# In the Land of the Pandavas

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**Author:** Mahbubar Rahman
 **Pages:** 108 **Year of Publication:** 2014 **Price:**
Rs 300 **ISBN:** 978-93-5045-087-1 (9789350450871)

_**About the Author:**_
 Mahbubar Rahman is a physicist by education and civil servant
by profession. He always had a strong interest in music and books but actually started
pursuing a literary career in earnest somewhat late in life. Before this, he was
involved with literary circles and book forums held by professional Bengalis posted
in the then West Pakistan. In independent Bangladesh, he started writing for newspaper
columns and periodicals and was invited to participate in literary sessions in Calcutta.
Between 2002 and 2008, he published four books in Bengali: _Pancha Byanjan, Pancha
Pandaber Charan Bhumi, Abak Alir Nishiddha Palli o Anyanya Katha, Pancha Sindhu 
Nadiya Katha_. His writings deal with, among other things, social and political 
events underpinned by a satirical perspective of life in general and the bureaucracy
in particular.

_**Teaser:**_

An excerpt from the preface:

“This book is an English version of _Pancha Pandaber Charan Bhumi_, written in Bengali
and published in 2005. It is a personal narrative set during a significant period
of history in the Indian subcontinent – the last days of the British Raj, the traumatic
pains of Partition and the struggle of fledgling nations trying to find their place
in the sun. Decades later, when revisiting Delhi through a series of trials and 
tribulations, readers are treated to nostalgic encounters and bemused insights.

While the first-person account relates to reality, the social and political nuances
are kept alive in the background in a plausible manner with an accurate timeline
of events that match the time period in which the narrative is set. At the same 
time, a critical analysis of unrevealed agendas, intrigues and machinations of national
and international powers are intertwined to throw light on several developments 
in the region that have had a continuing effect on the political stage of the subcontinent.
This follows on to the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, an event which, though created
on home ground by myopic and ill-guided policies, was also played out on a much 
larger international turf, impacting the lives of millions. As a citizen of independent
Bangladesh today, I am fortunate to take a step back and review this history through
a wider and perhaps a wiser lens.”

_**Contents:**_
 Prologue / 9 Childhood Years in Delhi / 11 First School in Delhi/
30 Farewell Rites for a Bird / 40 _Dhan ki Khil_ / 44 _Gau Pita ka Sewa_ / 49 An
the British Sun Was Setting over the Indian Sky / 54 Escape from Pakistan / 70 Later
Visits to Delhi / 92 Twilight Zone / 98