'Silalipi': Time-stamped historical artifacts or personal betrayals/ ‘শিলালিপি’ : সময় চিহ্নিত ইতিহাসের আখরমালা অথবা ব্যক্তিগত দ্রোহগাথা

Abstract

Narrator Narayan Gangopadhyay has been a well-known figure in Bengali Literature. His political consciousness is very distinguished. Narayan Gangopadhyay's political ideology and narrative portrayal have often been prominent in the elitist literary canon. Despite all his artistry, Narayan Gangopadhyay's personal life and political ideals and choice leave the readers bewildered about his position as an author. However, his novel Shilalipi debunks all the doubts and confusion. In textual hermeneutics, the narrator, on one hand, upholds the trajectory of political history but on the other, the personal self of Narayan Gangopadhyay and his political identity has also immersed with it. Ranjan alias Ranju is the narrator of this novel. His perspective, turmoil and ideology are reflected in each and every segment and possible cessation of the author's life.