The Other End of the Tunnel – A Novel

254 Pages | Hardbound

This debut novel by author Manjusri Bhattacharya is about the life of a woman betrayed in marriage. The protagonist, Parna, is an efficient woman. She is a nurse at a state hospital and married out of love, yet the man she trusted, Rahul, failed to respect her sacrifice. Instead, he gets into a clandestine relationship with the maid of the house.

How does that impact Parna and her children, Riti and Tatai? How does Parna finally find closure through her daughter’s success? How does a failed marriage impact an otherwise normal household? And why does a man go haywire? This book answers many common questions that we keep asking in our everyday lives and also reflects the resolve of a woman who has the power to withstand everything with her dignity, love for her children, and the subtle resilience that every woman carries within herself.

1 November 2025
Publisher: Virasat
Category: Collections, English, Fiction, Fiction
Tags: novel, woman's story, women authors, women stories
978-93-92281-54-9

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About the Author

Manjusri Bhattacharya

Poet | Author

Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer, and translator with 29 books published, (10 books in Bengali and 19 books in English) including six solo/jointly edited books and two joint books. His poetry and prose are published across more than 100 anthologies as well as in eminent journals of India and abroad. His poems have been translated in 18 languages and published in 14 countries.

He is the recipient of the Ist Jayanta Mahapatra National Award for Literature, which was conferred on him on 3rd February 2024 at Toshali Literature Festival, Bhubaneshwar. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021. He has received Setu Excellence award, Pittsburgh, US in poetry. His latest collection of poems, ‘Alleys are Filled with Future Alphabets’ has received Pan Asian Ukiyoto awards. He has participated as speakers in various literary festivals including World Congress of Poets, Bhubaneshwar, India, Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Times Literary Fest, Kolkata, Bagh Devi Litfest, Bhubaneshwar, Chandrabhaga Poetry Festival, Konark, Pondicherry Poetry Festival, New Town Book Fair and Kolkata Book Fair.

He has attended various Sahitya Akademi events as a speaker at Dera Baba Nanak, Punjab, Kolkata and Manipur. His edited volumes include ‘Selected Songs- Rabindranath Tagore’, and Jallianwala Bagh- Poetic Tributes’, ‘Home Anthology’ (Jointly edited), ‘Poetry Conclave Yearbook, 2022’ (Jointly edited) and ‘Bridging Continents-Indo-American Anthology’ (Jointly edited). He has translated short stories of Israel from English to Bengali, ‘Not Just Milk and Honey’ published by National Book Trust, New Delhi, India.   His latest collection of poems ‘Crossing The Shoreline’ was launched and discussed at IIC, New Delhi. He was invited by Vision and UEM Jaipur Literature Festival to talk about his poetic journey.

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