Raghab Bandyopadhyay () (14 November 1948 – 8 February 2017) was an Indian

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prose writer and columnist.

Life

Raghab was born on 14 November 1948 at

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, one year after India's Independence. Brought up in north Kolkata, he came in touch with rural Bengal in the late 60s by virtue of his close association with the

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. About this time he started writing. In 1970, he was arrested and spent three years in jail. This experience was reflected in his first novel, ''Komunis'' (). The publication of Komunis got an encouraging reaction from intellectuals including Ashok Rudra and

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. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Raghab Bandyopadhyay continued publishing. His works of the period include ''Baadar galpo'' (), a collection of short stories, and his second novel ''Shaishab'' (). During this time Raghab also began his career as a professional journalist. Since his retirement in 2007 he has been heading a publishing house named Charchapada Publication Private Limited. He also edits a half-yearly Bengali magazine called Charcha ().

Works

Collection of stories

# Akaalbodhan O Anyanya Galpo () # Badar galpo () # Angshagrahan () # Galpo 33 () # Ashmani Katha: Uchchheder 5 Kahon () # Galpo Sangraha () # Daladas ()

Novels

# Komunis () # Shoishab () # Tahara () # Mudran soundarya () # Sahar sanskaran () # Satik jadunagar () # Chor Challisha () # Medhabi Bhut O Madhabilata () # Operation Rajarhat () # Kata jibher brittanta () # Raktajaba rahasya ()

Contribution in edited volumes

# Memory's Gold, Writings on Calcutta, edited by Amit Chaudhuri, Penguin Viking, 2008. # Calcutta The Living City, Vol:2, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri,

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, 1990.

Special issue on Raghab Bandyopadhyay

# Kathak (), edited by Shatadal Mitra, January 2012. Some of the contributors are

Dipesh Chakrabarty Dipesh Chakrabarty (born 1948, in Kolkata, India) is an Indian historian and leading scholar of postcolonial theory and subaltern studies. He is the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in history at the University of Chicago, ...

, Ashok Sen, Debesh Roy, Hiran Mitra, Swapan Chakrabarty, Pradip Basu, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Sumita Chakrabarty, Ranabir Lahiri, Nabarun Bhattacharya, Debarshi Talukdar.

Essays

# Kamalkumar Kolkata: Pichhutaaner itihas () # Marjiner Lekha Lekhar Marjine ()

Journalistic and other writings

# Banglar mukh () # Babu Bibi o Tahara () # Prantojaner Katha () # Journal 70 ()

References

External links

Raghab Bandyopadhyay's Charchapada webpageFeatured Author at the 3rd Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature
at the

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Memory’s Gold book reviewMemory’s Gold: Writings on Calcutta reviewCharchapada book release: Raghab Bandyopadhyay with Ashok Mitra and Mihir Bhattacharya at the launch of Kamalkumar Majumdar’s essaysAn article on CharchapadaAnother article on CharchapadaBook Release: Chhoy Ritur GaanBook Release: Comunis O OnyanyoAn article on Operation Rajarhat as Editorial on page 4 of SakalbelaObituary on Ei Samay
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Obituary on Ajkaal
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Obituary on Anandabazar Patrika
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Review of Raktajaba rahasya
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Obituary
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