The intrepid Bengali novelist, Sankar, with a literary career spanning seven decades, calls Dear Reader a whimsical collection of a writer’s life and work. He wrote his second book, Chowringhee in 1962, which continues to sell 60-odd years on, and a host of other popular novels like Jana Aranya and Seemabadha, both part of Satyajit Ray’s Calcutta films. In Dear …
