Works Of Dr. Dipak Chandra:
 
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SRI KRISHNA ELEN DWARAKAY
(Sri Krishna comes to Dwarakay)


 

BISHANNA SRI KRISHNA
(Sree Krishna cast down)


Sri Krishna emancipated his birthplace Mathura from the clutches of tyranny of Kansha and forsook his friends and relations to build his new kingdom in Dwaraka. This novel is a clear picture of the struggles and sufferings, tolerance and resistance of the oppressed to keep their loving Krishna safe, social and cunning ways of selfdefence of Krishna.

 

After the battle of Kurukshetra , Sri Krishna was mentally tormented by the question as to what he was able to give to man. He held himself blameworthy. He was the puppet in the Hands of destiny. His power was too little to bring the quarrelling hostile yadavas back to peaceful, harmonious life. None of the Yadavas listened to him. The novel is written on the back-ground of Sri Krishna's failures and frustrations.

 

 

 

 

SRIKRISHHA SUNDARAM
(Sri.Krishna, beauty epitomized)


 

YADI RADHA NA HOTO 
(If there were no Radha)


The present novel relates the sweetness of all the lovable activities of Sri Krishna. In the joyless land the sweet notes of Sri Krishna flute convey the spirit of freedfm. Like the love-mad Radha, they are out to welcome the great life of freedom. throwing off all the fears and hesitations.

 

The everlasting love-story of Radha and Krishna has become the modern literary wealth in a different form and ground. Radha is the symbol of irresistible passion. The love-bound figures of Krishna and Radha symbolize the unquenchable passion and the sweetness of union. Krishna has nothing without Radha. Where would the amative, romantic Krishna be without Radha.

 

 

 

 

KRISHNASTU BHAGAWAN
(Krishna, Lord himself)


 

KRISHNA ARJUN SANBAD
(Dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna)


Krishna, born of a human mother, revealed himself in many activities in such a way that he became the center of all the people's curiosities and questions. How Krishna became the enormously powerful personality, which brought him the status of divinity, has become the enjoyable ingredient of this novel.

 

The spirited, inspiring persuasive speech of Krishna delivered on the eve of the great battle at Kurukshetra was the divine messaage of the Geeta. Arjun became too disappointed and sorrowful to fight. He was reminiscing about the past causes of the battle, and becoming impatient and restless with an irresistible desire to protest. Krishna came up to remove all the hesitations, distracting ideas one by one gradually and take to a point of deterimination and confidence. This novel relates the complex background in the form of enjoyable novel.

 

 

 

 

MON VRINDABON
(Sweeter relation of love)


 

JAGADDHITAYA SRI KRESHNA
(Life of Sri Krishna) - Edited.


The relation of love between Krishna and the Gopinies became sweet and then sweeter.The life which originated in Brajabhumi could not be felt for the po-litical turmoils. Krishna became eager for Brajabhumi when life become joyless, dis-appointing and the pride of authority and power died out. Shaving off all these, Krishna’s mind turned into Vrindaban.

 

 

Sri Krishna was not only a complete man but also a complete incarnation of the Super being. On the basis of the epic and the myth of ancient India, the pen of Sri Durgadas Lahiri has opened out a new vista of historical and philosophical re searches into the characters of Krishna as a fighter and as a lover. It's a new ad- dition to the Krishna Charitra by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

 

 

 

 

DROUPAPI CHIRANIANI 
(Draupadi, the eternal)


 

TOMARI NAM KARNA 
(Your name is Kama)


Droupadi not only stood out as the central character at the stage of preparation for the great Indian war but also reflected the lives of Indian women in the colourful background The writer has sought to bring out the inner self of this woman, a self-sacrificing character victimized by political interests. In the light of psychological truth the writer has tried to reveal the mind of this woman who has ventured to protest like a modern woman of strong personality.

 

 

Karna was the unfortunate, struggling man of this familiar society. He always struggled to establish his own demand as a man with all his rights. He was tormented by the painful struggles with his friends and others of blood relation and against his mysterious birth.

 

 

 

 

MAHABHARATE SAKUNI 
(Shakuni, in the Mahabharat)


 

PITAMAHA BHISHMA 
(Grand father Bhishma)


Was Sakuni really a villain? The nobleness of his real self suppressed by slanders and falsehoods is really startling. His selfless love and affection for her sister and attachment to his sister's son. his patriotism, greedlessness have given him a new identity. A new Shakuni is brought to light by the new evaluation of humanity.

 

 

Pitamaha Bhishma was the witness of many incidents. In his life his iron deter-mination and some of his erroneous decisions let in Satyabati, Amba, Dwaipayan and Kunti like the irresistible destiny. The error he committed by calling in Dwaipayan for the successor of the Kourav dynasty was a little increased by his rejection of Amba. To divide the Kuru kingdom into two to please the Pandavas was one of his mistakes. He atoned for his own mistakes throughout his life.

 

 

 

 

GANDHARI. KURKSHETRE GANDHARI
(Gandhari in Kurukshetra)


 

DWAIPAYANE DURYODHANA 
(Duryodhana in Dwaipayan)


Gandhari was the only woman who had no affection for her children. In the midst of the dead bodies of the Kurukshetra Gandhari felt for the first time in her life that some men presumed upon her god-fearing simplicity and deceived her. The intermediary act of Sri. Krishna was a cunning trick. This novel brings out the beravement and piousness of a mother with her repentance and lamentation.

 

 

Durjodhan was defeated for his wrong strategy. After escaping he wanted to have a new life with confidence. But he was the brave puppet in the hands of Fate. So he was to wage war; but he was not entitled to victory. The whimsical destiny of man took him out of the Dwaipayan Lake to put him to death ruthlessly. But his life in paradise was not prevented.

 

 

 

 

KURUKSHETRE DWAIPAYAN 
(Dwaipayan in Kurukshetra)


 

SAMARAJNI KUNTI 
(Empress Kunti)


Maharshi Dwaipayan was not only the composer of the Mahabharat but also one of the controlling characters. At the turns of incidents he appeared. As he was the son of Satyabati; he had easy access to the Hastinapur dynasty and-politics. He was not without bias; he was in favour of the Pandavas. He became hostile to the Kouravas in his desire to take revenge for the rejection of Amba. He was converted into a rogue from a hermit. He pulled the string of everything . Even Krishna was a puppet in his hands.

 

 

From the day when Pritha was known as kunti, a course of self-mortification and self-denial began In her life there were varied processions of innumerable men and different incidents. She had the indomitable longing to be the king's mother; she had the terrible desire to have power. politicl dignity and honour. To fulfil her ambition and longing for power she did not hesitate to do anything. But her heart was lacerated with repentance when she had to pay the price for indomitable ambition and longing.

 

 

 

 

URVASI JANANI 
(Celestial woman, Urvasi the mother)


 

EBONG ASVATHAMA 
(At last Asvathama)


Urvasi, the cause of strong passion in men had the universal mother in her. She sacrifiee the traditional chastity and honour of a woman in the interest of her husband Pururaba's political gains and then got lost in the world of darkness where from no woman ever came back. When Arjuna called her 'a mother ', she seemed to wake up from the self-forgetfulness and it was then that the dignified whore became a real mother.

 

 

The battle of Kurukshetra was not ended with the fall of Durjodhan. Aswathama who was extremely hostile to Panchal, was made the chief of soldiers with. a view to reviving the battle and the hostility. Consequentlythe fight crossing the limits of hostility between brothers, sneaked into the long lasting domain of division and enmity between Panchal and Hastinapur.

 

 

 

 

ASHRAM KANYA SAKUNTALA 


 

SAPTA SINDHUR PUTRA KANYA 


Shakuntala struggled within herself every moment to get rid of the adversities of rejection of her love and to be brave enough to remain truthful to her conscience. Despite the rejection by her M lover, she showed the boldness to bring her desired child to this world and toy. bring him up without anybody's help. Her mental power has placed her in the same g rank as the modern women who believe in women's liberation.

 

 

History is the main matter in the hostilities and struggles between the Aryans and the non-Aryans, the Gods and the demons on the background of Indus civilization. All the stories speak volumes of the gradual progress of human civilization spread over a period of twenty thousand years and extending upto the Indus civilization.

 

 

 

 

MAHAVISHWE MADHU KAITAV 
(Madhu and Kaitav, two demons in cosmos) 
A MYTHOLOGY- BASED SCIENCE-FICTION FOR THE YOUNG


 

LANKESH RAVANA 
(Havana, the king of Lanka)


There are the startling facts of science in the story of Madhu KAITAV. Mythology is the symbolised facts of science regarding the intricate states of creation of science and the mystery of evolution through various stages. All the stories traversing the universe with the startling scientific facts are impressive and pleasant-reading.

 

 

The Ravan was established in politics by hard struggles. He became the leader of a weak, undeveloped race and engaged s in fighting against a strong, imperial and aggressive power to gain his own control. His key to success was his towering confidence and love of his country and countrymen. He gained his command over India on the basis of his own successful efforts.

 

 

 

RAMER AGNATABAS 
(Rama's exile) 


 

RAJA RAM 
(Rama the king)


Ramchandra left his relations, throne and family and plotted to kill Ravana in association with the hermits to establish his colony and Aryan empire this book throws light on how Ram's life in the jungles be-came the cause of making Ravana friend-less and powerless.

 

 

Ater the battle of Lanka, Ramchandra entered his empire ferociously with his army, but his being the king of the country, brought his country social restlessness disorder and various other troubles. Rambanished Sita from the country when he unable to remove economic misery and displeasure of his countrymen. Even Lakshana drowned himself in the river Saruiu and died.

 

 

 

 

JANANI KAIKEYI 
(Kaikeyi, the mother)


 

AMITOMADERI SITA 
(I am your Sita)


The clean motherhood of Kaikeyi was stingmatised to hide the crisis regarding the succession to throne. She had to undergo suspicion, censure and stigma as she could not cross the limit of an ordinary mother. But Dasarath was to blame for all this. A long story of establishing the glory of her motherhood has been related here.

 

 

Ram was rendered impatient and displeased by Sita's politeness, modest protest and direct opposition. So, to divert the public attention from total disorder and lack of peace in the country Ram sent parturient Sita to the jungle full of ferocious animals for her death. In the suppression of the father's identity of Laba and Kusha the sense of self-respect of the women of this age can be seen.

 

 

 

BIBHISHANA 
(Bibhishan, the brother of Ravana)


 

ACHENA BHARAT 
(The unknown Bharat)


Bibhisan was made treacherous by his irrepressible longing to get his brother's wife as his own and by his greed for throne. What did he get by his passionate desire which caused bloodshed, death and destruction of Lanka? Where did he arrive by his elusive love and frustration? Did he get the gratification of his desire?

 

 

Bharat had no role in the struggle between royal power and Branaman's authority over the succession to the throne of Ayodha, but he got all the blame. A temporary settlement was made by the departure of Ram and the presence of Bharat for the succession. But, as Bharat would not be able to give up royal power, Ram entered the kingdom with bis army. Understanding his own danger, Bharat gave way to Ram easily and openly.

 

 

 

 

UPEKSfHTA SURPANAKHA 
(The neglected Shurpanakha)


 

SUDHA SAGAR TEERAE 
(Various essays on the mythological topics)


She was a neglected woman in the Ramayan. When her life was shattered for the killing of her husband by Ravan, she was infuriated with her desire for revenge which resulted in abduction of Sita, battle and death. She too was not spared from shedding tears. This novel is the clear picture of her love, lamentation, revenge and treachery.


 

INDRAPRASTHE SRIKRISHNA 
(Sri Krishna at Indraprastha)


Hastinapur and Indraprastha these two places alternate as the hubs of Kuru-Pandava squabbles and political turmoil. And the political maelstrom has always dragged in Sri Krishna directly or indirectly. The curtain rises at the swoyamvara of Draupadi. Then the entire chain of the Mahabharata events revoives round Krishna's diplomacy and political manoeuvererings. His dreams, political ambition and pride of authority permeate this novel to give it absorbing readability.

 

It contains various essays on the mythological topics the true purports of which are reflected in the minds of readers in new forms. All the essays are rich with novel and modern thoughts and ideas. The ancient days have become one with the present ones. The same tradition of India is going on still now. The same attitudes have not been changed even after five thousand years.

KAKATALIYA, AMRITA KUMBHA, KUNTIR TARJANI, YOJANGANDHA SATYABATI, ASWAMEDEHER BAJI, POURANIK PREMKATHA, PUNNYER ALO, RUPANTAR 

All these are the compilations of short stories written on the vedic, upanishadic, Budhistic and Ramayan Mahabharata, anecdotes. These are the stories in the modern setting reflecting the insults and mental pangs of man suffered through ages by the rigours of social and ethical rules and regulations, and man's grievances and efforts to get rid of those rigours.

 

 

 

BANGLA NATAKE ADUNIKATA O GANACHETANA 


 

NIVEDITO MARGARET 


The freedom of Bengali drama has been effected through mass consciousness. The characte of dramas have been changed because of maldistribution of wealth, exploitation and deprivation and the magnetic attraction of socialism. It presents the facts of lives and analysis of literary works of those who welcomed the new age of drama. It is the only helpful book in knowing the course of modern drama after the two world wars.

 

 

The life of the Irish Girl Margaret Eliza-beth was the previous life of Sister Nivedita. This book contains the unknown, struggling personality of a woman who was sacrificed to God before birth and how far her life was devoted to the service of the miserable.

 

 

 

 

NIVEDITO NIVEDITA 


 

BHARAT TIRTHE NIVEDITA 


The deep love of Vivekananda was at th root of her being Sister Nivedita. Attracted by his deep love she came to Calcutta. The story that had its origin in England was extended to Calcutta. A unique life of pleasure of having everything inspite of forsaking all was not built in a day. Bagbazar and Belur were the witnesses of all the changes in her life in association with Vivekananda. But above all, her devotion to and love for Vivekananda became the greatest.

 

 

Vivekananda made Nivedita his companion in his travelling in the Himalayas as in her mind there was an undercurrent of love and devotion. In the Himalayas at every moment she filled herself up with all the thoughts and ideas of Vivekananda. During the days of her traveling in the Himalayas her mental changes and outlook of life achieved. Such excellence that brought about a new change in her life afterwards.

 

 

 

 

BIDROHINI NIVEDITA 
(Revolting spirit of Nivedita)


 

ADAM-EVE 


Nivedita's blood contained politics and re-volting spirit. Being unable to tame the in-domitable spirit in herself . Swamji set her free. But she cherished deep love of and respect to Swamiji. She drifted herself with the current of Swadeshi movement to embody the incomplete patriotic ideas of her Guide Swamiji. The unfurled sail of Vivekananda received the current of revolt of Nivedita.

 

 

There are a lot of question regarding the relation between man and woman moving in the vortex of problems. A writer aged over sixty years and a female reader aged over thirty years - these two persons are at the two points of marriage after love and marriage without being involved in marriage. One of them is married and another unmarried. The voluntary sacrifice of the body arouses a number of questions in the minds of man. and woman and on this background this book has been written. A triangular love-affair has been created by the writer himself, his wife and his female reader.

 

 

 

 

POURANIKI PREMKATHA


 

SWARNA MARICHIKA
(Golden Mirage)


Pouraniki Premkatha is a huge domain of love affairs of men and women which brings to light the variety, extent and largeness or lowliness flowing in different channels of life and death, problems of life, conflicts and hostilities go beyond the extent of time or age in all the stories mythicised- Pouranik Premkatha is the standard bearer of familiar love stories of well-known life wherein all the people are but men and women still now despite external changes.

 

 

Five novels of Swarna Marichika - Lankes Ravan. Swama Marichika, Bibhisan, Surpanakha and Kumbhakama turn into comprehensive history of Lanka Dynasty and Aryan Colonisation as these five in the hot political atmosphere of patriotism and imperial greed, freedom of country and sovereignty, reveal the stories of imperialism and hard struggle, sacrifice and revenge, greed, selfishness and malice of the Ramayana in the light of life-study.

 

 

 

 

PANCHA MATRIKA
(Five Mothers)


 

KALCHAKRA
(The Wheel of Time)


It's the life-history of five equal-minded women of the epics. There is little difference between the crises and problems of their live in the age with those of modern times. These five women, unfortunate, oppressed, deprived and neglected by their husbands, set themselves up in the frm position of honour by defeating adversities, sacrifices and self-denials and the sole right to motherhood. The other sacred mothers shining with attractive sweetness, liberalism and elegance of nature are Sakuntala. Sita, Uravashi. Gandhari and Radha.

 

 

The wheel of time indicted on the circle of Mahabharata has gone ahead in the three ways. Kashyapeya represents the history of world-traversing of mankind from the Harappa to Vedic India. 'Kurukshetra Dwaipayan" depicts the ultimate end of the strife between the Kauravas and the Pandavas and the changes taking place thereafter. The destruction of the hard earned civilization of man in the subversive vortex of politics and its consequences are the crux of the wheel of time.

 

 

 

 

Panchti Rani Kahini
(Five Queens)


 

Shri Krishna Purushottam
(Shri Krishna the Greatest men)


Five queens of the Ramayan and Mahabharat avenged themselves for the insult, deprivation and oppression suffered by them because of the smoldering jealousy, malice, hatred and desire for revenge. The tire ignited for their falling preys to the politics and dark desire for imperialism, for their sacred womanhood being trampled burnt homes, families and lineage. Though kingdoms were destroyed for them there was no compunction in their hearts. The women responsible and responsible for the two internecine wars of the two epics arc Kaikeyee, Surpanakha, Satyabati, Kunti and Draupadi.

 

 

Krishna the only life spirit of the Mahabharata, made the whole of India his field of activities. He was the lovable king of all hearts, great fighter, politician, diplomat, establisher of peace and true religion. The triology Srikrishna Purushottam comprising Indraprastha Srikrishna, Shri Krishna Elen Dwarakay and Vishanna Sri Krishna is essential to know and feel the greatness of political life and activity of Sri Krishna.

 

 

 

 

Pandavder Mahaprasthaner Pathe


 

Agnigarbha Khandav


We are not separate or diverse despite our differences in language and dress. Where will such a panorama of harmony and solidarity be found except in the Himalaya? Such a panorama has been observed from Hardwar to Kedarnath and Baidyanath via Hrishikesh. This was consecrated  by the footsteps of Ram, Laxman Bharat,and Satrughna. Following the beaten track of theirs, the Pandavas went along to Heaven. The presentation is purported to relieve the weariness of plodding along this path.

 

 

The Conflagration( dabanal) of Khandav- ban is the incident of mass-rebellion. Fire and burnig of forest symbolise insurgency. The narrative presents the probable rebellion and vengeance ensuing from exploitation, oppression and deprivation of the down-trodden in society and their rage. Needless to say separatism griginating from brings about terrorism. The murder of Parikshit represents the activity of the trained suicide squad of terrorists. The sarpasatra Jagna of Janomenjoy is the vast preparationto eradicate terrorism.

 

 

 

 

Galpe Galpe Ganga


 

Mahabharater Pasa


Ganga is not dependent on rain. To maintain the navigability of the Ganga the monarchs of the Ikhhaku dynasty visited the Himalayas again and again. The silt of the Himalayan earth brought by the melting of the ice obstruct the course of the Ganga. There are stories containted in the story of bringing Ganga on the earth by Bhagirath.The course of  Ganga towards the seas was not very smooth. Bhagirath removed thgose obstacles and showed the way bringing Ganga on Makar, which means the navigability was created by cutting the earth with dredger.

 

 

Sin found it way through the play of pasa who was responsible for it? Durjodhan or Judhisthir? Yudhisthir wanted to be defeated because of political reason. The Pasha-playing episodes were constructed very skilfully by the artistic skill and verbosity. It was a very cunningly planned political intrigue, This book contains such a description.

 

 

 

 

Nirab Praner Devata


 

Kumbhakarner Prtyabartan


The country India described in the Vedas. Upanishads and mythology was derived from the HIMALAYAS. So, the pilgrimage to Amarnath symbolise the visit to the whole of India. T Hindu tradition from time to time visit  from time to time immemorial is felt while journeying from KASHMIR TO Amarnath . Man becomes the living Amarnath.  The close association  is reflected in the mirror of human mind. Then heaven reigns among human society.

 

 

Kumbhakarna is not a demon. Rather,he was a scientist .The device   resembling a human is named Kumbhakarna. The robotic warfare was introduced by the rakshas into the Ramayana. The Kumbhakarna that warred  with Ram was a robot that was confused with the actual Kumbhakarna. This is a unique narration of the recovery of the human entity of Kumbhakarna.

 

 

 

Chakrabuha


 

Upanishade Tin Ramani


Chakrabuha is a narrative of a struggling girl who is impriosoned in the circle(buha) of life from which there is no way out for her. Her life is a  devious course through the rough ways of intricacies, intrigues and prejudices of life.

 

 

Upanisad is not a mere Philosophy. True story of man’s life has been entailed in it to render philosophy easier. Nothing human was there in the thought of Brahma in the life circle of Gargi. Moitrei and Katyani . In the life of human the sweet evolutionof Katyayani has occurred.

 

 

 

 

Suvadra Ananya


 

 

One of the episodes of the life of Pandavas was upto before the appearance of Suvadra. But her appearance imparted not only a new colour to the mahabharat narrative but also several turns to it. This narrative portrays how much helpful  and beneficial this Krishna’s sister was in their days of miseries and sufferings.