Recently I was reading the novel 'Shesh Prashna' by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay again. Previously I read it during my college days. Now after many years, this time I was delving more into the ideologies narrated in the novel. It presents many view points of a society. If a society remains stagnant, then it loses its flow. Society is a living thing and needs to evolve in order to cater to the needs of its members. On the other hand, we need some standarad rules in it so that the foundation remains strong so as to defend it from deteriorating as well as to nourish the spirit of its members. The balance between the two is very very fragile. Both of these sides are presented through many characters in Shesh Prashna. We feel all the characters and start loving them. Ashu Babu, Haren, Satish, Neelima, Ajit, Rajen, Manorama, Bela, Shibnath, Akshay Babu - all characters have different personalites and stay in our mind for a long time. Kamal definitely stands out as the heroine of the novel. I feel this novel makes us think and decide about the society, so that we can keep an equilibrium between the progressive approach and the conservative one.
With best wishes,
Jai Shri Krishna
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