Bhaumik has a penchant for writing on surrealism. He blends dreams and myth together in his first novel ‘I Did, Did I?”. This is in fact natural for an 18 year old author to blend reality with dream and swing between two worlds. The protagonist lives with his nightmares and often has a journey between altered realities and visual metaphors.

He knows that he is in a loop of varied existence until he tries to blend the instances that took place when a mysterious girl named Shreya who went to the same university where Bhaumik pursued his degree, shows up weirdly after a long time. He notices that things are no longer normal as they were before. Shreya and the nightmares that see him unceasingly try to convince him to get along with a few beings of a different dimension co-existing with the people on Earth.

After multiple incidents and confrontation with altered realities, he finds more people like him, people who witness the changes. But those people are being pulled down by ‘others’ – the beings of other dimension. The protagonist gradually realizes about his powers – The power of inner-self – that counters the evil and protects him from their malicious ways of alterations.

A novel that reveals the power of other self- the avatar that we are talking and reading about these days- A teenager’s deep dive into the world of surrealism – I Did. Did I?

This book is mainly a collection of stories and snippets from the author’s time at BITS Pilani in the 1980s. These stories are all about campus life and real and imaginary friendships, encounters, romances, relationships and experiences. They are largely fictional. The BITS Pilani campus is in the remote north corner of Rajasthan in India. Excepting for a few staff kids, all the students lived in hostels. The boy to girl ratio on campus was about 11:1 and this gender imbalance, along with the remoteness from a big town or city, played out in interesting ways in the campus social scene. This book attempts to capture this social scene. Part 2 of this book is based on fictional adventures of some of the author’s batchmates after graduating from Pilani. This book will recreate memories for ex-students from the 70s through to the 90s and also give more recent students a reflection of campus life back then.

କିଶୋର ବୟସରୁ ଉପନ୍ୟାସ ପାଠପ୍ରତି ଯିଏ ସର୍ବପ୍ରଥମେ ପାଠକକୁ ଆକର୍ଷିତ କରନ୍ତି, ସେ ହେଉଛନ୍ତି ଆଧୁନିକ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉପନ୍ୟାସ ଜଗତରେ ଜଣେ ଯୁଗାନ୍ତକାରୀ ସ୍ରଷ୍ଟା ଭାବରେ ସୁପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ ଔପନ୍ୟାସିକ କାହ୍ନୁଚରଣ। ଫକୀରମୋହନ ସେନାପତିଙ୍କ ପରମ୍ପରାର ଜଣେ ବିଶ୍ବସ୍ତ ପ୍ରତିନିଧି ତଥା ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜନଜୀବନର ସଫଳ ରୂପକାର ଭାବରେ କାହ୍ନୁଚରଣ ହେଉଛନ୍ତି ଅଗଣିତ ପାଠକ ହୃଦୟରେ ଅଭିଷିକ୍ତ ସ୍ବୟଂପ୍ରଭ ସମ୍ରାଟ। ‘ବଜ୍ରବାହୁ’, ‘ବାଲିରାଜା’, ‘ହା-ଅନ୍ନ’, ‘ଶାସ୍ତି’, ‘ଝଞ୍ଜା’, ‘କା’, ‘ସତ୍ୟାବତୀ’ ପ୍ରଭୃତି ଅର୍ଦ୍ଧଶତାଧିକ କାଳଜୟୀ ଉପନ୍ୟାସର ସ୍ରଷ୍ଟା ଭାବରେ ସେ ରଖିଦେଇଯାଇଛନ୍ତି ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟରେ ତାଙ୍କର ଅମଳିନ ସ୍ବାକ୍ଷର। ମାତ୍ର ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ବହିବଜାରରେ ଦେଖିବାକୁ ମିଳୁ ନାହିଁ ତାଙ୍କର କୌଣସି ଉପନ୍ୟାସ। ଯାହା ବି ମିଳୁଛି, ତା’ର ଅଙ୍ଗହାନି ଦେଖି ଆମେ ମର୍ମାହତ। ତେଣୁ ତାଙ୍କର କୃତି ସମୂହର ପୁନଃ ପ୍ରକାଶନ ଲାଗି ଆମର ପ୍ରକାଶନ ସଂସ୍ଥା ପ୍ରତିଶ୍ରୁତିବଦ୍ଧ। ସେହି ପ୍ରତିବଦ୍ଧତାର ଫଳସ୍ବରୂପ କ୍ରମାନ୍ବୟରେ ପ୍ରକାଶ କରୁଛୁ ତାଙ୍କର ସମସ୍ତ ଉପନ୍ୟାସ। ଆଶା କରୁଛୁ, ସେହି କ୍ରମରେ କାହ୍ନୁଚରଣପ୍ରେମୀ ପାଠକମାନଙ୍କୁ ତାଙ୍କ ଉପନ୍ୟାସର ନବଜନ୍ମ ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ଭାବରେ ଆନନ୍ଦ ପ୍ରଦାନ କରିବ।