TWO BOOKS OF LAKSHMINDRA KUMAR SARKAR

LAKSHMINDRA KUMAR SARKAR’S

AKHYATO GAYER PROKHYATO SHILPI (RENOWNED ARTIST OF AN UNKNOWN VILLAGE)

Padmasree

Gambhir Singh Mura

and

Chotanagpur’s

Sindhubala Devi

(Chyapi)

Picture:  Pranab Sikdar

Price:  Rs. 25/-

Padmashree Awarded Gambhir Singh Mura of Chou Dance and State Music, Drama Academy awarded Sindhubala Devi who is called Chotanagpur ‘bulbul’ (Chyapi).  Those who deal with folk culture, they know these personalities.  Mr. Lakshmindra Kumar Sarkar has researched on these two personalities very well.  He has collected many incidents of their lives.  He came to know the grief and anger of them.  There are also comments of some culture-minded people who know them well.  They are Subodh Basu Roy, Birinchi Kumar Dey, Dr. Shishir Mazumdar, Sraboni Chakraborty (researcher), G.M. Abubkar, Sanjib Sarkar etc.  Many pictures.  You will come to know the close relationship of the author with them.  This book is important to the researchers, it is equally important to the students and ordinary people.

To get the book, you need not pay in advance.  Please enlist yourself by sending your name and address.

There is a special rebate for the students of research institutions.

Childrens’ Books

Lakshmindra Kumar Sarkar’s

Still alive 116-year-old

SWADESHI DAKATH MOHAN (FREEDOM FIGHTER DACOIT MOHAN)

Price:  Rs. 20/-

Picture:  Debabrata Ghosh.

There are different types of pictures of Mohan Kheria in every pages.  The children would love to read it, and their parents would also think about Mohan.  After spending so many years of his life in this country, he is having difficult times in his old age.  He has been marked by the British as a ‘dacoit’ as he gave the side of the poor people.  The writer narrates the story of the dacoit in good and bad times.  Along with the author, Mohan Kisku also throws light on some remarkable incidents.

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