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Shei Somoy by Sunil Gangopadhyay A review Shei Somoy (Those Days) is a landmark historical novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay in which he paints a lively and vivid picture of the city of Kolkata in particular and Bengal in general in the period between 1840 and 1870. In contrast to the period described in his other…

Satyajit Ray’s Calcutta Trilogy (Pratidwandi, Seemabaddha and Jana Aranya) Pratidwandi (The Adversary) is the earliest part of Satyajit Ray?s Calcutta Trilogy, the other two being Seemabaddha and Jana Aranya. Pratidwandi?s plot is derived from a Sunil Gangopadhyay novel. The film portrays the trials and tribulations of a young man in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in the…

Byomkesh, Feluda and Kakababu Byomkesh, Feluda and Kakababu are three characters of Bengali literature who have captured the imagination and attention of teenagers and young adults in Bengal over the past decades. This piece is meant as a tribute to these three charismatic men whom Bengali youngsters have idolized and been mesmerized by. In Byomkesh…

Prothom Alo by Sunil Gangopadhyay A review Prothom Alo (The First Light) by Sunil Gangopadhyay is an epic work by the great author which encompasses the society of Bengal in the later part of the nineteenth century. The period is often referred to as the period of the ?Bengal Renaissance? as this period saw a…