Anita Agnihotri writes with an earthy brilliance yielding stories that are dreamy and yet shivery in their realistic depiction. In Palasher Ayu is a compilation of 16 stories ; most of the stories center around people dealing with the weight of everyday life, and the deep, complex connections that bind them. Her matter-of-fact tone makes you want to trust her and her uncanny ability to sketch such textures in characters and circumstance will make you burrow into the book. The collection is at once perfectly tender and soul-soothing.

[Source: Patra Bharati]