Upendrakishore roy chowdhury biography of william
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William Radice, ‘friend’ of Bengali literature, dies at 73
William Radice, the poet, researcher and translator who made innumerable stories and poems of Rabindranath Tagore and ‘Meghnad Badh Kabya,’ the epic bygd Michael Madhusudan Dutt, available to English readers, has passed away.
Radice died on Monday in England at the age of 73, confirmed poet Kaiser Huq, an expatriate in the United Kingdom.
“Radice lived in Newcastle. He lived the last decade of his life in north England. From there, he departed for eternity,” Kaiser said.
The poet lost his ability to write a decade ago after he was severely injured in a road accident, he said.
Once a close friend, Kaiser could not meet Radice in individ for a long time, but two spoke over the phone and kept in touch.
“As far as inom remember, inom met Radice in the mid-eighties. inom translated some poems of Shamsur Rahman and Radice reviewed them. The reviews were published as well.”
“I was rememb
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The Collected Stories of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury by Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
The Collected Stories of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury is a selection of sixty-three stories by a master storyteller (?). Featuring a vibrant cast of characters?eccentric woodland animals, a motley crew of unusual villagers and townspeople, bewildering ghosts, competitive demons, and gods from Norway and Japan?these stories laced with rib-tickling humour, clever puns, and bizarre situations have entertained young readers for generations.
?Tuntunir Boi?, the first book in the collection, has twenty-seven stories. These include adventure yarns of the author?s most
popular characters like the mischievous tailor bird Tuntuni, the crafty fox Sheyal, the arrogant feline Mawjontali Sarkar, and
the fearless farmer Buddhu?s Baap. The second book, ?Golpomala?, includes some beloved gems?stories of Gupi the singer and Bagha the instrumentalist; of Ghyanghashur, a half-bird, half-beast; of the Japanese go
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By Anasuya Bhar
The last year and a half has seen exhaustive commemoration of the works Satyajit Ray ( – 92) as it marked his birth centenary. To us in India and to the world in general, Satyajit is now revered as a filmmaker, primarily. He has become a myth and a legend in the art of filmmaking, so much so that Akira Kurosawa has pleaded that the ignorance of the former’s art is comparable to not having seen the sun or the moon. Nevertheless, it would be highly unjust to his artistic persona if we study him merely as a film maker. He was a polymath intellectual who was versatile in several arts, where literature, visual art and music were only among a few of his talents apart from cinema. Satyajit had re-invented himself severally, in various times of his life and career.
The Beginnings
Born to the illustrious and talented family of the Rays of Gorpar in north Kolkata, Satyajit was grandson to Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury ( – ) and the only son of Sukumar Ray ( – ), whom unf