20/05/2025
On one leg, leaning,
Picking tamarinds, swaying.
In one hand a pot of salt,
In the other, a knife.
Cutting ears, sprinkling salt, house to house.
Old Bengali folk song on the one-legged ghost
When the moldy wall of the old mansion began to heave and the shadows of the cursed tree
ruffled his nights, Tunu learned how darkness lives not only at night– that the home itself is like a
sleeping giant, shrouded in secrets, grief, and loss. As the receding history repeated itself, Tunu
turned slowly, but definitely, into someone else.
Into something else.
The One Legged – a gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist by Sakyajit
Bhattacharya, translated by Rituparna Mukherjee, [ Shortlisted for JCB Prize 2024]
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