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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Animesh quartet&#039;&#039;&#039; is a series of four novels by the [[India|Indian]] [[Bengali language|Bengali]] writer [[Samaresh Majumdar]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Political-Write/articleshow/46640234.cms Times of India]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090117/jsp/entertainment/story_10400316.jsp Kolkata Telegraph]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sahityacafe.com/?p=4657 Author interview (in Bangla)]&lt;/ref&gt; The principal character of the series is Animesh Mitra who, much like the author himself, grows up amid the tea estates of the [[Dooars]] in northern Bengal, but then moves to [[Kolkata]] in the 1960s in order to study at [[Scottish Church College]]. Animesh then plunges into the [[Naxalite rebellion]] that rocked [[West Bengal]] in the late 1960s and 1970s. Through the character of the protagonist, Majumdar portrays the tumultuous political history of West Bengal in the post-independence era. <br /> <br /> The first three novels in the series - &#039;&#039;Uttoradhikar&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Kalbela&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Kalpurush&#039;&#039; - were published between 1979 and 1989. &#039;&#039;Kalbela&#039;&#039; was serialized in the prestigious literary magazine &#039;&#039;[[Desh (magazine)|Desh]]&#039;&#039; in 1981-1982, and won the [[Sahitya Akademi Prize]] in 1984. The last book in the series &#039;&#039;Mousholkal&#039;&#039; was published in 2013, after a gap of nearly 25 years, as a response to the rise of [[Mamata Banerjee]] and the [[Trinamool Congress]]. <br /> <br /> The Animesh series is widely regarded as Samaresh Majumdar&#039;s finest work, as well as being one of the most significant works of modern [[Bengali literature]]. &#039;&#039;Kalbela&#039;&#039; was filmed by the director [[Goutam Ghose]] in 2009 with [[Parambrata Chattopadhyay]] in the role of Animesh and [[Paoli Dam]] as Madhabilata. <br /> <br /> ==Works==<br /> * &#039;&#039;Uttoradhikar&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;The Inheritance&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Kalbela&#039;&#039;<br /> * &#039;&#039;Kalpurush&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;A Man of Our Time&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Mousholkal&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;The Age of Iron&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Bengali-language literature]]<br /> [[category:Literary tetralogies]]</div>

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