of a sudden?" "Have to be in the family album all the time, you see" "Now hurry!" "They'll be here soon." "Open the wine." "The day I fell in love for the very first time" "A small get-together had been arranged at my place that day." "As usual, I was the bartender:" "Intellectual circle?" "" " Not at all." "Srijita's friends" "I knew some of them And some, I met on that day for the first time." "Though, they knew me... from the paper." "The evening was going fine." "The conversations were pacing up and down" "Suddenly, a waterfall ﬂooded the room" "What's this!" "Called you so many times!" "Why'd you get lame?" "Why, due to her highness!" "She spent all the evening solving crossword puzzles" "Happy birthdays." "' Thank you!" "Happy birthday!" "" " Thanks!" "Why didn't you get Antu?" "" " Left him at his uncle's." "Alokesh, our college friend." " Yes!" "Immensely talented." "World famous in the college!" "And Antara, his wife." "She's never come here." "Sree, I, Alokesh and Madhusree." "They used to call us" "'The mischievous four!" "', in college" "Welcome." "I am.." " I know you." "I've always known you." "Yes a nice Godman's photograph over there." "That would be enough." "God knows why people do up their homes with ghastly masks." "Why are you speaking crap?" "That's an African Makonde" "But I'd definitely be scared if I woke up to it." "Weird face it is!" "" " See, Bishakha," "You collect curios." "Impresario and all." "But to us Africa symbolizes animals primarily." "Right, Mr. Alokesh?" "" " Absolutely!" "See, I'm a share broker." "I live off selling shares" "The Sensex is after all at the mercy of God." "Hey!" "Neruda!" "La barcarola!" "Sree, I'm taking this!" "I love you as certain dark things are to be loved." "Ask him" " Read Neruda, Mr. Alokesh?" "N o." "Who's he?" "" " Neruda is very sensitive" "How about 'Nerada' from our locality?" "Writes pretty well too!" "See, whether it be Neruda or Nevada, nothing is more sensitive than the Sensex" "Tell me if you are hungry." "Come on, go eat." " Come to my room." "Where's everyone else?" "" " In the study." "Checking out your collection of books." "Do you like playing with words?" "Why?" "Crossword puzzle?" "I used to like it." "These days it's different." "Anything new you're working on?" "Nothing in particular:" "A few essays." "Last year's novel in Drishtikon.." "Wasn't so nice" "Is it?" "Only playing with words" "So tell me a few stories." "I'm not being able to crack anything." "Stories?" "Continue the rest of it at the dinner table" "Okay." "If I must." "Hey, another piece?" "Do you think I am kidding?" "Give me a nice piece" "It's been long!" "Another one?" "" " No!" "Less of a Bhekti, more of a 'Whale!" "Any plan between 25th to 29th?" "It's a long leave" "Is it?" "Nothing much." "Let's do the Palamau forests then?" "I just found a nice bungalow over there" "Hey, let's go then?" "Let's see." "We'll go by car then." " I'll handle the catering service" "Vodka with cauliﬂower chops!" "Brilliant!" "It'll be great!" "Twenty miles from Daltongunj." "Beside river Auranga" " Correct!" "Let's go then!" "It'll be great!" "I've been there There are two Santhal forts nearby." "Santhal forts?" "They belong to the Chero tribe." "They had fought the Mughals" "Maharaja Medini Ray." " Holy cow!" "You're so knowledgeable!" "I feel like kissing you right away!" "These writings are worthless" "Trash!" "The Press is saying 'Father of self-destruction'." "Dark romantic!" "The bestseller rack, doesn't say the truth." "You've to figure it out yourself." "Be it the storm the ﬂood, Aslesha (a catastrophe), a tornado or the hurricane." "They can never be better philanderers than me." "I rule 'creation' and 'stability', both." "I am 'destruction'." "Pain..." "The darkness..." "Devour me!" "Make me a pan of you!" "I too, love playing with words, Antara." "'Wound'" "Could you think of anything, Nirbed da?" "Latin American country, named after a vegetable, spelled in two Bengali letters." "Chile!" " Chi?" "Chi-le?" "Good good!" "" " Nirbed da.." "The editor's note?" "What's the point of writing it?" "How about writing a comic strip or the daily horoscope?" "Because that's what people read!" "Deadline:" "17th October." "Saturday." "You cross the line and you're dead." "Someone from a little magazine is here Go." "Nirbed, you have a call." "Busy?" "" " No." "Didn't go to school?" "Bunked it." "Listen, want to go for a film?" "'Casualties of War'?" "" " No." "I can't stand bloodshed" "Go for it." "I'll see you after the show." "6:30 pm." "Dr club." "Oh yes.." "What is your magazine called?" "'Jathor'(Womb)." "We went shopping Watched a film." "Brian De Palma film" "How was it?" "Sean Penn was brilliant." "Not the typical mashed potato type." "I don't like that kind." "I quite like that type, with spices." "Hey Srijita!" "Oh, hi!" "Sit, I'll be back." "So, could you win?" "What?" "In the word play?" "N o." "You?" "I win everyday." "Excuse me, if I am not wrong.." "You are.." " Nirbed Lahiri." "Autograph please'?" "Thank you, Sir." "I too have an autograph book, you know." "Is that so?" "Very well." "But in return can we meet one day?" "To play with words" "He's here." "Right on time." "At your service" "The share market isn't a big deal." "You buy and sell at the same go." "I forgot my sunglasses." "Go get it!" "" " Lost another one?" "She's high maintenance!" "Go, get it." "It's quite late." "Let's stop here tonight" "Yes" "I'm quite sleepy as well." "Erm... how about an autograph tomorrow?" "We're having lunch together tomorrow." "Teppanyaki again?" "Quesadillas, pure Mexican cuisine." "Thanks." " Goodnight!" "Spoilsport." "You had to feel sleepy exactly when the story was building up." "A Lecherous writer." "Missing from the city." "I mean, absconding from the police too." "Cooking you delicacies at an uncanny bungalow." "Telling you stories of his illicit love affair." "Crazy loner." "Old fan." "His gaze itself is fishy." "I saw, I noticed..." "he was looking at your..." "Do you want everyone in this world to go blind?" "Don't be silly, Rishabh!" "He had multiple relationships in his life, that does not make him a letch." "Oh!" "So he is a lover?" "Byron!" "Okay!" "Now you're really suffocating me!" "Can I never mix with people freely because of you?" "So much in just a day!" "Let's forget about Nirbed Lahiri." "Come close." "Let's make love?" "I'm not in the mood." "I'm sleeping on the sofa." "Take it easy, you know?" "Pushing through the crowd" "Trudging ahead" "Stumbling on the hitches" "I stand still" "All my savings" "Get exhausted" "But a colourful ribbon" "Entangles itself" "The same story All over the world" "Winter and Summer All are futile" "Oh Sea Humble is my presence" "Quaff me back into your blue" "So, young man?" "Do you have a body ache?" "Weird mattresses they've got!" "Sleeping on them is like hell." "Sleep on a straw mat on the ﬂoor." "Take care of your back." "Sure." "Where's your wife?" "She's coming Lame riser." " Don't allow it!" "Look at my wife!" "She's turned into a pillow being a late riser." "What a figure she had!" "'Will you shut up?" "" " Speaking from experience, have guava, Vitamin C." "May I?" "" " Shiuli, and our local bananas too." "For a handsome potty!" "They prefer strawberries, in this age of globalization" "But not guavas." "So when did you get married?" "" " Last March." "Must be a legal registry." "The ceremonies don't happen in spring" "Behold!" "Here she comes!" "Hello!" "" " Good morning!" "Good morning!" "" " Honey, want a guava?" "No, you have it." "We'll go take a dip in the sea" " Wait a minute!" "What now?" "Sunscreen lotion is a must!" "Thank you." "Bright." "Very bright." "Mexican food, hope you remember?" "Crock pot Chicken taco meat." "For the health conscious ones this is... the ideal recipe" "Please?" "It was the beginning of the nineties" "The age of STD, ISD, PCO." "Only one telephone in the locality." "Didi, phone" "Hello." "Antara speaking." "Anyone else home or are you alone?" "No." "Nobody." "Who's this?" "I really feel like seeing you, Antara" "Haven't called to play with words." "Want to play with you." "Wham!" "Who's this?" "" " Hotel Haven Sheraton." "I'll wait." "Nirbed da?" "You?" "Drunk?" "What is it?" "What else would I have done?" "What else am I capable of?" "I have to tell you something." "You need to know this." "I got a phone call." "Our firm has declared closure" "I'm ruined, Antara!" "It's over!" "Babu had bought 2 lacs worth shares of General Electricals." "180 rupees per share." "I had myself bought some." "On fifteen days' credit." "The company is doomed with an excise case" "Price has fallen to 30 rupees per share." "Babu has vanished." "And the owner has gotten admitted in the hospital." "The firm has crashed too." "A small little job in the accounts!" "I don't even have a degree... nor contacts." "Nor a huge bank balance." "And I'm a father!" "What do I do!" "I don't know how tomorrow will come to me!" "I feel like hanging myself, Antara!" "I thought I'd perfume my home, from all the fragrance that Antara's body could offer." "But unless they are unequal, no two people submit to each other." "So, no relationship takes birth." "No two people submit to each other." "What's up?" "Come inside." "Sit:" "Please sit!" "The editor's notation." "Ready?" "That's great?" "You're a savior Nirbed da!" "You've earned a treat." "Treat?" "How about you for a treat?" "You've look very ripe these days!" "She's a jug of poison." "Don't drink her." "Hollow." "Deadline eh?" "What is it?" "What's with these dark circles?" "Your face looks dry!" "Did Alokesh say something?" "Speak up?" "We love Alokesh a lot." "What is it?" "Why are you crying?" "What is it?" "Tell me?" "Say, 'Samachar Koumudi' or Ram Mohan Roy." "Excuse me." "Bengal Gazette, first newspaper. " " Right." "Nirbed da, call for you" " Who is it?" "Your wife" "Yes hello?" "" " Busy?" "Antara is here." "We're coming to your office." "Coming in, are you free?" "Yes." " Come." "Sit." "Antara told me everything." "What?" "Alokesh lost his job You must do something" "Order for tea" "You know a lot of people, so I thought why not see you once?" "If you could just..." "Sorry." "I might be bothering you." "He is of no good to anyone" "Sitting and writing poetry all day." "How old is he?" "Srijita's college friend Around 35 years Not my age" "Can he work hard?" "Yes, he can, Sir." " There's a lot of running around." "Here, have an apple" "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." "And what if the doctor is a beautiful woman?" "I should've expected that." "He will do the running around, Sir." "And he's a genuine guy!" "Okay." "Ghatak has been telling me for a long time." "We need someone." "Some kind of cash assistant." "Someone who can drop the cheques." "And to maintain the accounts." "But salary?" "How much is he expecting?" "All of a sudden, the equation changed." "And you took advantage of the situation" "Who doesn't?" "Truth is we're animals." "Likes wolves we can smell our preys." "In that parched jungle I could smell ﬂesh!" "Just a minute, hold on please." "Hello?" "Yes, please connect me to 22891511." "Yes, dear, just a moment." "Hold on" "Thanks." "Hello?" "It's 2:30 right now." "I know you don't have a car." "Leave already." "You should reach Hotel Haven Sheraton, by 3:15." "I'll be waiting at the lobby." "And Alokesh's job?" "'Without that the relationship would be stuck in word play;" "Antara." "You wouldn't come" "I know you don't have a car." "No!" "Chuck it." "What are we doing!" "I don't do what..." "People say." "What I w rite, is what people do." "That too after very many years" "What would you have done, if you were in my place?" "At least I, wouldn't munch peanuts sitting at the lake side" "My knees are going weak!" "I can'!" "stand on my feet any more!" "We both broke someone's faith respectively." "Blind faith must be broken." "Then why do people make homes?" "Convenience" "Every home has an expiry date." "Homes change." "I love Srijita, Antara" "Even today." "Truly." "But I want you." "That's also true." "That night, Antara.." "Stayed up all night." "Guilt." "Alokesh had fallen asleep" "They always fall asleep easily." " And you?" "I couldn't sleep as well." "For every hunter, the first kill is the most adventurous" "Very different from days of nothingness." "You mean no equations apply to your jungle?" "Yes" "Only one requisite" "Who has how much power." "Power struggle." "Iraq or America" "Israel or Palestine." "White or black." "The priest or the untouchable." "Bill gates or Warren Buffet." "And the consequences?" "I'll get to that later." "The hotel must be closed now." "Stay back" "No, how is that possible?" "It's quite late actually." "What if no one opens the gate at the hotel?" "We'll ring the bell, call them up!" "They can't have the reception empty at night." "I'm sure." "But I'm no Oscar nominated psychopath, serial killer or a zombie, so don't feel lured and trapped." "And I won't record your love making and sell it on the internet." "Though it might look spectacular:" "No.. err.. we didn't plan to stay back here, so I was feeling a little uncomfortable." "Break your mental frames" "We've all escaped from the urban civilization." "Why?" "View life as a series of experiments You'll have fun" "And Shohag always wanted to spend a night at a bungalow like this" "Right?" "There's this strange fear." "We shouldn't have met him on a trip like this." "His assault is not physical." "Hey.... -." "'What?" "Can we spend some time for ourselves?" "Hey!" "" " Brilliant timing!" "I must keep a check you see." "Two hungry bodies!" "You could set each other ablaze!" "Oh, such a guardian you are!" "What's our Master doing?" "Stuck to you all day?" "You're such a.." "you don't think before you say!" "Now don't pretend!" "Your folks think you're counting the doors of Hazarduari!" "Control, sweetheart!" "Control it!" "What will happen after marriage if you finish of the platter now?" "I'll disconnect now." "Bye" " Hey listen.." "This girl is such a.." " Couldn't you switch it off?" "Is your phone off?" "I might get official calls." "I don't have stupid friends like you." " Really?" "Yes what is it?" "When are we going to Marie Stopes clinic?" "Give me a chance first?" "So, how's the car?" "How was the mileage on highway?" "You've to know this at this hour?" "You're on duty all day!" "So, I thought... must be free at night." "Sol called." "I'll call you tomorrow." "Listen to my ABCD's of love" "A for 'all the time', B for the 'bountiful frolic'," "C for 'Condom usage' and D for 'dissipation.'" "Okay?" "" " That's why you're a scrap dealer." "Listen, we're the masters of disaster management." "Bye " " Bye." "What happens between us is gossip material for you guys?" "My love does not have a birth" "It does not have a death too." "Because I was born with diamonds of another kind of love, etched into my body." "Good morning!" "Your tea is getting cold." "Morning." "Who made tea?" "Nirbed da" "He went for a morning walk after serving the bed tea" "Said he'll be back after going to the market." "Benefits of being the beautiful reader." "Absolute VIP treatment." "You spoke in your sleep all night." "What did I say?" "Nothing clear." "Like a mute cry." "Good morning, Nirbed dal" " Good morning!" "Slept well at night?" "I've informed them at the resort that you are here." "And will be back little later." "What is this!" "Fresh prawn from the fisherman's net." "And there's squids and Cuttle fish for you!" "Today we will have Calamari Salad, with potatoes and Squid stew!" "Wow!" "" " Great!" "You could've left writing and opened up a restaurant." "Eating is necessity, cooking is an." "Want to crack a girl, cooking is the recipe!" "So, your love story has physicality all over it?" "Yes" "I don't believe in platonic love and all that jazz" "But as long as there exists physicality in a relationship, there's less danger." "But... once the animal grows a heart... everything goes Topsy-turvy." "The fairies of lullaby, come to our home." "We don't have the luxuries, come sit on the ﬂoor." "Shall offer you mouthful of betel leaves" "The baby boy can'!" "sleep Bless him with some" "Didi, phone" "Hello?" "Mr. Alokesh really fit the job well." "How do I pay you back..." " Give me your address." "N o." "Why are you scared of me?" "There's no one at home now!" "I know." "I cannot cheat Srijita any more." "Alokesh is crazily in love me!" "I care a damn!" "It's my life!" "18, Arkur Dutt Lane, Wellington." "Do not ring the bell." "Knock" "Like a carbuncle, my love has many a vents." "Lust, affection, curiosity, dependence." "One of those vents.." "Had stung you." "Where does Mr. Alokesh stay?" "" " Upstairs." "I'll be back" "Come, I'm ready." "Antu is sleeping" "On the ﬂoor." "That's a nice collection of Lorca." "From childhood." "I didn't read much of it as a child." "It's not like you alone have taken up the burden of world literature" "Please make it fast." "The maid will come." "This isn't a hotel." "You spoke of the lack of stories... so I started writing." "I was wondering who to read it do, so I came." "A novel, 'Wound'." "'Some make homes some stay homeless.' To Antara." "I better go inside Err..." " No, that won't look good." "You better sit here." "Must be Moti." "As if you dropped in suddenly." "What is this?" "I've been knocking forever!" "Listen, Soumik has booked the bungalow at Piyaljhor." "We only have a week." "How is your writing going?" "As usual." "Why?" "No... you've so many commitments." "Colleagues publishers readers.." "male and female, both." "Family, relatives friends women." "Maybe you must organize your life a little" "Then how will my thoughts spread their wings?" "Seat belt." "Seat belt?" "I don't use it." "Nested you within the dense shelter of this tree" "A room where the light is faint" "Goodness!" "Never knew Mr. Alokesh was so romantic!" "Mugged it up from my nephew's text book." "Going to the jungle after all." "What if people ask me to describe it?" "But this is the description of an African jungle" "And we're going to Palamau." "Mr. Alokesh, phone!" "" " Hello, Srijita here." "Yes, tell me!" "Next week, Piyaljhor, Palamau." "Vodka with cauliﬂower chops, remember?" "How do I ask for a leave?" "I just joined!" "That's Nirbed's job" "This is Ranchi." "Then Lohardaga." "From there towards Mahuadanga" "I know this route" "Let's get out at dawn tomorrow?" "I'm getting goosebumps!" "At the planning itself?" "All Bengalees love the jungle." " Let's go, birds!" "An eternal darkness in her tresses" "Like a..." " Night of Bidhisha" "Yes, night." "Who's being described here?" "" " Bonolota Sen." "Then?" "Don't people say it to their wives?" "I've trekked to Sandakphu, on foot." "And now, even driving tires my feet." "You weren't a domestic animal back then." "Neither was the Uric Acid such a common problem." "If you feel tired, tell me." "You know how to drive as well?" "" " Chill, don't act smart now." "Raka, Shonai, choose your rooms!" "" " Beautiful." "Unload the bags." " Hello, Sir." "Hello." "Sir, the rooms are opened They've all been cleaned" "So you cook?" "" " If you can go to the market..." "The word 'market' is so irritating on a jungle trip!" "Have a cycle?" "" " Yes." "Okay, listen." "Err... two Indian chickens, two dozens of eggs and nice narrow rice." "There's something eerie about this bungalow." "That is what is scary." " Why?" "Nirbed and Antara" "Both impulsive Both, above average" "Don't act paranoid." "Stop speaking crap." "Doesn't the jungle make you think of yourself as the Tarzan?" "The dawn has an aroma of its own here" "Is it?" "I cannot smell it." "Though I've a blocked nose." "I'm sniffing steamed cloves" "The smell of Sal Mahua." "It gets me dazed." "Comes into the room at night too." " I'll spray some room freshener." "The jungle depicts, 'method in madness'." "Wood comes very cheap here" "Soon, these jungles won't be there." "There won't be humans" "Love too won't be there." "Raka and Shonai will sleep in the other room." "I know." "Well, I don't know what the question is but sex is definitely the answer." "You know, the village next to this one," "is hit by drought every Summer." "God!" "'Will you stop!" "?" "How do you cook without spices?" "Get it from the market, I'll pay." "Yes Sir." "And listen" "Don't mix water into the Mahua." "They were murmuring from their jungle of vomit," "'With empty women" "'With the hot wax children" "You seem to have loved the slice of the new moon" "The moon has many jobs but Today's new moon is the sickle" "Sit." "Ti red?" "Here..." "The poet said, 'One body, yet so many faces.'" "Who are you talking about?" "Why?" "The pig!" "Ham, Salami, Sausage, Bacon.. slangs!" "The river water, its waves, can you hear it?" "The river is far away from here." "As far as Delhi!" "Two sister-rivers, Sukri and Ghagri.." "Then they blend into Koel." " A little more than a mile from here" "But sometimes you can hear the water." "River cruise tomorrow morning then!" "Before that, french toasts with a little pepper for breakfast, deal?" "Great!" "I probably cannot go." "Why?" "The Tuesday man is happening the village nearby." "I'm thinking of going tomorrow." "Then, I too cannot go." "Why?" "You must go, I've been there so many times" "No." " Want to go now?" "That night was brewing all the ingredients of destruction!" "The jungle." "Alcohol." "The ﬂesh of the female body." "The smell of burnt meat!" "Want to play an interesting game?" "A memory game again?" "Please!" "N o." "It's very simple." "Everyone can play it." "No need to remember anything." "Yes!" "I will play!" "I will play!" "" " No, I cannot concentrate now." "Very tired" " You don't need to." "Say... name a friend of yours with come on?" "One... two..." " Tapan!" "The limping Tapan!" "Who's he?" "" " A childhood friend." "His left leg was smaller." "Saheb's driver." "Your friend?" "" " Bosom friends!" "Okay, you must answer within a count of five" "Let's start then." "Bishakha, start." "Name a ﬂower, starting with" "One..." " Bokul." "Brilliant!" "Good." "I would've named, 'Botphool'!" "Madhusree, your turn." "A river starting with 'K'." "Kangsabati." "Mr. Alokesh, a bird starting with 'P'." "Pigeon!" "Pigeon!" "Sri's turn." "A loved one starting with 'R'." "Rabindranath." " Great!" "Intellectual." " Antara, your turn." "Name a novel with 'A'." "'Anurakta'." "By you I've read it many times." "You seem to have many girlfriends." "Who said so?" "Don't act smart, everyone knows." "A special girlfriend's name starting with someone spread across your heart." "Aslesha." "Aslesha?" "What are you doing here!" "?" "Why did you keep the door open?" "" " Leave me!" "Please leave me!" "Get lost!" "You won't go to the river cruise tomorrow!" "They're sleeping, go!" "" " You won't go!" "Okay, fine" "I won't go!" "Now, please go!" "I cannot take this pressure any more!" "Please!" "Please!" "Please!" "Come on, hurry up." "Only one boat!" "Managed somehow!" "Go, sit in the car." " Great!" "You're no oldie!" "You've rocked it!" "Ready?" "Stop pulling his leg, he is an elderly person" "So you really won't go?" "Come on Nirbed da, you'll miss the cruise." "Think about it." "I've decided not to go after a good thought." "I'm going to the Tuesday Man." " Right." "So, Mr. Alokesh?" "Love or hangover?" "Why are you lame?" "Both love and hangover, are bound to go away in some time." "But Dysentery in the jungle is a huge hazard." "What!" "" " You have Dysentery?" "Descent people like me can never have Dysentery." "Antara." "I warned her, eating pork is an art." "Avoid the skin hair." "She ignored it." "I have medicine, you want?" "No, I've already given her at dawn" "She's still leaking like a tank!" "Alokesh, you're disgusting!" "No... see I told her, I'll stay back" "She started crying; saying she's ruining our trip!" "Do we cancel the programme then?" "" " Not at all!" "Dysentery will disappear in two hours of sleep." "Come" "Let's set out in the name of God!" "And anyway, Nirbed is here." "Let's go." "Yes Nirbed da, take care of my wife if you can." "She's the only one I have." "Apple of my eye" "Let's go then!" "Let's go." "'Wild ﬂowers." "My favourite." "Weren't you supposed to go to the Tuesday Man?" "Why didn't you join the cruise?" "My wish." "Madhu, careful." "Watch your step!" "How does one get onto a boat in a Sari!" "No, I am extremely scared." "I won't be able to go." "What!" "" " Yes." "You guys carry on, I'll wait here." "Wham!" "It's about to rain." "Ever seen it raining in the jungle?" "In my childhood." "I had gone to Kaziranga with my parents." "I was eight." "Me and my father were picking up fruits in the bungalow garden in the rain." "Suddenly, Baba fell down." "Absolutely calm." "Baba passed away." "Heavy smoker." "Cardiac death" "Rain always scares me, as if it's fateful." "There's a spring nearby." "Jitipahar." "Sankhapushpi jungle" "The world is still very beautiful, Antara." "Want to go?" "No, I'm staying here." "You guys come back fast." "Since when have you been scared of water?" "You'll stay alone in this jungle?" "So?" "It's only around two hours I'll manage." "Okay then!" "See you!" "Do you remember?" "Sri stood first in the inter-college swimming competition?" "Maybe she developed hydrophobia after marriage." "Astounding!" "Walk into the new stream!" "Can you fathom why I didn't go to the river?" "Not to save Alokesh's job" "But..." " You've fallen in love with me, Antara" "I don't know." "Maybe." "Salt and pepper cuttle fish in sweet soya" "Coming soon." "How can one cheat so many people?" "Possible" "Absolutely possible" "Otherwise this civilization, it's culture, the rules and regulations, police, parliament, militia.." "Everything would have come to a halt." "An what if I say, you're coward, manipulative, pretentious..." " Rishabh!" "Where's the forest bungalow?" "" " You've come the wrong way" "This is the Sankhapushpi jungle." "You are near the cascade..." "Nirbed da!" "Is Srijita back?" "Why, hasn't she come back with you?" "What do you mean?" "She didn't come on the boat with us." " What!" "She got nervous looking at the ﬂoating boat." "She said she'll wait for us at the bank!" "And you left her alone?" "She would be here by now if she walked back in the storm" "We are late because the road was blocked." "What happened?" "" " Sri hasn't come back!" "Did I lose everything?" "Everything!" "" " Where's he going?" "Soumik da I think you go towards the jungle." "Spread out." "I'll go towards the river." " Okay!" "I'll stay here" "Look for the caretaker!" "" " Kids, don't go anywhere!" "Sri!" "." """ "Srijita!" "I'm going to the jungle!" "Why did you leave her alone?" ""WW:" "Srijita!" "Sriiita!" "." "' Sri!" "Srijita!" "Sri!" "What are you two up to?" "" " Is Srijita back?" "Don't act innocent." "Why?" "" " You know why!" "What've I done?" "" " You don't care for your family!" "Ruined Alokesh's life!" "Why break Srijita's home?" "Has Srijita come to know about us?" "I don't know!" "But why's she not coming back?" "What do you think of yourself?" "Why are you saying this to me?" "Don't you know why?" "Gold medalist in college, popular writer from the Little Magazine!" "Is that my mistake?" "Numerous boyfriends reckless nightlife!" "I've grown up like that!" "Fell in love with Tridib!" "Your cousin!" "He ditched you!" "He got scared..." " You should be scared too!" "Left your studies married Alokesh suddenly!" "Didn't know he's not like you?" "" " But I love Alokesh!" "Liar." "You only love yourself!" "N o." "Your thought process, your logic, sensibility, ambition!" "I never had an ambition, still don't have one!" "Alokesh is our friend, Antara!" "If anything happens to him..." " Why will something happen to him!" "?" "Sorry." "Sorry." "I must intervene" "Come to the room." "Don't create a fuss in this crisis." "I want to go back to Kolkata!" "" " Everyone does!" "We can't leave before tomorrow morning." "Come!" "Soumik da!" "Relax." "We'll talk later." "Let's get back to the bungalow." "Everyone is looking for you." "How long has it been?" "It has been a few days" "It's all my doing." "Antara .." "Was somewhat coerced." "Is Alokesh an idiot?" "Or did he do the pimping?" "Alokesh or... anyone else does not know that..." " That she's a whore!" "Right?" "How much does Alokesh draw... from Drishtikon.." "That Antara spread her legs so easily?" "Desperate bitch!" "Bloody whore!" "" " Srijita!" "You bastard!" "Look at me See this!" " No!" "This ﬂesh." "You bloody letch!" " No, Srijita!" "You bastard!" "" " Srijita!" "Srijita, no!" "" " Don'!" "touch me!" "Leave me you swine Please calm down, Srijita!" "I'll kill you!" "You son of a bitch!" "Please, Srijita!" "Please!" "I hate you!" "I hate you!" "Be it the storm the ﬂood, Aslesha (a catastrophe), a tornado or the hurricane." "They can never be better philanderers than me." "I rule 'creation' and 'stability', both." "I am 'destruction'." "I've always been stubborn." "Never listened to anybody But the very same me broke down too." "Did everyone come to know?" "N o." "Others were told Srijita got lost in the rain and contracted fever." "It was urgent to get medical help." "Why didn't you two divorce and remarry?" "I wanted to go back to Srijita" "That was once in life I felt, let rules win over desires." "Where are the kids?" "Raka is back from the dance class and Shonai is sleeping" "Have to talk." "Two minutes" "Yes" "Read, then we'll talk." "What is there to read?" "You've already taken the decision!" "It was your decision to call it quits!" "Did you consult me?" "Sit." " No, Nirbed!" "I don't want to go on with this relationship!" "Not even for the kids!" "And don't forget, I'm financially independent!" "I know." "And that you womanize randomly, your colleagues have told me that" "Every action has a reaction!" "There's a difference between reaction and revenge" "Sri..." "Sri, I love you!" "No!" "You don't love me!" "You love ﬂesh!" "You get turned on by each and every woman you come across!" "Sex is a... pleasure to you all." "It's an adventure to me." "I fuck like an explorer." "I am honest!" "I don't fake with relationships!" "You are sick!" "You need whores and you need shrinks!" "I like curves!" "I cannot stay without seeing it!" "You dirty voyeur!" "You don't spare the maid too!" "The world sells curves and we buy it!" "It teaches you to control your impulses too!" "I cannot get regulated, Sri." "I push my boundaries and live on the edges but that's got... nothing to do with our love!" "Why don't you understand Sri, what I write today, the world understands that tomorrow!" "I build characters and the characters become their role models." "I question ethics and the questions become their code of conduct!" "But you and me.." " Go fuck your creation then!" "Fuck your own filthy paperback characters!" "Spare me!" "Please don't leave me" "Please don't go..." "I'll change myself, Sri." "Then let us live as paying guests, in a motel." "And don't you dare... look at my face or my children's!" "You spineless bastard!" "You must give us something, Nirbed da" "Yes I was thinking on writing about the Mujahideens of Afghanistan." "It's been ages I touched the pen." "But... err..." " Give me 3 or 4 days." "It's getting formed in my mind." "Saturday?" "Saturday... okay." "Okay, we'll leave today." " Bye." "What is up with you, Nirbed?" "You're not into your writing." "Dhrubo Lahiri was the happier man, Ghatak da" "Becoming Nirbed Lahiri landed me in trouble" "I've to climb out of myself everyday." "Like a volcano inside.." "I am bubbling with anti-establishment thoughts." "But if it explodes you're a criminal." "I cannot handle this any more!" "Think of Tagore." "He maybe an idol." "Physically, mentally, I became alone" "I never... called Antara again." "autobiography" "Novel. 'Khawto - the Wound'." "My last work." "Incomplete Unpublished." "I'm giving this to you." " Really?" "But don't open the gift before you reach home Promise?" "Promise." "Don't you have a photo of Antara with you?" "Obviously." "That was all I carried when I embraced celibacy." "Yes, I do." "I take a look at it everyday." "You can cut all the ﬂowers" "But can'!" "stop spring from coming" "What is it, Rishabh?" "I know this woman." "I have seen her at the Helpage India Asylum many times." "What are you saying!" "Antara is alive?" "Yes" "But she has lost sanity." "I go for the community services, sol know." "And her name is not Antara." "Damayanti Chakrabarty." "Right." "She is named Antara in my novel." "And Alokesh's real name?" "Ananda" "'Will you go with us tomorrow?" "Rishabh," "'Will you take us to the asylum?" "I want to see her once" "'Antara' from the novel, 'Khawto'." "I still have a collection of Lorca, borrowed from her." "If I can..." "It's quite late." "Won't you come?" "It's along drive tomorrow." "I can't sleep." "Come here" "I really need you." "Sorry, I really don't feel like." "Everything is a huge disarray" "I fade away" "By the day" "Where am I in the Blue of this sky?" "The galaxy of memories Have washed away" "The same story All over the world" "Winter and Summer All are futile" "Oh Sea Humble is my presence" "Quaff me back into your blue" "Pushing through the crowd" "Trudging ahead" "Stumbling on the hitches" "I stand still" "We could've played Antakshari today if you would have stayed back" "We could've played Antakshari today if you would have stayed back" "I cannot remember songs." " Brahmi leaves." "Have it and give her too." "Two benefits, good memory and no Piles!" "Ah!" "Baba!" "Give me your Kolkata address." "I have a Yoga Consultancy firm." "I'll go give you counselling and suggestions every week." "Shohag, give your address." "I'm a Bohemian, live in a mess." "Oh no!" "I forgot the address." " That's why Brahmi leaves!" "There.. see... your Santa Clause is here with his sack!" "We won't wait any more, Mr. Avinash." "Bye." "Bye!" "Where are you three off to?" "Mental asylum!" "You can stay back at a hotel and return tomorrow morning by train." "I'll figure that out." "But why..." "Rishabh has already asked his friend to book a three star hotel room for you" "I'm not that big any more!" "" " Complimentary." "One can do this for a person like you." "Welcome, Sir, how are you?" "Sir, I couldn't meet you last week." "I came back to see, everyone is praising you so much!" "But one thing, Sir, we need a TV set in the common room." "My guests Take them to cell no. 302." "I'll check on the others and come." "Yes" "Rishabh seems to know everyone here" "Yes, he's been with Helpage for along time." "Please come, Madam Sir, please." "Aslesha?" "Damayanti?" "I'm Nirbed." "Your Nirbed." "'Sonnets to his Dark Love'" "Lorca's last work!" "Your favourite!" "Oh no!" "What are you doing?" "Let her be" "This has got... the breaths of her loved ones hidden in it." "Beats me..." "Beams me a lot." "I guess it's time to leave." "Shapui, lunchtime!" "Everyone is hungry." " Yes Sir!" "So?" "How does it feel to be back in the urban civilization?" "I feel like," "I've set foot on the killing fields" "My killer awaits." "There's no escape." "Come on!" "How far is the hotel from here?" "Five minutes drive." "But I'll take a leave from here" "Open the gift when you get home" "Surprise?" "The urban civilization is changing fast, Rishabh." "The truth is, the jungle is spreading out." "Cheers" " Cheers" "So everyone got scattered." "But I didn't expect such a shallow climax from an author like you." "You mean the end could've been a bit more dramatic?" "Surely." "You left away the most hard-hitting bit!" "Wasn't the last chapter supposed to be more thrilling?" "Since you've got it, I'll have to tell you" "A distance had grown, between me and Srijita" "I had closed myself." "The end could have been drab" "But Antara did not let that happen." "Damayanti." "Hello?" "" " May I speak to Nirbed da?" "Who is this?" "" " Give him the phone." "Oh Hold on." "Nirbed da, there's a call for you." "Who is it?" "Did not tell her name." "We'll make a move, Nirbed da" "Hello?" "What is it?" "Got scared?" "Somewhat." "For the sake of you and Alokesh" "Do the wild animals who ﬂee the jungle enter a civilized world?" "I love you, Antara." "But I thought it out, we must stop now." "That's why you didn't call after getting back." "What do you want?" "" " It's Five PM right now." "You have a car." "Meet me at 5:30, sharp" "Bhawanipur Basanta Cabin." " Mr. Alokesh took a half-day off." "It's your anniversary on Saturday, everyone's invited." "I know." " He's gone to that side for shopping" "I know!" "" " Let it be today, Antara." "Listen to me" " What?" "We'll meet later, okay?" "" " Tomorrow?" "N o." "Day after?" "No, let me find an apartment first." "The next day, then?" "Friday?" "No, Saturday What is wrong with you?" "Bye I'll call on Saturday." "I have lost everything, Nirbed da!" "Now you cannot step back!" "And I?" "Haven't I... lost everything too, Antara?" "Close your eyes." " Leave me" "Let me make tea" "That can happen later." "First, close your eyes" "Make it fast." "And Moti, give him some water!" "Just close your eyes." "What is it?" "" " Here, take this!" "How is it?" "Happy marriage anniversary!" "" " That's on Saturday, after 3 days." "Why did you spend so much?" "" " What is wrong with you!" "Look at me Why that frown on your face?" " Oh please!" "Don't you know me?" "Can I ever save?" "I always end up spending." "Sol did not take the risk and bought it." "What is it, son?" "" " Make him go to sleep!" "Hey listen, I've bought jumbo prawns!" "You know for how much?" "600 rupees!" "The thing is I've invited everyone from work!" "I didn't even have a choice." "They all love me so much!" "Have a look!" "Hilsa!" "Must be 25 Kgs at least?" "Right?" "They thought they'll fool me with the weight." "Is it that easy to fool me?" "You understand the weight of Hilsa Any idea about your own weight?" "Bloody impulsive!" "Eating, sleeping and humping!" "Cats and dogs in the locality live this life!" "You are a grade-3 cash assistant at an eminent publishing house." "Keep that in mind." "Stupid glorified peon..." "May I come in, Ghatak da?" "" " Yes please." "Do you know a middleman?" "Yes, many of them." "I, myself am one." "I was thinking... of hiring an apartment" "All of a sudden?" "Home, office, PR, accounts... my thoughts are twirling around like a wheel but not developing" "Sol was looking for a place to sit and write peacefully." "I know someone." "He deals in real estate." "Should I call for him tomorrow?" "The carpet area is nearly 1100 square feet." "One bedroom hall, kitchen." "Attached bath with the bedroom Door connects to the hall." "Third ﬂoor." "Seasonal wind outside the window." "Don't do poetry." " Correct, Sir." "That's our job." " Right, Sir." "I want to see it today itself." "Go, see it, Sir." "That's the original." "The duplicate.." " Give it to me" "Yes" "I'm keeping the duplicate keys." "You'll lose it in no time" "Hello?" "" " Hello?" "I was waiting for your call." " Today is..." "Saturday." "Found a place?" "Write down the address." "Rang the bell quite a few times." "The bell doesn't work." "Come inside" "I thought, you'll arrange for a proper ceremony." "To welcome me" "A new household after all." "Come" "May I come in, Ghatak da?" "" " Yes, Alokesh" "I remember:" "Dinner at your place tonight." "Anniversary, right?" "" " No, I came for different a reason." "Raktim da from Jamhor Patrika is here." "Come inside?" "Oh no!" "The empty womb..." "Couldn't you come earlier?" "" " Got stuck in the jam." "Nirbed just left." " What do we do now?" "We've to submit the write-up today!" "If, where he's gone has a phone and we know the address then we can get it." "Go back to Alokesh, Antara." "What is the point?" "Who do I go back to?" "Alokesh is a child." "Do you know how old is he inside?" "Who are we to judge that?" "He is lovable" "Do you find me monotonous these days?" "N o." "Can't you take it on Monday?" "" " Errr" " No, Mr. Ghatak, we'll be in huge trouble." "Hey, Alokesh, do one thing, go and check at this address once." "Nirbed had said he finished writing it." "Alokesh.." " Yes?" "Do you... know GOA, Ballygunje place, East?" "Ghatak da, I'm the Columbus of Kolkata, I know all of it." "Give me the keys." "What I've lost is lost." "I don't want... your home to break" "You are not strong enough to endure that." "My have no control over my decisions any more." "Why are you being so childish?" "I won't behave childishly any more, I promise" "I will distance myself from you." "Only a few more days please." "No one will know if we meet here" "Hug me tight, Nirbed da, please!" "What are you up to?" "It's raining, Antara." "It's raining." "Which one is it..." "Come on, Mr. Key, be of use" "Look inside the room." "No one here!" "There?" "" " No!" "Moti, is Alokesh back?" "" " Yes, in the loo." "Alokesh!" "I wasn't there!" "Knew he would end up doing something!" "Such a child!" "My mistake!" "What the hell have you done!" "We have to call the doctor!" "Anybody there?" "Anybody there?" "Call an ambulance!" "We have to save him!" "Is anybody there?" "Leave me, I've to take him to the hospital!" "Yes Antara, we will!" "" " No!" "We've to save him!" "Yes Antara!" "Who is Antara Chakrabarty?" "Antara is not mentally stable." "Tell me what you have to." "How was your relationship with Mr. Alokesh?" "Very healthy, Sir." "Any fights problems between the husband and wife in this house?" "No." "Happy family" "Addictions?" "Gambling?" "Alokesh was a simple boy." "No bad habits at all." "Yes" "I and Antara were involved." "But no relationship can be illicit." "The relationship of need." "I used to take advantage" "I got Alokesh the job." "In return I used to exploit Antara physically." "You crazy bitch!" "Ugly slut!" "" " What is all this!" "Killed him.." "such a nice guy!" "Quiet!" "And this man should be hanged!" "Both of them have killed my friend!" "Celebrity, my foot!" "And what happened to Antu?" "Antara lost her mental stability due to her guilt." "And I took shelter, at Koelphuli's... dilapidated beach" "Because of you, Alokesh died." "Antara went crazy." "Antu's uncles couldn't keep him any more Sent him to a boarding school in Darjeeling" "And what happened to that Antu?" "He is finishing his college now." "He's waiting to be placed via campus interviews." "He is in a relationship with a sweet girl named, Shohag." "That you are Alokesh and Antara's son," "I figured it out quite a while ago, Rishabh." "When I saw Antara or Damayanti's autograph book with Shohag." "You inherited it and gifted it to Shohag, right?" "The name 'Damayanti' must've made it clear that I am.." "Narrating the story of your parents." "I am exceptionally ignored in your story." "I know that," "I must have to answer to you one day." "I've done you a lot of wrong." "According to you, every action has a reaction" "And every reaction has a revenge" "Another murder in the city due to a love triangle?" "Police says eminent author of Bengali literature, Dhrubo Lahiri aka Nirbed Lahiri's death was due to an illicit love affair." "Freedom" "The incident took place today at 3 star hotel room." "Detectives say, the same affair made him embrace exile for 20 years today was the first time he came to Kolkata from Koelphuli since then." "'Witnesses say, around 3:20 pm, the body fell from the 7th ﬂoor breaking through the glass" "I can guess the end of the story." "I probably won't be able to write it." "You must complete the novel." "I've a suicide note at the end of the manuscript." "It's timed at 3 pm" "Rishabh might need it." "Nirbed Lahiri." "My love does not have a birth" "It does not have a death too" "Because I was born with diamonds of another kind of love, etched into my body"