Book 100 of 2021. Here lies my 100th read of the year. 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉 After much deliberation and some low-key worrying, I finally picked my 100th read. What better than Ray for my 100th read? My 100th read in Ray's 100th Year. Perfect! Serendipitous! Feluda and Topshe and Jatayu are more than characters, they are people we know, people we grew up with, people we feel safe with. Their adventures, banter, sleuthing, travels and camaraderie are alllll things we love and appreciate. A Bengali child is handed these stories as heirlooms. They are precious to us. Integral to our collective memories. A part and parcel of the Bengali way of life. I grew up hearing of this super sleuth but could only read them in my mid-twenties when I found translations of these classic tales. I have since then read everything Ray's ever written a few times over. For that and evermore, I will always be infinitely grateful to translators and the invaluable work they do. They bring these stories to those who wouldn't be able to access it without their help. Because I cannot imagine my life without Feluda and his magajastra. ❤️ PS: If you haven't read Ray yet...what are you waiting for?! Pick up his glorious short stories instead of watching the uber stylised take on Netflix. . . . #whimsybookworm2021reads #booksbooksbooks #bibliophile #Feluda #SatyajitRay #Ray #shortstory #modernclassics #favourites #bookreader #bookrecommendations #bookreviews #bookblogger #booksmakemehappy #goodreads #booknerdigans #translatedbooks #translated #litwithindianlit (at West Bengal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKXPRLJTBV/?utm_medium=tumblr