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Ţunţuni'r Boi
''Tuntunir Boi'' () or The Tailor Bird's Book is a collection of children's stories by Upendrakishore Ray, Upendrakishore Raychowdhury published in 1911. The stories are about a clever Common tailorbird, tailorbird who outsmarts a king, a barber and a cat. Other stories in the collection are also about encounters between different animals, and how wits win the day. References External links * Tuntunir Boi ' (Internet Archive) 1911 children's books Bengali-language literature Indian children's literature Children's books about birds Short stories about birds {{child-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upendrakishore Ray
Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (12 May 1863 – 20 December 1915) was a Bengali writer, painter and entrepreneur. One of the books he wrote is ''Chotoder Shera Bigyan Rochona Shongkolon''. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly. He was also an entrepreneur. He was the first person who introduced color printing in Bengal. He started the first colour children's magazine '' Sandesh'' in 1913. Family history According to the history of the Ray family, one of their ancestors, Shri Ramsunder Deb, was a native of Chakdah village in Nadia district of present-day West Bengal, India. In search of fortune he migrated to Sherpur in East Bengal. There he met Raja Gunichandra, the zamindar of Jashodal, at the zamindar house of Sherpur. King Gunichandra was immediately impressed by Ramsunder's beautiful appearance and sharp intellect and took Ramsunder with him to his zamindari estate. He made Ramsunder his son-in-law and granted him some property in Jashodal, Kishorganj. From th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
