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Bengali Short Stories -

NEW A short story of famous artist Paritosh Sen, translated by Swapna Dev
- The Mango Belle

Reviews -

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

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 -

Red Oleanders: A New Translation and Adaptation (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 - "Escape?", Chapter 7 of Sab Peyechhir Deshe (memoir)

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^)

Drama -

- The Hermit and the Courtesan (Drama)

SF :
@ @ :

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New Additions:

Two reviews, by Kathleen M. O'Connell and Uma Dasgupta respectively, of Tagore's Raktakarabi— translated and adapted by Nupur Gangopadhyay Lahiri as Red Oleanders.

Escape? -- Chapter 7 of Buddhadeva Bose's classic memoir Sab Peyechhir Deshe ('The land where I found it all'), being serialized in Parabaas. Translated by Nandini Gupta:
"To me the term escapist literature is nonsense, for what qualifies as literature does so because it carries a specific message about life, one that springs from its deep recesses, and by that virtue alone cannot be escaping life. There are people ..."

The Mango Belle-- Swapna Dev's translation of Paritosh Sen's short story Amsundari--"Mallik Bahadur, even though he was a man much given to luxury and enjoyment, wasnt particularly fond of fruits. But for the mango he had a peculiar weakness and through the year he would wait for the fruit with childlike impatience..."

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 @ ? ..."