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Bani Basu


Born
in India
March 11, 1939

Genre
Fiction


Bani Basu is a Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic and poet. She was educated at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta.

She began her career as a novelist with the publication of Janmabhoomi Matribhoomi. A prolific writer, her novels have been regularly published in Desh, the premier literary journal of Bengal. Her major works include Swet Patharer Thaala (The Marble Salver), Ekushe Paa (twenty One Steps), Maitreya Jataka (published as The Birth of the Maitreya by Stree), Gandharvi, Pancham Purush (The Fifth Man, or Fifth Generation?) and Ashtam Garbha (The Eighth Pregnancy). She was awarded the Tarashankar Award for Antarghaat (Treason), and the Ananda Purashkar for Maitreya Jataka. She is also the rec ...more

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অষ্টম গর্ভ
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“মানুষের সঙ্গে খুব বেশি মাখামাখি করলে, মানুষের খণ্ড সমস্যার মধ্যে নিজেকে বহু দিন অন্তরিন রাখলে প্রকৃতির বিশাল একাকিত্বময় আনন্দের রূপ দেখার চোখ নষ্ট হয়ে যায়।”
― Bani Basu, অন্তর্ঘাত
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