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My favourite books – Facebook challenge
I have been asked by Jyothi Menon to list my 10 favourite books which have shaped me as a human being. So here goes:
- Mahabharat – Upendrakishore Roychowdhury
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Kheerer Putul – Abanindranath Tagore
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Aranyak/Chander Pahar – Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
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Debi Chowdhurani – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
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Kaalbela – Samaresh Majumder
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Sesher Kobita/Ghare Baire – Rabindranath Tagore
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Prothom Protisruti/Subarnalata/Bokul Kotha – Ashapurna Debi
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Aparajito – Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
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Srikanto – Saratchandra Chattopadhyay
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First Person – Rituparno Ghosh
And no… I will NOT stop here… I have many more books to mention…
- Feluda Series – Satyajit Ray
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Sukumar Somogro – Sukumar Roy
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Puraner Golpo – Leela Majumder
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Fera – Taslima Nasreeen
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The Hungry Tide – Amitav Ghosh
It is futile to even try to list names of your favourite books. You mention one and you are reminded of another. However I tried to limit myself to 15 books. I have not mentioned several other writers like Narayan Sanyal, Nabarun Bhattacharya, Suchitra Bhattacharya, Tilottama Majumder and so many other stalwarts of Bengali literature. I have not even dared to mention books in languages other than Bangla…
I nominate Subham Daspgupta, Sumitash Jana, Yatin Gupta, Raka Majumdar, Madhurima Dhara for this challenge.