A Discreet Exit Through Darkness \ Things We Lost Last Night by Soumya Sankar Bose

Join us for a virtual artist talk by Soumya Sankar Bose about his latest two-chapter photobook 'A Discreet Exit Through Darkness\Things We Lost Last Night' co-published by Red Turtle Photobook and Mandas this year. This book traces a family mystery: the disappearance of Bose’s mother in 1969, and her return, years later, with no memory of where she had been. Told through two interwoven narratives—‘A Discreet Exit Through Darkness’ and ‘Things We Lost Last Night’—the book unfolds from two perspectives: Bose’s grandfather, who relentlessly searched for his missing daughter, and Bose’s mother, who returned with no recollection of the years she was gone.

The first chapter ‘A Discreet Exit Through Darkness’ is drawn from his grandfather’s diary, tracing a desperate journey through post-partition Bengal, where political unrest, rumours of child trafficking, and fading superstitions shaped his pursuit of the truth.

The other chapter ‘Things We Lost Last Night’ unfolds in…