The Adventures of Kakababu

After a secret mission in Afghanistan ends in a terrible accident, Raja Roychowdhury, fondly known as Kakababu, resigns as the director of the Archaeological Survey of India and goes home to his second-hand books. But despite an amputated leg, his desire to hunt down old, unsolved mysteries of the world refuses to leave him alone. Accompanying him on these mysterious trips, is his thirteen-year-old nephew, Shontu. The Adventures of Kakababu, Volume 1, is the first in the new Kakababu series. In The Emperor s Lost Head , Kakababu takes Shontu to Kashmir to find a hidden Sulphur mine. King of the Emerald Isle finds uncle and nephew in an uncharted island in the Indian Ocean. Stubbornly secretive as always, Kakababurefuses to tell Shontu what has brought him on these trips. Is he ready for the answers he might find? Originally written by veteran Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, these Bengali classics have been translated by Rimi.