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New Additions in Parabaas Translation

Reviews -

NEW Fantasy, Fiction, Fact: Magic and Realism in Sirshendu Mukhopadhyays The Ghost of Gosain Bagan (Book Review by Sanjukta Dasgupta)

Bengali Short Stories -

NEW Two short stories of Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, translated by Nilanjan Bhattacharya
- Nishikanta in the rain, and

- Look at me

FABl  eZF

New Additions in
Satyajit Section (Parabaas)

Essay/Memoir -

- Western Influences on Satyajit Ray

- Your Films Our Pride

New Additions in Rabindranath Section (Parabaas)

Essay/Book Review -

Tagore in Hungary:
Rabindranath Tagore and Hungarian Politics(essay)

Making Connections: Hungry Hungarians meet Bengal Tigers (book review)

Gallery: Tagore in Hungary

In Phalgun, One Night (Tagore in Finland) (Essay)

Tagore Songs -

T^f gOs

cXoc c eZF

New Additions in
Buddhadeva Bose Section (Parabaas)

Essay/Memoir/Recital -

NEW cXoc c A ~oAS@ ceU @Ac - emAH@ ig (c^)

NEW cXoc c : me AS jce AS  (c^)

NEW - "Summer, rain and children", Chapter 4 and "A solitary madman on a dark night", Chapter 5 of Sab Peyechhir Deshe (memoir)

Drama -

- The Hermit and the Courtesan (Drama)

SF :
@ @ :

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Rabindranath Tagore and Hungarian Politics, by Imre Bangha: In spite of many similarities in his reception in the western world, each country has a peculiar Tagore-image. The several metamorphoses of the Hungarian Tagore also...

Ketaki Kushari Dyson reviews Imre Bangha's book in Making Connections: Hungry Hungarians meet Bengal Tigers—Hungry Tiger is a book for which some of us have been waiting for a long time. It was held up in the press because... Also check out a gallery of photographs of Tagore in Hungary.

Fantasy, Fiction, Fact: Magic and Realism in Sirshendu Mukhopadhyays The Ghost of Gosain Bagan-- Sanjukta Dasgupta reviews Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee's translation of the original Bengali children's novel Gonsaibaganer Bhut--"No other horror could be so traumatic to a school going child than low scores in examinations and more so in mathematics, the formidable subject deeply revered by educated and cultured Bengalis. So when Burun returns home with the school progress report recording that he had secured just 13 marks in mathematics..."

cXoc c A ~oAS@ ceU @Ac - emAH@ ig

-- Tf S | " jq e@US cXoc cO cAr ~ASEO gwaS BfcSS^ @Ac AS | T emH J @Ac eZF AaU r, AXf emH S, pf emH , O R T emH ASr | T emH J @Ac @T c @Hv ~STS @ @  S - ZS J TS ww @a ... "

@f

AOAin

UZ@ AAOA

ocA@ mpA@

R S R cp^ - AcKcpQ, vJ  cAU, oSAAXo H@, ASy ~HF qFA c reA w^ UZ@ ATA Sw mpAOH :~Ag @ cUAaUT | TSK BfcS cvq ~Ag S | jTS@f @A@i wSR | Qn BfcS ZJAvSAv ~SK @Sv@q c ~T  Ac @ S @ A ?..

ocA@ SF

oecrK - PrUS @ --@ j@BS BS OqU, Av ~a  ?
- A ?   q ZU Ua |
- aJ Avq- Uwc | Z Oqc |
TZAU sS \v wa c | ...

(1T c); (2 c); (3 c);

c^ ; TUOS ; TFOS

ArcSH  - TfSQf  " ArcSH TpF JOAS ~w J  Z AaU rA^AS@S | ~T @U A ~A S A@aAS ~w TpF a | rFTUf ZmAw cA j@ mH-g rFTUf ~T@ s cUAaUS | ArcSH R wf R ZS AaUS | ..."

Dr : a R aAc - Tf S " Tc cAAaU 1361 cN, ~l 1955-56 ZpN - Dr  AO a  ~Ue@H @AaUS @TU@T TBT | ..."

 : cCUST - AcS U " w j@ca c Aa sc cq,  j@Av - cCUST | Tc, SS @B J@, JOv AcBAc UZAUAZ OZOAZ A@ J@ J@, AXfc A^U  @U, , Ac@U, ^F, H  S,  TS ~S^ | ..." (S OMof cCUST TUOS)

 - TfBS TS " j@ c^@SF Ac AwAaUT | Aw AZ, c ja W Ai @ | c r@ O W r@q cAr BT@U TS AhaU | cU@ W  B^SR gwF cF | ~T Tr ~S@ Bwq c ~ ..."

ceU ~AU@ @Ac : ceU U@oH @Ac - cc Ae " jTS@f emp gK AO T@cFAU i @UR S@wTS AaU ~coA | Ossw   sR c  kcc (c ~oS ceUr) j@Av r@ @ BS s, ..."

U@ U A@mS - @MAr@ S " ~AS @ZS ST gJA @R waS ? c: S @H Rv gU@ @B S cUq BAS | ~AT A@ j@c j@ q Av ST jce B gJA b@ AaUT | @c, @ c Zc O sRq AS | ..."

@TU cST AOAU - BUo  " ~q A jU ZaS ? jZS An@v Rg TI SO s AOAU, q@v U c AmnS S kQH Z ~v c AccH | An@v jq AOAU-sw @TU @ cAr @ TS  | ~T sZS An@v TSH J A d @Aa, ..."

w\

AXZA - c U ~T^Hv ilq j Am  | ~ sn AZv TA W R | ~T^H@f  qha@p gcq jv @a s gcSAO^ ~c S @ | -Qn HL@ AXo^ cS @T  | ..."

K ~U - rrf gOs "cqv j@v ~wq  AaU !......, wU @ ? AcaS jA@ RA@ A rOf^S cI S, cq Ac@U wA ja | ~mwTf ks -j@v rK ~U@AE W SS @H j  ~a....,  A@ A@aQH A@ @S, gcS, jZS c A ^  | ..."

mSgkAT - gAr WK " Ar\f @ :
cJO @ Bwv nTr av  ~AaU ~T | Av. Ag, AB, ~US, Ae vAcU, ~UTA, c@-rU,  v ~R ~S@, ~S@A@a, AU AU @ s ~T W Bw @ ASAaU, ..."

On^A - c ATn "- F, jc j@v AcrT ASU  S ? ~AT Zc ST wU cUUT |
~^@ s^W @ j@v \@ A rN g jU | - AT gca av-c-TIA jU JU O@ Acn Ai@i@ W sc jA jA ? @S@T SBA-@TA aq ? ~FJ ? ..."

Acn @cF -- DTl Owq - ~Sc : cAr WK " AAA@ c  @ @wB v@v T @ T @U Z U | AAS L Av@ I U AUS, sS ~ j@v Uq J ~AmL AcK U Av A | ..."
(~Sc)

@  @ (AcB-AAB AXf w\) - gcgkA gOs " j WvS 1838 ZpmvN --
g ZS @AS-c B---cU A^ qmv qA @AS ! sAR,  g s q ToF @AS rS BJA@ ca, v cU OU S | @H ~o, ..."

AB Ae Z @ - ABl cFSAB

gTH@AAS

TFwm : k ~A@ ^ - a^ OoF Acv "@@ca ~w FcAv@U AS TFwm T @ @B @ sw AaUT | ZS j@ IU@ ZAaUT jq k ~BS rAv@ | jAv q w\ |
TFwm c^ @@ ca ~wR ~T @S oH AaU S | ..."

~OS ~Av - U TBT " qha AaU FA@e sc | A@ wFev@ MJaq Zc UT FA@e F@ | ~: A@T ? Z TcS  wo URS - ~Av j@ZS W c^cm  wU k @ kgK | ~Av -  ~c @ ? ..."