Play
Prithibi Jodi Baarto ! is a dramatisation of
Prithibi Baarlo Na Kyano ? (1973).
When and where did the play first appear ?
Be great if you could enlighten us.
Prithibi Jodi Baarto !
(If the world expanded !)
First Published in: Unknown
First featured in the book: Ghanada Bichitraa (1981)
Illustrator: Debasish Deb
Prithibi Jodi Baarto from two editions of Ghanada Bichitraa [Shoibya Prakashan Bibhag]
A rare peek into the chit-chat room of 72 Banamali Nashkar Lane [Stage direction]
Poem
Ghawnaar Bawchon (1956), à la Khawnaar Bawchon, broke the sequence of Ghanada stories in the Deb Sahitya Kutir annuals. This poem and its subsequent stanzas were published off and on.
Ghawnaar Bawchon (Poem): Various stanzas & versions
Ghawnaar Bawchon
(Thus Spake Ghawnaa)
First Published: 1956, Joyojaatra, Dev Sahitya Kutir Puja annual
Illustrator: Unknown
Later stanzas in: Shuktara, Kaartick 1364 (1957), Shaaradiya Kishore Bharati, 1382 (1975), Jhalmal, Shaaradiya 1387 (1980)
First featured in the Ghanda compilation: Ghanada Bichitraa (1981)
Illustrator: Debasish Deb
Also in: Brihat Ghanada Shankalan (1993)
Illustrator: Ajit Gupta (?)
Two versions of Ghawnaar Bawchon found their way into Premendra Mitra’s Chnaad Taara Jonaakiraa (1967) and Chhawraa Jaay Chhoriye (1981)
Mitra also penned a poem
Chhawraar Bawchon on the unchangeability of traditional rhymes
