A Love that is Unconventional and Poetic

This epistolary narrative explores the turbulent political circumstances and personal tragedy exposing the many facets of love

- By MAYANK JAIN PARICHA

of Lavanya, the wife of Shashi's cousin, who lives in London. The bond between Lavanya and Shashi is quite important in the life of Shashi. Moreover, like Tagore, Shashi wrote his early poems under a pen name: Himanshu Singha. The conversation in which Shashi admits to Aditi that writing under his real name filled him with self-doubt is a moment that contrasts Tagore's confidence with self-assurance. Interestingly, Gangopadhyay brings Shash