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Pagla Dashu is a character appearing in several prominent works of Bengali literature from the early 20th century, most notably Pagla Dashu (1940). He is a school boy, and although he mainly acts like a maniac, he is famous for his crazy ideas and often inexplicable acts that carry subtle, comedic satire.
The story revolves around the life of a man named Hansuli, who becomes involved in a rebel group fighting for independence from landlords in rural West Bengal. The story is set in the 1970s, a time when Naxalite militant movement was gaining momentum in India. Hansuli, the protagonist, is a simple farmer living in a small village called Mangalpur.
Thakurmar Jhuli (Bengali: ঠাকুরমার ঝুলি; Grandmother's Bag [of tales]) is a collection of Bengali folk tales and fairy tales. The author Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder collected some folktales of Bengali and published some of them under the name of "Thakurmar Jhuli" in 1907 (1314 of Bengali calendar).
Those Days (Bengali: সেই সময়) is a historical novel by Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was first published as a serialized novel in the Bengali literary magazine Desh . Gangopadhyay won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel in 1985.
The Unfinished Memoirs (Bengali: অসমাপ্ত আত্মজীবনী) is the autobiography by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of the nations of Bangladesh. Background [ edit ]
The first English translation of Chokher Bali was by Surendranath Tagore which appeared in The Modern Review in 1914. [2] It was then translated into English by Krishna Kripalani and published under the title of Binodini in 1959 by the Sahitya Akademi. It was also translated under its original title by Sukhendu Ray (2005) and Radha Chakravarty ...
The novel recounts the love story of Amit Ray living in Kolkata in the 1920s. Though he is a barrister educated at Oxford his main interest lies in literature. Never afraid to speak his mind, he is always ready to challenge society's pre-established knowledge and rules regarding literature, equal rights and so on.
Bhavani Thakur adopts her, educates her in maths, philosophy, science, literature and even wrestling. Eventually she becomes the queen of the dacoits and her intelligence and prowess are known throughout Bengal. Devi Chaudhurani as she's known, is the Bengali version of Robin Hood who regularly takes money from the rich and helps out the poor.