Tumi Pitamaho || Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay || তুমি, পিতামহ || ত্রিদিবকুমার চট্টোপাধ্যায়

The Mahabharata — a timeless epic unlike any other in world literature. A sprawling tale of countless characters and events, bound by threads of love, betrayal, duty, and desire — of relationships both sacred and forbidden.

At the heart of this grand narrative stands Bhishma — the grandsire, the man of unshakable vows, and perhaps the most enigmatic figure of them all. Revered as noble and wise, he is also a man trapped in his own promises. But was Bhishma truly great? Or was he the most powerless and tragic figure of the epic?

Lying on his bed of arrows on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, suspended between consciousness and oblivion, Bhishma turns the pages of his own memory — childhood, youth, moments of love and loss. Between the aloof river-mother Ganga and the impassioned princess Amba, his life becomes a prism through which the Mahabharata is reimagined — luminous, layered, and hauntingly human.