{"product_id":"tim4xcvjsfr7","title":"Farasi Premik by Taslima Nasrin [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGolden hair. Blue eyes. Rosy lips. A lean, well-built physique.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis French young man’s name is \u003cstrong\u003eBenoît Dupin\u003c\/strong\u003e. At first sight, \u003cstrong\u003eNeela\u003c\/strong\u003e falls in love with him. \u003cstrong\u003eNeelanjana Mondal\u003c\/strong\u003e—born into a wealthy Bengali family—beautiful, intelligent, and well-educated. But she is also the wife of \u003cstrong\u003eKishanlal\u003c\/strong\u003e, a non-Bengali Indian man settled in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Neela, Kishanlal’s well-kept, orderly apartment feels like a \u003cstrong\u003eprison\u003c\/strong\u003e. A successful owner of two restaurants, \u003cstrong\u003eKishanlal sees his wife as his possession\u003c\/strong\u003e, much like any other traditional Indian husband. To him, Neela has \u003cstrong\u003eno personal desires, no dreams of her own\u003c\/strong\u003e—he alone controls her youth, her body, her desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeela \u003cstrong\u003elongs to break free\u003c\/strong\u003e from these golden chains. But what kind of freedom awaits her? She leaves Kishanlal’s home, stepping into an \u003cstrong\u003euncertain, dark abyss\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is in this moment of vulnerability that \u003cstrong\u003eBenoît enters her life\u003c\/strong\u003e. This \u003cstrong\u003echarming Frenchman stirs a storm in Neela’s heart\u003c\/strong\u003e. Together, they explore \u003cstrong\u003ethe streets of Paris, its cafés, museums, and art galleries\u003c\/strong\u003e, weaving a love story like a poetic symphony—a melody of two souls in perfect harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut suddenly, \u003cstrong\u003ethe music stops. The rhythm shatters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeela realizes that \u003cstrong\u003eBenoît does not truly love her—he only loves himself\u003c\/strong\u003e. He is no different from other men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike in Baudelaire’s poem \u003cem\u003e\"To a Malabar Girl,\"\u003c\/em\u003e where the poet laments—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Ah, poor child, why did you choose our sorrow-stricken France, where suffering never ends?\"\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eNeela, too, has recited these lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut unlike the melancholic fate expressed in the poem, she \u003cstrong\u003erefuses to accept defeat\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eHumiliation, heartbreak, and pain may have tried to bring her down, but Neela rises once more, determined to carve her own path.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike all of \u003cstrong\u003eTaslima Nasrin’s works, this novel is written in a bold, vibrant, and compelling prose\u003c\/strong\u003e. At its heart lies the \u003cstrong\u003estruggles of womanhood\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a protagonist \u003cstrong\u003ewho refuses to surrender to fate\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Ananda Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329245917434,"sku":"TIM4XCVJSFR7","price":640.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/TIM4XCVJSFR7_1.jpg?v=1738644376","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/tim4xcvjsfr7","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}