In a middle- class Calcutta neighborhood, the lives of four recently retired men take an unexpected turn when they stumble upon a crime. Will the unlikely detectives be able to catch the criminal? Or will they unravel something even more sinister? The protagonists grab this exciting opportunity to rise above their mundane existence. They defy the ordinary, stretch their boundaries and in the process discover something precious
Meanwhile, a lot is going on in the paara (neighbourhood) – a rather difficult match-making process for a wheatish complexioned daughter, rivalry between two neighboring clubs over Durga Puja, Squabbles between the outdated seniors and the younger members of the local club, attempts at an impossible romance by a road-side Romeo…
Suparna Chatterjee was born and brought up in Kolkata. She has travelled extensively having lived in three continents, before finally moving back to India. The All Bengali Crime Detectives is her first published work.
She also writes short stories, poems and adventure stories for children and young adults. Her first musical play Anand and Benaifer has been staged in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Her other passions include travelling, art, music and meditation. She is a volunteer with the Art of Living Foundation. She currently lives in Bengaluru with her husband and daughter.
Acknowledgements | lX |
A New Routine | 1 |
An Invitation | 9 |
In Honour of Juj Saab | 20 |
A Theft | 29 |
A Very Emergency Meeting | 39 |
To Find A Suitable Boy | 49 |
A Clue | 56 |
A Secret Club (For Senior Citizens Only) | 68 |
A New Suspect | 81 |
Mrs Bose | 90 |
A Nightmare | 96 |
An Idea | 105 |
Bad News, Biplab Da | 115 |
The Agony of Pet names | 124 |
In Search of A Criminal | 130 |
A Confession | 141 |
Durga Pujo: Then and Now | 149 |
What Really Happened | 162 |
A Pujo Like No Other | 172 |
In a middle- class Calcutta neighborhood, the lives of four recently retired men take an unexpected turn when they stumble upon a crime. Will the unlikely detectives be able to catch the criminal? Or will they unravel something even more sinister? The protagonists grab this exciting opportunity to rise above their mundane existence. They defy the ordinary, stretch their boundaries and in the process discover something precious
Meanwhile, a lot is going on in the paara (neighbourhood) – a rather difficult match-making process for a wheatish complexioned daughter, rivalry between two neighboring clubs over Durga Puja, Squabbles between the outdated seniors and the younger members of the local club, attempts at an impossible romance by a road-side Romeo…
Suparna Chatterjee was born and brought up in Kolkata. She has travelled extensively having lived in three continents, before finally moving back to India. The All Bengali Crime Detectives is her first published work.
She also writes short stories, poems and adventure stories for children and young adults. Her first musical play Anand and Benaifer has been staged in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Her other passions include travelling, art, music and meditation. She is a volunteer with the Art of Living Foundation. She currently lives in Bengaluru with her husband and daughter.
Acknowledgements | lX |
A New Routine | 1 |
An Invitation | 9 |
In Honour of Juj Saab | 20 |
A Theft | 29 |
A Very Emergency Meeting | 39 |
To Find A Suitable Boy | 49 |
A Clue | 56 |
A Secret Club (For Senior Citizens Only) | 68 |
A New Suspect | 81 |
Mrs Bose | 90 |
A Nightmare | 96 |
An Idea | 105 |
Bad News, Biplab Da | 115 |
The Agony of Pet names | 124 |
In Search of A Criminal | 130 |
A Confession | 141 |
Durga Pujo: Then and Now | 149 |
What Really Happened | 162 |
A Pujo Like No Other | 172 |