Scent of a Story:A Newspaperman's Journey by Shankar Ghosh

"Try as he will, no man breaks wholly loose
Form his first love, no matter who she be." - Rudyard Kipling
Name- Scent of a Story:A Newspaperman's Journey
Written By- Shankar Ghosh
Published by- Harper Collins
Pages- 206
Storyline-
Dr. Surendra Nath Ghosh's first love was the Pioneer, which was the second-oldest English Newspaper in India. The Pioneer witnessed the rise and fall of British raj in India, the Independent India and the internal politics and affairs of the State. Dr. S.N. Ghosh was the longest-serving and the first Indian editor of the Pioneer. His contributions to the paper could never be described with a few words yet Shankar Ghosh successfully brings out the rise and fall and again survival of the Pioneer and one of it's leading man, his father, Dr. S. N. Ghosh.
Review-
●Shankar Ghosh very aptly chose his narrator. No other perspectives would have been so brilliant other than his father's himself.
●The narration of the events with the author's usual tinge of humour was something that really worked for this book.
●The picture of India under the British rule and that of an independent country was definitely one of the major contributing factors which worked fir this book.
●The author's shrewd perception of facts, and tangling them with stories about Dr. S.N. Ghosh and their family's personal life made this book a perfect read for even people who are not really a non-fiction fan.
Personal Views-
Books are my escape from this world around me, hence I prefer to get lost in a fictitious read. This book was something that jolted me back to the reality and making me revisit India once again from it's struggle under the British rule to the newly formed democracy. The description of the Bengal famine was something I could relate to as I relieved the days when my grandmother gave us the first-hand accounts of the famine and how her family and the entire Bengal suffered, pricking my most emotional memories of my grandmother.