Rajorshi Chakraborti
Rajorshi Chakraborti (b. 1978) was born in Calcutta, moved to Bombay and then returned to Calcutta to his education from St James School.
He holds a literature under-graduate degree at Hull University—1st class, with the Philip Larkin prize—and a Ph.D from Edinburgh University in African and Indian literature.
Rajorshi Chakraborti is a globe-trotter making his way from Germany to France and even Brazil, staying with friends, thinking, writing and discovering. But for his debut novel Or The Day Seizes You he returned to Calcutta.
Works
- Or The Day Seizes You {2006}
Or The Day Seizes You
Or The Day Seizes You spans two continents and many lives. It brings forth a colourful saga of love, sex, betrayal and dreams—both fulfilled and unfulfilled. The novel revolves around Niladri, a Bengali, who, like most Indians, is trying to make a decent living by flowing with the system and at the same time trying to come to terms with his very tumultuous family life.
Niladri Dasgupta is an average Indian going about his life as routine business, when everything that he takes for certain falls apart and he is left wondering what went wrong. It is these speculations that drive him away from his home. His marriage that never appeared flawed to him is suddenly torn to shreds and he fails to attribute any fault to his wife. Overwhelmed by a sense of guilt and also anger, he runs away with his daughter and more importantly his self-esteem, which has taken a huge beating.
When life deals him one brutal blow after the other, he seeks refuge in an alien nation and tries to manifest its ways. He learns the hard way, not to take anyone for granted, least of all those you love the most. Thrust into bachelorhood again and confronted by the brutal murder of his uncle, he is forced to solve many previously untackled issues that plagued him.
Source: Aditi Garg in The Sunday Tribune