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