Farewell Season by Ashish Kalita is an absolutely extraordinary collection of nine short stories. As the title suggests, farewell is a prominent theme in the book; nearly all stories are built around the same scaffold. It explores the different dynamics of human emotions and tales of fate that are caught in the storm of circumstances. They eventually lead to farewell – some go ritually, while others are unwelcomed and tragic. The broader theme of the book insists that farewells do have patterns, situations, intense feelings, subtle madness…but can we ever understand them behind the veils of emotional curtains? Ashish takes readers to the deeper levels of human psyche and narrates powerful stories about love, family bonding, friendship, quirks of fate, ironies of life, and so on. Another great aspect of the book is that it binds the readers with North Eastern cultural heritage and flavor, sprinkling the backdrop with cuisines, festivals, local jargons, etc. The book commences with t...
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