Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- When the restless heart that once beat with endless curiosity, mystery and endless imagination suddenly fell silent, it left more than just grief. It carved an untreatable wound where nostalgia of teenage years used to dwell with sweet melancholia.

This Wednesday, Rakib Hasan, the revered author of the Tin Goyenda series, breathed his last at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital during dialysis. He had returned often, each visit a fragile thread keeping his light alive. But now, before treatment could even begin, death claimed him, causing us a great loss.

Destined to chase mystery

Rakib Hasan was born on December 12, 1950 in Cumilla. His childhood moved with his father's transferable job, across Feni and beyond, but it was f...