TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kalitā,Mr̥ṇāla Candra
AU  - Goswami,Partha Pratim
TI  - Under the Bakul tree
SN  - 9780143458579 (pbk.)
U1  - 823.92 J-KAL 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Gurugram, Haryana, India
PB  - Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
KW  - Students
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Coming of age
KW  - Teachers
KW  - India
N1  - Novel; Also available as an e-book
N2  - When Ashim, the gifted class topper--hailed as the "jewel"--suddenly drops out of school, everyone is surprises. Nirmal, his classmate and academic rival, is deeply troubled by Ashim's scholastic downfall and decides to investigate. As he fights his own demons, Nirmal uncovers the tangled layers of Ashim's troubles and a friendship as pristine as the bakul flower blooms in the tender hearts of two innocent boys. With systemic corruption, a failed education system and ecological destruction play out in the background, an idealistic and imaginative mentor helps the boys navigate the burdens of adolescence, academic pressure and psychological trauma
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