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Prafulla Roy
Prafulla Roy (born September 11, 1934) is a West Bengali author. He had to struggle hard to set foot in a new land. He traveled all over the country to experience the struggles of the people. And for this purpose he lived for some time among the indigenous people of Nagaland, who were the untouchables of Bihar and the rootless people of the mainland of the Andamans. Most of which later appeared flawlessly in his writings. Early life Prafulla Roy was born on 11 September 1934 in the village of Atpara, Bikrampur, in 1934 in the former East Bengal district of Dhaka. He moved to India in 1950. He resides in Kolkata. Author Roy's writings portray powerful realities in both urban and rural conditions. He has written over 150 books, including novels and short stories. His first novel was ''Purva Parvati'', written in Nagaland and published in 1956. He penned novels on refugee life, such as ''Keya Patar Nauko'' (2003), ''Shatdharay Boye Yay'' (2006), ''Uttal Samayer Itikatha'' (2014), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee Bangla
Zee Bangla is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel broadcasting in the Bengali language. It is owned by the Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is the first Bengali-language satellite television channel in India, officially commencing broadcasts on 15 September 1999. The channel was first launched as Alpha Bangla which was later renamed to Zee Bangla on 28 March 2005. The channel launched its HD version on 20 November 2016. According to BARC, Zee Bangla is the second most-watched television channel in West Bengal. History The channel was first launched in 1996, but halted transmissions within two months due to its poor ratings. It was relaunched on 15 September 1999 as Alpha TV Bangla, along with Alpha TV Marathi, Alpha TV Telugu and Alpha TV Punjabi. It was the first Bengali-language satellite television channel in India. In 2005, Zee TV went for a major brand revamp. It unveiled a new logo on 28 March 2005 at the Zee Cine Awards and thereafter Alpha Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Births
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Bengali Novelists
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the writing system ** Bengali–Assamese script *** Bengali (Unicode block), a block of Bengali characters in Unicode * Bengali, Nancowry, a village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * , a ship launched in 1837 and wrecked in 1951 * Bengali, member of the ThunderCats * Bengali-Fodé Koita, Guinean footballer * Bengali Keïta, Guinean centre-back * Bengali Market, ancient market in New Delhi, India * Bengali River, river in northern Bangladesh * Bengali Singh, Indian politician * Abdul Wahid Bengali, 19th-century theologian * Ali Sher Bengali, 16th-century Sufi * Athar Ali Bengali, politician and teacher * Izzatullah Bengali, 18th-century Persian language author * Mohamed Bengali Razak Mohammed Bengali (born 20 November 1988 in Abi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Writers
This article provides an alphabetical list of Bengali language authors. For a chronological list, see List of Bengali language authors. Pre-partition Bengal A * Abdul Hakim (1620–1690) * Afzal Ali (16th-century) *Alaol (1606–1680) * Akkhoykumar Boral (1860–1919) B *Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838–94) *Bharatchandra Ray (1712–60) * Begum Rokeya (1880–1932) D *Daulat Qazi (1600–1638) *Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan (16th-century) *Dinesh Chandra Sen (1866–1939) *Dwijendralal Ray (1863–1913) E *Ekramuddin Ahmad (1872–1940) * Eyakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940) G *Girish Chandra Ghosh (1844–1912) *Girish Chandra Sen (1835/36-1910) *Gobindachandra Das (1885–1918) H * Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760) I *Ismail Hossain Siraji (1880–1931) *Ishwar Chandra Gupta (1812–59) *Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–91) K *Krittibas Ojha (1443-15??) M *Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–73) *Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889–1936) *Muhammad Muqim (18th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Novelists
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sahitya Akademi Award Winners For Bengali
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award. The awards given to Bengali writers for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below. Sahitya Akademi Award winners Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973. Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winners Bengali winners of Sahitya Akademi Award for English Translations from Bengali literature *1989 – Nagindas Parekh – ''Na Hanyate'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from Maitreyi Devi), * ... ... K. Ravi Verma – ''Ganadevata'' (novel, Malayalam tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... T.Thoibi Devi – Drishtipat' (novel, Manipuri tr. from Yayavar), * ... ... Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the 8th Schedule to the Indian constitution as well as in English and Rajasthani language. Established in 1954, the award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of ₹ 1,00,000. The award's purpose is to recognise and promote excellence in Indian writing and also acknowledge new trends. The annual process of selecting awardees runs for the preceding twelve months. The plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi was designed by the Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray. Prior to this, the plaque occasionally was made of marble, but this practice was discontinued because of the excessive weight. During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, the plaque was substituted with national savings bonds. Recipients Other literary honors Sahitya Akademi Fellowships They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankim Puraskar
Bankim Puraskar ( bn, বঙ্কিম পুরস্কার, Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of West Bengal for contribution to Bengali fiction. The award was instituted in 1975 in memory of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a famous Bengali novelist of the 19th century. It has been brought under the aegis of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, functioning under the Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, in 2003. The award is handed over by the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Awardees *1975 – Prabodh Chandra Sen *1982 – Gour Kishore Ghosh *1983 – Sunil Gangopadhyay – ''Sei Samay'' (novel, 2 vols.) *1984 – Sushil JanaDutt, Kartik ChandraWho's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M Sahitya Akademi, 1999 *1985 – Prafulla Roy – Akasher Neeche Manush' (novel) *1986 – Amiya Bhushan Majumdar – ''Rajnagar'' (novel) *1987 – Amalendu Chakraborty – ''Jabajjiban'' (novel) *1988 – Sachindran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krantikaal
''Krantikaal'' ( bn, ক্রান্তিকাল,English title: Critical Encounter) (2005) is an Indian Bengali feature film directed by Sekhar Das of Mahulbanir Sereng fame. It won award for best direction in 9th Dhaka International Film Festival. Plot The story is of terrorism that is plaguing different parts of the Northeast as the backdrop. Silajit Majumder, a militant on the run, takes refuge in a dilapidated mansion. Roopa Ganguly stays there with her father-in-law Soumitra Chatterjee and his father Haradhan Bandopadhyay who is confined to bed and is unable to speak. This film focuses on the friction and undercurrent of tension between the lady of the house and the terrorist. It leads to a brief mutual self-discovery that gives rise to compassion. Cast * Roopa Ganguly * Soumitra Chatterjee * Silajit Majumder as Rajib * Haradhan Bandopadhyay * Arjun Chakraborty * Rita Dutta Chakraborty * Rajesh Sharma * Arkapriya Ganguly Awards *2005 - National Film Award for Best S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the List of languages by number of native speakers, fifth most-spoken native language and the List of languages by total number of speakers, seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official language, official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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