My predicament on writing a story !
It all began when my sister requested me to write out a story in bengali. She repeatedly told me to make it short as the publisher (whom she knew) wanted it to be so. Although I told her I was out of practice yet she insisted. So finally I decided to give it a try. After a lot of hesitation I prepared myself to go for it. I wrote out few sentences and it provoked me to write on and on. I was perhaps carried away till I suddenly found out that I was writing an 'Uppanyas'(Novel). I informed my sister about this development and was shocked to learn that the publisher wanted only a short ' Romyorochono'. She however tried to encourage me to complete it and look for some other big publishers like Anandabazar, Bartaman etc. What a predicament ! However by this time I was sufficiently stirred and there was no stopping. Hence I decided to go for both Romyorochona and Uppanyas. And here I am sweating i...