BEST SELLER AUTHOR
ANIRUDDHA BOSE
BENGALI BOOKS
He has now written several books in Bengali. His first book ANWESHAN created a sensation to the style, presentation, theme, and philosophy in Bengali Literature. His second novelNISHABDE reflected another philosophy. For months, it remained a best-seller and represented India at the London Book Fair.
His third novel DEKHA was again a reflection of highlighting the east through the vision of young British lady of Indian origin, coming to visit India. This also mesmerised the readers with its unique theme, taking into consideration his vast experience of his life both in India and abroad. That too became a best-seller. He decided to move forward repeatedly by breaking his own previous books genre presentation and style in all his novels. He is trying to experiment his writing skills in different forms and themes and in his fourth novelCHAKRA, a psychological murder thriller, has tried to break the standard norms of both in the east and west, with a new concept of his knowledge of science and medicine and redefining murder in a new philosophy. This has also hit the charts as bestseller. His next novel TOMAKE, based on applying physics and mathematical concepts is a sweet lyrical love story literature in an unfathomed form.
Until now, all his novels have all been best-sellers....
Three of his Bengali novels namely ANWESHAN are translated in English by Anwesa Sengupta and Edited and Transcreated by Anil Grover as QUEST and DEKHA as THE VISION rendered by Purnasree Nag and CHAKRA rendered in English as FULCRUM by Partha Pratim Roy.
His first English International Thriller PURSUIT is different from its genre, seeking the truth of life.
Anweshan
ANWESHAN, Aniruddha Bose’s first novel is a successful effort in depicting the crisis of modern Indian society. This enthralling novel illustrates basic human behavior and trudges to the unknown world of spirituality. The author very lucidly depicts human alienation amidst a world anticipating new developments every day. This novel is not limited to the story of a woman and the impact of western culture on Indian society, although initially readers may feel that way. Universality is the greater theme of his creation, which is distinctly visible as we read through. The author reveals the concept of home in a different light, and quite unambiguously narrates human relationship prolific enough to fulfill such a concept irrespective of their social standing and biological relationship.
Although sometimes sexually explicit, the author tries to ooze out the basic human reaction to the extremely competitive situation of today’s world. These rigid descriptions of human behavior under certain circumstances may raise multiple questions in a reader’s mind. “Is this true? Who are we? And what are we here for”? The answers to these questions are also very vividly imaged in this novel. Bose’s creation “Anweshan” is an exceptional riddle waiting to be resolved by a reader’s mind.
Nishabde
Aniruddha Bose's "Nishabde" (though I personally think it should be NIHSHABDE) is a disturbing novel. Disturbing in the sense that it gives a strong jolt to the complacency of the placid life & thinking of ours. It tales about the thoughts & deeds of an extra-ordinary man, a man so advanced in his intellect, that sometimes it hovers near the absurd. We, the ordinary mortals, are always striving for the success, success in everything, in every spheres of our world. Only to find that in the long run, the so called success achieves nothing. The ULTIMATE is beyond the mundane success & failure, & THAT is NOT, I repeat NOT, beyond our reach. Only we have to open our minds, focus our intellect and realize our feelings.
The story is an interesting one, with some analysis of today's aimless life of the rich and the powerful & not-so-rich-and-powerful folks, even touching the taboo subject of sexual orgies & lesbianism in our society. But these all come naturally. A good story for those who dare.
Dekha
There are some fundamental questions in our lives, which either rises in the strata of our emotions or sleeps in the frozen darkness of our deepest emotions. Sometimes it raises a tsunami in our stanch monotonous life shaking up our very existence. Who or what is “I”, “Dad” or filial affection? What is the real colour of affection for our children? Who is a Mom? Can motherhood be attained? Or is it just an animalistic biological event. What is life? Moreover, what will I do with my life? …. Many a times these basic questions overwhelm our cognition. We apparently live our lives more or less happily with not much cataclysm. These philosophical questions hardly play any significant role in many of our lives. Nevertheless, a few can sometimes hear the call of the wilderness. If one does hear such a call, to him the daily chores of life become meaningless. His endeavour then solely focuses in seeking an answer to these questions. These blessed few actually prepare the base for a new beginning where the progeny can cultivate a better harvest.
DEKHA a lyrical novel of Aniruddha Bose explores the answers to these questions through an array of characters. Here the author takes the reader on a guided tour of India showing its rich culture and traditions behind the apparent poverty. He brings forth the cry of human soul that lurks behind the glittering façade of wealth and luxury of the West. Then through the eyes of the main character, Srabasti, the intellectual reader understands the real philosophy. Looking at this philosophy is DEKHA.
Chakra
Aniruddha Bose's new book is a thriller with a twist. Breaking away from the usual formula for a whodunit, he explores the genre in an entirely novel way. The plot traverses all across contemporary India, introducing a wide range of characters as the drama unfolds, and there is a subtle social commentary cleverly hidden within the pages. The glamorous world of films and modelling, the rarefied environs of the medical establishment, fast-paced city life and traditional rusticity, celebrities and high profile god men, money and muscle, bureaucrats and politicians, new age entrepreneurs and old fashioned policework blend to constitute an exciting storyline. Red herrings are a plenty, and after many unexpected twists and turns, the pieces all come together at the end in a thrilling finale. Well researched and intelligently written in a racy style, the reader's attention is held until the last page as the deduction links the chain of events in a neat circle, so completing the "CHAKRA".
Tomake
So, what is love? And what is truth? Is love a play of hormones and neurotransmitters? And is truth a perception of what is apparent, rather than absolute? Can a moment of pure love exist for all eternity? Aniruddha Bose has lovingly dealt with those concepts in his novella “TOMAKE”.
A dialogue between a man and a woman is chronicled in a series of intensely lyrical “love letters”. That is commonplace enough. What is remarkable is the realisation that it all “happens” in a moment of time. One is left wondering - was that all just imagination? But something seems to bother the reader, till the realisation occurs, almost like an epiphany, that truth and love cannot be qualified or quantified by only the linearity of time, but by the absoluteness of it.
Discussing about it further would give the plot away, and would take away from the reader the serendipity of discovery. Read the book, and have the love that it nurtures overwhelm you with its fulfilling joy, while you marvel at the concept of time taking on an entirely new dimension, as dealt with by Aniruddha in this unique literary creation.