A review by em_beddedinbooks
Chowringhee by Arunava Sinha, Sankar

4.0

It was a satisfying read. I had my doubts in the initial few pages, but then got involved in the lives of the people working at 'Hotel Shah Jahan', probably a five star hotel in Calcutta. It was an intriguing view of the functioning of a large hotel and the lot of the employees working in such a huge establishment. The descriptions and events were too real to consider the novel as a piece of fiction. The protagonist and his friends were a simple group of people who cared for each other as well as humanity on the whole. I was saddened by the plight of most of the lady characters. The ending was a bit too dramatic for my taste. Otherwise the book is well worth the effort.