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New Additions in Parabaas Translation

Bengali Short Stories -

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

- Look at me

Reviews -

NEW Straight from the Heart: celebrating Lalon Phokir (Drama Review by Prachi Deshpande)

Bengali Poetry/Songs -

NEW 2 songs of Lalon:
(tr. by Carol Salomon)

NEW 3 songs of Lalon:
(tr. by Sudipto Chatterjee)

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 -

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 : 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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New Additions:

Read the 'title chapter' of Buddhadeva Bose's classic memoir Sab Peyechhir Deshe, being serialized in Parabaas. Translated by Nandini Gupta: The land where I found it all
"When we got to Santiniketan, one simple fact hit us. Amazed, we recognised we were Indians. In our day-to-day life, this fact remains merely incidental. Europeans exhibit distinct European characteristics, is there a distinctive Indian character?..."

In Phalgun, One Night — Hannele Pohjanmies had a fictional encounter with Buddhadeva Bose in the woods of Finland. A conversation ensues which brings out the state of Tagore studies in Finland. Also included in the article are three songs of Tagore, translated into Finnish by the author, and a bibliography of works of Tagore available in Finnish.

Av cf^f -- T^f gOs

TA To  ga gcS --
g, cU cU @c

Recent Additions:

Two short stories of Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, translated by Nilanjan Bhattacharya:
Nishikanta in the rain — -- "It had been raining like crazy for the past several days. Raindrops were erupting out of the sky like thousands of millions of bubbles  bubbles that ..."

Look at me — -- "Please look at me, just once. Here I am, standing squashed in a corner. I got on the bus a little while ago, barely finding myself a toehold -..."

@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 @ ? ..."