Goutam Buddher Path Dhore

More than 2500 years ago, in the land of India, a prince renounced the comforts of the Kapilavastu kingdom. Clad in ascetic robes, carrying an alms bowl in hand, he walked through the dense forests of the country. He engaged in conversations with forest-dwelling ascetics, who were followers of non-violence and the path of truth. He sought from them the secrets of overcoming old age, hunger, illness, and death to attain immortality of the soul. He was Prince Siddhartha or Goutama. As he journeyed, his enlightenment began with the teachings of the Samkhya philosophy. He realized that true enlightenment lay in the liberation of one’s consciousness. Delving further into the life of forest-dwelling ascetics, he understood that the discussion of the Eightfold Path was the path to liberation for ordinary people, the path of light. And then? Centuries later, an extraordinary event unfolds. A young renunciant takes along with him a tribal girl, traversing the forests of Jharkhand, uncovering the path of enlightenment of Goutam Buddha, a journey that was completely undiscovered until now. And then? ‘Goutam Buddher Path Dhore’, a novel spanning two different periods of time, is as thrilling as it is awe-inspiring, leaving the reader spellbound and intrigued, yearning for more as it unfolds. Written from his personal travels and extensive research, this is an absolute essential read by Debjyoti Bhattacharya.