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ABASHESHE
প্রচ্ছদ – গৌতম রায়
প্রথম প্রকাশ - আগস্ট ১৯৭৪
চতুর্থ সংস্করণ – জুন ১৯৯৩
“আমার এই রচনাটি নিতান্তই একটি নির্মল কৌতুক কাহিনী। সবটুকুই ফুল, হুল কোথাও নেই। যদি কেউ হুল আবিষ্কার করেন, তাঁর নিজের গুণেই করবেন। আর একটি কথা, এ উপন্যাসের সমস্ত চরিত্রই কাল্পনিক। বলা বাহুল্য, এ দর্পণে কেউ নিজেকে প্রতিবিম্বিত হতে দেখলে, সেটা নিতান্তই আকস্মিক ও অনভ্রিপ্রেত জ্ঞান করবেন।” –লেখক (৬ শ্রাবণ ১৩৮১)
প্রচ্ছদ – গৌতম রায়
প্রথম প্রকাশ - আগস্ট ১৯৭৪
চতুর্থ সংস্করণ – জুন ১৯৯৩
“আমার এই রচনাটি নিতান্তই একটি নির্মল কৌতুক কাহিনী। সবটুকুই ফুল, হুল কোথাও নেই। যদি কেউ হুল আবিষ্কার করেন, তাঁর নিজের গুণেই করবেন। আর একটি কথা, এ উপন্যাসের সমস্ত চরিত্রই কাল্পনিক। বলা বাহুল্য, এ দর্পণে কেউ নিজেকে প্রতিবিম্বিত হতে দেখলে, সেটা নিতান্তই আকস্মিক ও অনভ্রিপ্রেত জ্ঞান করবেন।” –লেখক (৬ শ্রাবণ ১৩৮১)
116 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1974
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About the author
Samaresh Basu
123 books65 followersSamaresh Basu (Bengali: সমরেশ বসু) was born in December 22, 1924. He spent his early childhood in Bikrampur, Dhaka. He also wrote under the pen-name of Kalkut.
He would in later days recall the deep impressions that the Brata-kathas (fantastic folk-tales recited by women while performing certain religious rites) narrated by his mother left on him as a child. His adolescent years were spent in Naihati, a suburb of Kolkata, in West Bengal. His life was rich with varied experiences. At one point, he used to hawk eggs from a basket carried on his head; later, he worked for meager daily wages. From 1943 through 1949 he worked in an ordnance factory in Ichhapore. He was an active member of the trade union and the Communist Party for a period, and was jailed for during 1949-50 when the party was declared illegal. While in jail, he wrote Uttaranga,his first published novel. Soon after his release from the jail, he began to write professionally, refusing to join the factory even when offered his old job.
When he was only 21, he wrote his first novel Nayanpurer Mati, later published in Parichay. it was never published as a book. Adab was his first short story published in Parichay in 1946.
A prolific writer with more than 200 short stories and 100 novels, including those written under the aliases "Kalkut" and "Bhramar", Samaresh Basu is a major figure in Bangla fiction. His life experiences populated his writings with themes ranging from political activism to working class life to sexuality. Two of his novels had been briefly banned on charges of obscenity. The case against one of these, Prajapati (Bangla:প্রজাপতি), was settled in the Supreme Court of India which overturned, in 1985, the rulings of the two lower courts.
Among other intellectuals, Buddhadeva Bose, himself once accused of similar charges for his রাত ভ'রে বৃষ্টি, came out strongly in support of Samaresh. To quote from Sumanta Banerjee's recent translation Selected Stories (Vol.1), Samaresh Basu "remains the most representative storyteller of Bengal's suburban life, as distinct from other well-known Bengali authors who had faithfully painted the life and problems of either Bengal's rural society or the urban middle class. Basu draws on his lived experience of Calcutta's `half-rural, half-urban,' industrial suburbs."
While the pen-name "Kalkut" was adopted in 1952 for the immediate need to publish an overtly political piece, the real "Kalkut" can be said to have been born with the publication of Amritakumbher Sandhane, a hugely popular, semi-autobiographical narrative centered around the Kumbha-mela. The many subsequent books by Kalkut had depicted the lives of the common people from all over India and all walks of life (including those who live on the periphery of the "mainstream") with their varied cultures and religious practices in a unique style that was Kalkut's own. He also drew upon the recollections of the Puranas and Itihas; Shamba (Bangla:শাম্ব), an interesting modern interpretation of the Puranic tales, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980.
Samaresh Basu breathed his last on March 12, 1988.
He would in later days recall the deep impressions that the Brata-kathas (fantastic folk-tales recited by women while performing certain religious rites) narrated by his mother left on him as a child. His adolescent years were spent in Naihati, a suburb of Kolkata, in West Bengal. His life was rich with varied experiences. At one point, he used to hawk eggs from a basket carried on his head; later, he worked for meager daily wages. From 1943 through 1949 he worked in an ordnance factory in Ichhapore. He was an active member of the trade union and the Communist Party for a period, and was jailed for during 1949-50 when the party was declared illegal. While in jail, he wrote Uttaranga,his first published novel. Soon after his release from the jail, he began to write professionally, refusing to join the factory even when offered his old job.
When he was only 21, he wrote his first novel Nayanpurer Mati, later published in Parichay. it was never published as a book. Adab was his first short story published in Parichay in 1946.
A prolific writer with more than 200 short stories and 100 novels, including those written under the aliases "Kalkut" and "Bhramar", Samaresh Basu is a major figure in Bangla fiction. His life experiences populated his writings with themes ranging from political activism to working class life to sexuality. Two of his novels had been briefly banned on charges of obscenity. The case against one of these, Prajapati (Bangla:প্রজাপতি), was settled in the Supreme Court of India which overturned, in 1985, the rulings of the two lower courts.
Among other intellectuals, Buddhadeva Bose, himself once accused of similar charges for his রাত ভ'রে বৃষ্টি, came out strongly in support of Samaresh. To quote from Sumanta Banerjee's recent translation Selected Stories (Vol.1), Samaresh Basu "remains the most representative storyteller of Bengal's suburban life, as distinct from other well-known Bengali authors who had faithfully painted the life and problems of either Bengal's rural society or the urban middle class. Basu draws on his lived experience of Calcutta's `half-rural, half-urban,' industrial suburbs."
While the pen-name "Kalkut" was adopted in 1952 for the immediate need to publish an overtly political piece, the real "Kalkut" can be said to have been born with the publication of Amritakumbher Sandhane, a hugely popular, semi-autobiographical narrative centered around the Kumbha-mela. The many subsequent books by Kalkut had depicted the lives of the common people from all over India and all walks of life (including those who live on the periphery of the "mainstream") with their varied cultures and religious practices in a unique style that was Kalkut's own. He also drew upon the recollections of the Puranas and Itihas; Shamba (Bangla:শাম্ব), an interesting modern interpretation of the Puranic tales, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980.
Samaresh Basu breathed his last on March 12, 1988.
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October 24, 2020
বেশ মজার একটা বই। কলকাতার এক ফ্ল্যাটে থাকে সরস্বতী, তার স্বামী নিতেশ আর দেবর শীতেশ। দুই ভাই কিছুটা সহজ সরল ধরনের। একদিন কলকাতার বাইরে এক চটকলে উঁচু পদে চাকরি হয়ে যায় শীতেশের। কাজে ঢুকতে না ঢুকতেই আশেপাশের কন্যাদায়গ্রস্ত বাবারা তাকে জোঁকের মতো চেপে ধরতে থাকে। এখন শীতেশ কীভাবে এই জবরদস্তি বিয়ের হাত থেকে রক্ষা পেলো সেটা নিয়েই গল্প।
বইটা ক্ল্যাসিক না। কিন্তু এত লঘু রসে লেখক শীতেশের অবস্থা বর্ণনা করেছেন যে না হেসে পারা যায় না। কারন আদর্শ ব্যাচেলর ছেলেদের কাছে মেয়ে বিয়ে দেওয়ার জন্য বাবাদের ধর্ণা দেয়ার এই ঘটনা চিরন্তন। আফসোস পিডিএফে পুরোটা বই নেই, তবে এন্ডিং সম্ভবত আঁচ করতে পেরেছি। কিছুক্ষণ হেসে মন হালকা করার জন্য বইটা বেশ ভালো।
বইটা ক্ল্যাসিক না। কিন্তু এত লঘু রসে লেখক শীতেশের অবস্থা বর্ণনা করেছেন যে না হেসে পারা যায় না। কারন আদর্শ ব্যাচেলর ছেলেদের কাছে মেয়ে বিয়ে দেওয়ার জন্য বাবাদের ধর্ণা দেয়ার এই ঘটনা চিরন্তন। আফসোস পিডিএফে পুরোটা বই নেই, তবে এন্ডিং সম্ভবত আঁচ করতে পেরেছি। কিছুক্ষণ হেসে মন হালকা করার জন্য বইটা বেশ ভালো।
September 4, 2021
সমরেশ বসু বললেই খুব সিরিয়াস একজন লেখকের কথা মনে হয়। তিনি যে এমন হালকা চালের মজার উপন্যাস লিখেছেন জানাই ছিলনা।
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