Raghab Bandyopadhyay


Raghab Bandyopadhyay was an Indian Bengali prose writer and columnist.

Life

Raghab was born on 14 November 1948 at Bhawanipore in Kolkata, one year after India's Independence. That way he can be called a Midnight's child. Brought up in north Kolkata, he came in touch with rural Bengal in the late 60s by virtue of his close association with the Naxalite movement. 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 Malini Bhattacharya. In the late 1970s and in 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 alongside.

Works

Collection of stories

  1. Akaalbodhan O Anyanya Galpo
  2. Badar galpo
  3. Angshagrahan
  4. Galpo 33
  5. Ashmani Katha: Uchchheder 5 Kahon
  6. Galpo Sangraha
  7. Daladas

    Novels

  8. Komunis
  9. Shoishab
  10. Tahara
  11. Mudran soundarya
  12. Sahar sanskaran
  13. Satik jadunagar
  14. Chor Challisha
  15. Medhabi Bhut O Madhabilata
  16. Operation Rajarhat
  17. Kata jibher brittanta
  18. Raktajaba rahasya

    Contribution in edited volumes

  19. Memory's Gold, Writings on Calcutta, edited by Amit Chaudhuri, Penguin Viking, 2008.
  20. Calcutta The Living City, Vol:2, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1990.

    Special issue on Raghab Bandyopadhyay

  21. Kathak, edited by Shatadal Mitra, January, 2012. Some of the contributors are Dipesh Chakrabarty, Ashok Sen, Debesh Roy, Hiran Mitra, Swapan Chakrabarty, Pradip Basu, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Sumita Chakrabarty, Ranabir Lahiri, Nabarun Bhattacharya, Debarshi Talukdar.

    Essays

  22. Kamalkumar Kolkata: Pichhutaaner itihas
  23. Marjiner Lekha Lekhar Marjine

    Journalistic and other writings

  24. Banglar mukh
  25. Babu Bibi o Tahara
  26. Prantojaner Katha
  27. Journal 70