"Twilight at Maishannapur" is a debut novel of Narayan Sahu.A 554 pages saga of social,cultural and political story traced in Odisha's typical background. Sometimes we get things on impulsive and those would prove not wasted our time and money. This book happened to me when I was going through the pages of Notion press website.That title and cover page intrigued me to discover what was therein for me.Writer Sahu is a retired professional of teaching field.
Smritiranjan Sahu, an young civil engineer got posted at Maishannapur to construct a bridge. His rapport with Mahapatra's family turned himself to be the son-in-law of the house. He wanted to bring about development to the area in the form of educational institutions and employment opportunities for the youth. The old Mahapatra was supportive but there were two seasoned politicians, one was present MLA, Mr.Samal and the other was ex MLA, Mr.Baikuntha Patnaik.In their tussel, whole turf of Maishannapur and surrounding villages became political battlefield.
How far have they gone to fulfill their dreams..? How an employee like Smrithi turned an impromptu koutilya after having caught into the political network without his idea and how he answered this riddle? all these we can read in this novel. It's just like an interesting film without losing grip. In addition, many cultural issues were discussed. Festivities and other social happenings of the places at Koraput,Jeypore and Brhmapur apart from other landscapes narrated in a lucid way. Any Indian could feel deja vu with the incidents described like entwined emotions among the relatives and friends at the time of auspicious and troublesome occasions.
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