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Absolutely loved the depiction of Tagore's masterpieces. Amazing direction and brilliant performances! Every story unravels the underlying shades of human nature and the actors do every bit of justice to it. The women centric stories in a patriarchial society prod you into thinking about the plight of women during that time. And worth mentioning is the music of the series!! Extraordinary music with rabindra sangeet used brilliantly in between. "Amaaro poraano jaha chay" in Arijit Singh's voice, steals your heart. My personal favorites were Chokher Bali, Wafadaar, samaapti, mrinal ki chitthi and monihara. Every story leaves a lasting impression on your mind. The recreated old Bengal, takes you to a different era. Beautifully crafted series. MUST WATCH!!!!

I had gotten this book from my local library as I badly needed something to manage my over-worrying habit. Just to make sure, this was the right book, I read the foreword before checking it out. It seemed to assure me that reading this book will provide me a solution to keep my worries at bay. I took it home and finally started reading it but could not read more than 2 pages at a time. In the entire month I could barely finish 50 pages out of the 200 something pages. I am sorry to say that I found it extremely boring and repetitive. Just the same things told over and over again. I had no patience left to read beyond those 50 pages because it told me what I already knew. It was not engaging at all. Think twice before you invest in this one.