Friday 4 May 2012

Galpo Bhugol Niye


By Malay Mukhopadhyay
Ananda Publishers Private Ltd., 1997.                      
Rs. 40.00

‘Galpo Bhugol Niye’ (Stories about Geography) is a collection of Bengali short stories written by Malay Mukhopadhyay. The book contains six stories in total. The author is Professor at the department of Geography, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan and this unique book is an honest effort to raise interest among the general readers, the school students in particular, about the subject the teacher teaches passionately.

KATHA CHHABI



                            
Malay Mukhopadhyay and Arnab Ghoshal
                         
Distributor : Subarnarekha, Kolkata                                  
Rs. 200.00

‘Katha Chhabi’ (Words and Pictures) is a collection of Bengali poems, written by Malay Mukhopadhyay. There are 15 poems in altogether and they are accompanied by some beautiful photographs taken by Arnab Ghoshal. The poet is a well known geographer who has travelled different parts of the world and has closely studied human behaviour, environment and the interrelationship between the two. His literary works clearly reflect the experience the gathered as a serious observer of the social affairs.