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Come back, O wheel) is a Bengali poetry book written by Binoy Majumdar. [1] The book was published in 1961 and then republished in 1962 under the title Phire Esho, Chaka. The book was initially published as Gayatrike (lit. To Gayatri). This book is a collection of romantic poems written for Majumdar's contemporary Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. [2 ...
However, Binoy Majumdar's most famous work is Phire Esho, Chaka (Come back, O Wheel, 1960 - Here the Bengali word for Wheel, Chaka, most likely refers to the surname of Gayatri Chakravorty), written in the format of a diary. The book is dedicated to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, a fellow-Calcuttan and contemporary of Majumdar.
Spivak was born Gayatri Chakravorty in Calcutta, India, to a Bengali family. Her father was Pares Chandra Chakravorty and mother was Sivani Chakravorty. [11] After completing her secondary education at St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School, Spivak attended Presidency College, Kolkata under the University of Calcutta, from which she graduated in 1959.
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The interdisciplinary nature of the field means that comparatists typically exhibit acquaintance with sociology, history, anthropology, translation studies, critical theory, cultural studies, and religious studies. As a result, comparative literature programs within universities may be designed by scholars drawn from several such departments.