Basabhumi


Basabhumi Patrika a Bengali little magazine, presently published from Berhampore, Murshidabad, edited by eminent poet Arup Chandra since June 1980, has left a remarkable impression and contribution in little magazine movement in West Bengal.

History

Basabhumi Patrika, Bengali literary little magazine, was first published on 1 June 1980 from the city of Krishnagar, NADIA, a district of West Bengal, India. Poet Arup Chandra is the founder editor of this magazine. This magazine got its name from the writer Sachin Biswas of Krishnagar. At the beginning Basabhumi was the spoke journal of "Revolutionary Writers Artists Association of Nadia District". For first three numbers the magazine had been edited by a board of editors comprising Biplab Moitra of Shantipur, Mrinal Sarkar of Kalyani, Mr. Manas Mukhopadhyay of Madanpur and Mr. Arup Chandra of Palashipare. Sachin Biswas was the chief advisor to the editorial board. Since 1990 the magazine has been edited and published by Arup Chandra from Berhampore.

Issues

Basabhumi Patrika, since 2018, in association with "Chandra Commercial & Art Institute" an educational institutions, announced to offer Literary Awards and felicitations to the persons who left remarkable contributions in the fields of literature, art, culture, journalism, social service or any other equivalent activities that enrich the society, commonly entitled as BASABHUMI AWARDS . The awards are:
Basabhumi Patrika every year organise an annual literary festival commonly known as Basabhumi Utsav. This festival includes:
Basabhumi Patrika editor Arup Chandra in 2010 took a decision to open a Little Magazine Library to better serve the little magazine movement. Accordingly a library was opened with thousands of old and newly collected magazines and books in a room of Basabhumi Patrika Office at 27/47/A, Joychand Rd, Khagra, officially named as - Little Magazine Sangrakshan O Gobeshona Kendra, Baharampore, .
The library offers free of cost access to the researchers and the interested readers to collect necessary information to fulfill their needs for their academic and literary activities.
This library, as found to be the first Little Magazine Library in the district of Murshidabad, offers awards to the persons led the little magazine movements in the country, and to the Bengali Magazine which found to be the best in a particular year, typically entitled "Best Bengali Little Magazine Award".