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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)

Tagore Songs -

B Ac\U
BA WK
T^f gOs

Essay/Gallery/Short Stories -

qA ~ @Ac -- AT Oncf (Essay)

- Let him speak in his own voice: Three books by Uma Das Gupta (Book review by Ana Jelnikar)

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 to Translation Section

NEW 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 -..."

Lalon Phokir:
Five songs/poems of Lalon Phokir
translated by Carol Salomon:

I have not seen her even once..
Who wants to go to the other shore?

and by Sudipto Chatterjee:

His play knows no end ,
Everyone wonders, "What's Lalon faith?" and
The unknown Bird in the cage...

Three songs of Lalon Phokir sung by Sudipto Chatterjee:

OJ w OJ Uwa..
@of  @S
cJoa jTS W rkSF R

Straight from the Heart: Celebrating Lalon Phokir Prachi Deshpande reviews Man of the Heart, a drama in English and Bangla, written and performed by Sudipto Chatterjee, and directed by Suman Mukherjee.

@f

AOAin

UZ@ AAOA

AcrK Acgw : S^fwT

S^fwT cTS, ~T gAcKFl - AO^S @ " ~BS SF ~T ZAa @fgc @RU Ae @ZS ZJq Tv Xm @UAS A@a cA ~S UAw q BAT @ZS RU wJ a | AUr rS ..."

@AcUS - AO^S @
" qAS @ ?
AcS @C |
@f @S ?
AS j@BS @Ac | @Ac rSAS ?
..."

S^fwT @ gU ~ @ c - q^SfU r " w JO ca jTS AS Zcq @T wa sZS ceU Zc @wB Ar  ~FO j@vR Zc cAS | jq F@ AS ~AT ASBm ATAaU AS  cAAa | s @ cU qha@  @a TS @ sv@ cUAa  ~o@  cIAS | cA@ ~o@v @AiS, v ~AT ASBq cAI S | ..."

A ~ S^fwT - Ac Ao j@Av Ac@\ ST - Of gOs " ABRS F@ AcdXo wv ceU Ac U a - rS@ SfA Ao ATU aS wT wfc TSK | A - S^fwT Ac Ao f ~R ~eZF ~^US fArZ@ BAU @a | q A ~ S^fwT Ac jce Ao j@ SS ST - jq Av ST ~B ~SF ~FO AcdXo ewT f@ AH | ..."

c^, TUOS

cXoc c : me AS jce AS  - AT Oncf " sJ cFA R AS  RiS J OAn jq PcArF @q | -BSF 202 Acf ~FAgAS- j cAAv  iAaU @Ac-gcS ST AS | A@  1937 AZN WvS | R ~S@ ~w @ ..."

cXoc c OZ ~U cf^ SF - dS c^FoF " A^ Wv ~S@QH @ j@U c ~a S, sc USTkU@ AF an | UB@ aUAv j@Tn cFS cq  | rASc Uq jqZS j c j@v ~r AS | sA AcAr ~ |-..."

cf^S i@ R TS^ OoF - ~U@  " @T^ cf^S TI TI cf UZ @ gU sS, jqc TAU TS^cc cf^S @a U@ Ai UZ BSF w AS | cf^S  cA Z UZ rK @aS @ T | "w" BSF ~S@ A@Am jqgc UZ |-..."

wAAc cJOR - @MAr@ S " AS ~AU^ r FA@S @FAvS  ZS cTU ~cm | WkSfI o r  q s Uc AAaU,  ~S@q ~ RTZ AS | Rq \Uv wAc U@, s A@S @A mmF cFcm  ASgrfU, ..."

~Jo-T mwgKH (AUT TBT-j j@) - AO  " @ j@BS j@ cB cB OU s | s^v F  cB, AcK  cB, @^  cB, A A@ec \U  cB A@ ? cB S | ..."

~LT, ~cc jce ~c ~HF ... - TS OMof " ~T Q gcSv a  j@Tq ~c AaU | j@BS haU ceUrf@ Av U sc BSF mAS A Z jq rvq ~U s | AASq Zc @wB  jwU @ aaAc AcS, U  ~aq | R - g cT ~AogMA@ sMSL@ aAc c j@T | ..."

@Ac

jq Tk @Ac - sro OMof
H -  Oncf
ASAv @Ac - A^U gOs
rf aAv, 2007 - ~A^T woF
~T^H - AOfc U
Av @Ac - wU TA\U@
ASAv @Ac - H @
ASAv @Ac - BU Ae

ocA@ SF

oecrK - PrUS @ --SwScc @ TSK j@v BfcS @ | TS cJO @ j@v ~cUcS | SrR cU  | sS TS c jvq ~T @B | cUAaUS, TFAv@ r @  Ai@ A@ sS @ AO ...

(1T c); (2 c);

w\

qAS - gcgkA gOs " ~q-Wxv BxvrSv rK q j@ Tm q U AcB cCU cUUS ~T A@ A AS@AO @a | jq R-xv cmAv @ c @ ~Acy @AaU, cU AZ ? AcB | ..."
(av w\)

BPS@ eA@ U@ BSTO - cAH Oncf " cpAv jU Ai@ ~A cc TZ | ZS ~c a SR, B \v c B  |  wU ZAS@v T | m R @ c o  | a A cpA TU m    S@ w A ZAU cv cA wU | ..."

~HF@SF - ~qAg OFvAB " UZS w gA av av @, AJ |  w^ O Ur w^ ~ SS BSR j aq | w^ w^ j c cAI AUrR | wgf BU b@  ~w R Ncq cUAaU BAw@ | ..."

g r - U TBT " -AS ToFq i c U AcB | mSf BAcAv sF R gC  soF AOA@l @aS wT PcBf; cUaS, j@v m Uq SfO r ~U AS s | ..."
(av w\)