Deep Prakashan releases the Captivating Novel RUSTAM KHAN S/O NOAKHALI by C Murugan

News Desk, News Nation 360: The historic novel ‘Rustam Khan S/O Noakhali’ has been released by Deep Prakashan in Bengali as ‘Noakhalir Rustam Khan’. The novel was written by a senior IAS officer, C. Murugan and launched at Press Club, Kolkata, by legendary Bengali novelist Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and renowned actress Gargee Roychowdhury. The story revolves around the tumultuous communal divide caused by the Direct Action Day violence in Calcutta in 1946. The story showcases whether we exist for religion or religion exists for us. A young boy from ‘Lamchar’ named Rustam Khan falls in love with a zamindar’s daughter named Nilanjana. The story follows their relationship as they navigate vast differences in religion and social caste, amid increasing political unrest. With the author having worked as a civil servant in West Bengal for the past two decades and the extensive research done on the history of the Grand Tower Hotel in Sealdah and migrant workers, the author C. Murugan and publisher Shankar Mondal of Deep Prakashan have mentioned that the bilingual book, which is available in bookstores and online for ₹450, will showcase history as well as humanity. It aims to remind people that they should care more about empathy and compassion.

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