Today is the 68th anniversary of death of novelist, short story writer Manik Bandopadhyay, who is often considered as one of the finest writers in modern Bangla literature.
Born on May 19, 1908 at Dumka, a small town in Santal Parganas of Bihar, in British India, Manik Bandopadhyay enriched Bangla literary treasure trove penning 34 novels and more than 250 short stories.
Influenced by Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, and Adler, Manik Bandopadhyay鈥檚 magnum opus titled Padmanadir Majhi sheds light on the lives of poor fishermen such as Kuber, Dhananjoy, and Ganesh鈥檚听 piggishness, treachery and helplessness countered by hopes, aspirations, and sometimes seconds of joy and love.
The novel also focuses that the money they get does not certainly come proximately in return for the fish. But they do not protest due to poverty.
Kuber鈥檚 secret life of weaving dreams around his cheerful sister-in-law, Kapila, the mysterious and powerful Hossain Mian, enticing the unwary to his Maynadwip, among others, still make readers think a lot about the novel.
Written on the context of love, estrangement, envy and mutual sympathy of a decaying society, Putul Nacher Itikatha, the third novel of the fiction writer, a humble protest against the people who have a tendency to play with the lives of humans as if they were puppets, is also regarded as one of the masterworks of Bangla literature.
The novel focuses on the complex social relationships among the characters, including Shashi, Shashi鈥檚 father, and Kusum in the village background.
His notable works include Pragaitihashik, Shahartali, Janani, Diba Ratrir Kabya, Ahingsa, Darpan, Chatushkone, Pashapashi, Sarbajanin, Nagpash, Feriwala, Aragya, Haraf and Sarisreep.
Manik Bandopadhyay vpassed away on December 3, 1956.
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