The Enemy WithinThis translation from the Bangla Antarghat is the story of a group of young friends who had committed themselves idealistically and politically to the Naxalite movement that rocked Bengal in the 1960s. Moving seamlessly from the past to the present, Basu s narrative is compelling and breathless, as the novel s edgy, nervous rhythms reconstruct and call up the turbulent history of a difficult period. |
Contents
Call from the Dark | 10 |
In Darkness and in Light | 24 |
On a Bed of Nightmares | 50 |
The Shadow Alongside | 91 |
Inside the Sleeve | 101 |
The Azaan at Dawn | 107 |
The Ready Bayonet | 123 |
The Dark Staircase | 131 |
Separated by the Fog | 140 |
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Common terms and phrases
afternoon Antu Antu-da Apurba Apurba-da Aranya Aranya-da asked Asta Atanu Bacchu Bangla BANI BASU Bappa Bardhaman Bengal Bibi Bibi's Boudi boys Bratati Calcutta called Chhor-da Chowdhury Dada darkness Didi Dwarika Maitra everything eyes face factory flat forehead front gentleman girl gone Gregory Peck hair hands head heard Indra Indra-da Jayanti Ray Jayanti-di Jiban Babu Kalpurush Kantibhai kind Kolkata Lalbazar laughed leave live looked Manager Maruti morning mother Mukherjee Munni Munni-di Naxal Naxalbari Naxalite never night Nirban open the door Paramartha Ray Paromita Paromita's father Perhaps police Ram Sharan Ram's replied revolution road Santosh sari seemed side sleep smile someone soon Soumya and Shirsha sound stood Sumanta Sengupta talking tell there's things told trees turned upstairs verandah voice waiting What's wife window worry