Those Days (novel)

Those Days or Sei Somoy (Bengali: সেই সময়) is a historical novel by Indian author Sunil Gangopadhyay. Originally written in Bengali, it was first serialized in the Desh magazine. The novel depicts 19th-century Bengal through the life of Nabinkumar, based on Kaliprasanna Singha, and features key historical figures of the era. In 1985, it won the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Those Days

The cover image of Those Days
Author	Sunil Gangopadhyay
Original title	সেই সময় (Sei Samay)
Translator	Aruna Chakravorty
Language	Bengali
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Ananda Publishers, Penguin Books
Publication place	India
Published in English	1997
Awards	Sahitya Akademi Award
ISBN	9780140268522
OCLC	39516159
Followed by	First Light

The story centers around the life of Nabinkumar (based on Kaliprasanna Singha), along with other prominent historical figures, including Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the reformer; Michael Madhusudan Dutt, the poet; the father and son duo of Dwarkanath Tagore and Debendranath Tagore; Harish Chandra Mukherjee, the journalist; Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj radical; David Hare and John Bethune, the English educationists; Dinabandhu Mitra, the playwright; Radhanath Sikdar, the mathematician; Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, the novelist; and others.^[1]

Yugantar, an Indian television series that aired on DD National in the 1980s, was based on Sei Somoy.^[2] The novel was translated into Gujarati by Uma Randeria as Nava Yugnu Parodh (2002).^[3]