Taradas Bandyopadhyay (15 October 1947 – 18 July 2010) was a

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novelist, short story writer and editor.

Biography

Bandyopadhyay was the son of late legendary writer

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay () (12 September 1894 – 1 November 1950) was an Indian writer in the Bengali language. His best known works are the autobiographical novel, ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road''), ''Aparajito (Undefeate ...

. He was born in 1947 at his maternal grandparent's home at

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, a suburb of

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North 24 Parganas North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and f ...

and finished his schooling at the

Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School The Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School is a higher secondary school in Rahara, Khardaha, West Bengal, India. The school was opened in 1949, five years after its foundation. The school is run by the Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Bo ...

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. Bandyopadhyay passed B.A. (Honours) in

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from

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and completed post-graduation from the

Calcutta University The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, C ...

. He worked in

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in the Information and Cultural Affairs Department. He spent his childhood at his paternal village-home in

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in a place which was incidentally called Barakpur again.

Literary career

Taradas wrote number of short stories and novels like ''Kaal Nirabadhi'', ''Saptarshir Alo'', ''Kakkhopath''. His novel ''Kajol'' was a sequel to ''Aparajito'', written by his father. Taradas had started writing ''Kajol'' immediately after passing his Higher Secondary examination. Bandyopadhyay's most notable contribution was ''

Taranath Tantrik Taranath Tantrik is a fictional character of Bengali literature created by Bengali legendary novelist Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and later by his son Taradas Bandyopadhyay. Character Taranath Tantrik is a mystic figure and practitioner of ...

'', an occult practitioner. The character was created by Bibhutibhushan and continued by him. Those stories were published in two books namely ''Taranath Tantrik'' (1985) and ''Awlatchokro'' (2003). Bandyopadhyay also edited

Aranyak ''Aranyak'' ( bn, আরণ্যক , literally "forest-grown, pertaining to forest") composed between 1937 and 1939 and published in 1976, is a Bengali-language novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, based on his long and arduous years in nort ...

. In the year 2008, Taradas started writing his interpretation of Bibhutibhusan's life in a biography-styled series called ''Pita Nohsi'' for Udbodhan magazine, but couldn't complete it because of his death in 2010.

Books

* ''Saptarshir Alo'' * ''Kakkhopath'' * ''Bandhu, Raho Raho'' * ''Kaal Nirabodhi'' * ''Kajol'' * ''Tritiya Purush'' * ''Awlatchakra'' * ''Taranath Tantrik''

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