In a bid to attracted young readers a new Bengali publishing house has brought out books in the shape of Iphones in the Kolkata International Book Fair. (Photo)The books which address serious topics and are presented in a unique shape have attracted the young minds. Amit Debnath, an officer working in a nationalised bank, has written a book titled Rodda Companyr Astra Lunthan o Biplabtirtha Malanga Lane.
Priced at Rs 89, the book has been brought out by Biswargo that has published the Chatjaldi series which will help the readers to find out about historical events at a glance. On 26 August 1914, five youths belonging to Jugantar, a revolutionary group had looted Mauser pistols and ammunition meant for Messrs Rodda & Company, a citybased gun dealer when they were en route from Customs House to the godown of the arms dealer.
Fifty pistols were looted. The Statesman had carried the news three days after the incident took place with the famous heading “The greatest day light robbery.” Smirikatha by Gyanadanandini Debi, wife of Satyendranath Tagore, the first ICS officer and elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore is a priceless possession. This book belongs to the Chatjaldi series. The book has been written by Indira Debi Chowdhurani and contains stories as told by her mother.
Gyanadanandini Debi has spoken about her childhood, her marriage, her days in England and Bombay (now Mumbai). She had spoken at length about her father-in-law, Maharshi Debendranath Tagore and her mother-in-law. Krishna Roy has written a book in the Chatjaldi series titled Bigyane Uppekhita on female scientists whose name have been lost because of the indifference of the male dominated society.
In the Kolkata International Book Fair, books on revolutionary movements and Subhas Chandra Bose have evoked interest among young people. Mr Soumyabrata Dasupta, a young research scholar, has written a book titled Bengal Volunteers as found in the British documents. A book titled Subhaschandrer Jailer Chithi, penned by Mr Dasgupta and Mr Saikat Neogy, another research scholar, and published by Mitra and Ghosh was hot favourite among the young readers.
Anijuger Chandannagar penned by Mr Saikat Neogy and published by Patralekha has created interest about many young readers about the revolutionary activities that took place in the French colony. For example, factories to manufacture bombs set up under the basement of houses and police commissioner Sir Charles Teggert could not find them despite his repeated raids in Chandannagore.