Category: transcreated from Bengali

A sample cover of the book: black handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.
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Nonsense Rhymes

Author: Sukumar Ray Translator: Satyajit Ray Pages: 42 Year of Publication: First published 1970, 2nd Edition 1997, 3rd Edition 2009, Corrected and Expanded 4th Edition 2019, Expanded 5th Edition 2022 Price: Rs 160 ISBN: 978-81-958199-3-5 (9788195819935) About the Book This is Satyajit Ray’s translation of poems from his father’s renowned Bengali collection, Abol Tabol. The book includes the Afterword written by Sibaji Bandyopadhyay, translated by Parantap Chakraborty. Exclusive to this edition is a new poem not published in our earlier editions, “Prey for Me”.

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Selected Poems ~ Sankha Ghosh

Author: Sankha Ghosh Translator: Dilip Kumar Chakravorty Pages: 48 Year of Publication: First published 1993, Revised and expanded second edition 2020 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-81-944057-6-4 (9788194405764) About the Author A celebrated poet of Bengal, Sankha Ghosh, born in 1932, is the author of a number of collections of poetry and essays. He taught Bengali at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, for several decades and is a well-known critic. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the Desikottama, the Sahitya Akademi Award and India’s […]

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Rabindranath Tagore | Mother, If You Agree: 20 Classic Poems

Translator: Prabir Chaudhury Pages: 72 Year of Publication: 2019 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-81-941819-5-8 (9788194181958) About the Translator Prabir Chaudhury was born in 1956 and educated in Christian missionary schools in eastern India, and the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. A statistician by training, he has contributed papers on household survey methodology to national and international journals. However, he has not published his Tagore translations anywhere before. He can be contacted at <probics@yahoo.co.in>. About the Book This book comprises translations of selected […]

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Nonsense Rhymes

Author: Sukumar Ray Translator: Satyajit Ray Pages: 40Year of Publication: First published 1970, Second Edition 1997, Third Edition 2009, Corrected and Expanded Fourth Edition 2019Price: Rs 160ISBN:978-93-5045-199-1 (9789350451991) About the BookThis is Satyajit Ray’s translation of poems from his father’s renowned Bengali collection, Abol Tabol. The new edition includes an afterword by Sibaji Bandyopadhyay, translated by Parantap Chakraborty.

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Selected Poems

Author: Susmita Bhattacharya  Pages: 148 Year of Publication: First published 1999, Revised and enlarged second edition 2010, Revised and enlarged third edition 2017 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-93-5045-166-3 (9789350451663) About the Author: Susmita Bhattacharya was born in Calcutta in 1947. She received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Poona University in 1975. Dr. Bhattacharya has written several poetry collections. Her Bengali volumes include Karir Pahar Harer Pahar and Purushottamer Sange Pancham Sakshatkar. Her English volumes, in translation, comprise Lost Atlantis and Other Poems (Writers Workshop, India, 1995) and Dark (Sanbun, Delhi, 2004). Apart from […]

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A Selection of Rabindranath Tagore’s Poems

Description: Translator: Bipul Bardhan-Roy Pages: 56 Year of Publication: 2011 Price: HB Rs 100 ISBN: 978-93-5045-008-6 (9789350450086) About the Translator: Born in 1930, Bipul Bardhan-Roy was educated in Presidency College, Calcutta, and then at the Bengal Engineering College, Sibpur. He moved to England in 1960, where he completed a post-graduate diploma course and proceeded to join Messrs Jan Brobowski and Partners, a firm of structural engineers. He became a partner of the firm in 1965 and remained in that position […]

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