Shesh Namaskar (pronounced [ʃeʃ nʌmskɑːr] ⓘ) (The Last Salute) is a 1971, Indian, Bengali-language novel that was written by Santosh Kumar Ghosh.
The novel, which is considered to be its author's magnum opus, is written in the form of a series of letters from a son to his deceased mother.
[3][4] The author tries to concentrate on self-analysis and his search for the meaning of life and of death through a confessional self-projection into the narrator's persona.
[4][7][8] For its profound sensibility and realistic depiction, the novel is considered an outstanding contribution to Bengali literature.
[3] Subhash Chandra Sarker praised Shesh Namaskar for its "remarkable use of Bengali language" and its "ability to make a vivid presentation of [a] complicated scene with the most common words".