Review: The Best of Tenida

The Best of Tenida by Aparna Chaudhuri
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It's decent.

Little humor here and there is evoked by the way dialogue ensues and the way Tenida contradicts himself, like when he says he duped them and in the very next sentence says he never lies. This would have been far more fun reading as a child. And a Bengali might outright relish the book, what with all the native snacks and cuisines appearing in every other line, with our heroes utterly famished right after a sumptuous meal.

This is no Swami and Friends but this was fun to read nevertheless. Particularly the self-deprecating humor of Pela being the highlight.

I'm Pelaram of Potoldanga, thin as a rake, racked by malaria, forced to sustain my feeble frame on gourd-and-catfish-curry.

You wouldn't regret reading it.

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