''Is it a crow? Is it a man? Oh well...''

Book: ছোট কাকের পাহাড় জয় (The Victorious Little Crow of the Hills)

Writer: Lutfar Rahman Nirjhor

Genre: Original Novel

Publisher: Annesha Prokashon (At Book Fair-Pavilion#12)

1st Published: February 2017

©: Writer

Dedicated to: Arundhati Rupkotha

Cover: Robi Khan

Price: 200/- (At Book Fair: 150/-)

ISBN: 978-984-92775-1-4

Don't think I'm crazy when I say this book is meant for people aged from eight to eighty and over! You may read it to your child as a bedtime story, at the same time you may laugh and sigh while reading it as a political satire.

Writer Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar's use of metaphors starts right from the second sentence of the book, where he describes the hill as a sleeping bear -- the hill that is filled with all sorts of animals and birds and is, primarily, a happier place than the human-land.

The king is of course a Lion, but he is not happy about his cat-like life. He lives in extraordinary luxury, and hates to walk around the jungle as stealthily as, well, a Lion. So he calls upon the beautician of the jungle and turns his mane to dreadlocks with small bells. With the chime (read: siren!) of those, every soul in the jungle understands that the 'King' is moving around.

However, the happy jungle suddenly faces some 'social problems' that turns to a political one as the story unfolds. A band of squirrels lose their rights and are thrown out of the jungle. To some they are the anarchists but to some they are fighters of liberation. However the king who is supposed to take care of the issues is busy with matters like poetry and the standard of his lifestyle.

That's when a crow enters the scene to fix things for good. The little ‘filthy’ crow does it alright, but how?

Find out yourself!

Anik Khan is a Poet and Journalist.