{"id":167629,"date":"2023-04-10T16:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T10:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/?post_type=product&#038;p=167629"},"modified":"2023-04-11T17:22:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:52:39","slug":"stories-by-ritwik-ghatak","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/product\/stories-by-ritwik-ghatak\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories by Ritwik Ghatak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"text-base gap-4 md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl p-4 md:py-6 flex lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>&#8220;Stories by Ritwik Ghatak&#8221; is a collection of short stories by the Indian filmmaker and writer Ritwik Ghatak. The book was first published in 1990, several years after Ghatak&#8217;s death, and includes a selection of his best-known stories.<\/p>\n<p>Ghatak is best known for his films, which are noted for their innovative storytelling techniques and powerful themes of social and political injustice. However, he was also a talented writer, and his short stories are similarly marked by their intense emotional power and their focus on the struggles and experiences of ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>The stories in the collection cover a wide range of themes and settings, but many of them are set in Ghatak&#8217;s native Bengal and explore the lives of the rural poor and working classes. They also touch on themes of identity, memory, and loss, and are characterized by Ghatak&#8217;s distinctive and poetic prose style.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, &#8220;Stories by Ritwik Ghatak&#8221; is a powerful and moving collection of stories by one of India&#8217;s most acclaimed filmmakers and writers. The book offers a glimpse into Ghatak&#8217;s literary talent and his deep compassion for the human experience, and is a must-read for anyone interested in Indian literature and culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-gray-400 flex self-end lg:self-center justify-center mt-2 gap-2 md:gap-3 lg:gap-1 lg:absolute lg:top-0 lg:translate-x-full lg:right-0 lg:mt-0 lg:pl-2 visible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stories by Ritwik Ghatak&#8221; is a collection of short stories by the Indian filmmaker and writer Ritwik Ghatak. The book was first published in 1990, several years after Ghatak&#8217;s death, and includes a selection of his best-known stories. Ghatak is best known for his films, which are noted for their innovative storytelling techniques and powerful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":167630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[159],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/167629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=167629"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbookdepot.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=167629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}