Stories from the 1960s – II

Short stories from the 1960s – II

Deb Sahitya Kutir annuals & new teen mag Kishore Bharati continue the two-syllabic title trend.

1966 – Bhaasha

1967 – Tel / Keley Ghennaa Ghanada

1968 – Maati

1968 – Dhulo

1969 – Maap

1969 – Kaada

1969 – Naach

Symmetry-freak Poirot would have wished all Ghanada tales had two-syllabic titles.

But Ghanada Kulpi Khaan Na should not be truncated to Kulpi. Or Ghanadake Vote Din to Vote. Icecream or election is not the key player there.

Bhaasha

(Language), 1966

A dive into the sea with the villainous Count

First Published : 1966, Arunachal, Dev Sahitya Kutir Puja annual

Illustrations: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

First featured in the book: Ghanadar Juri Nei, 1970

Illustrations: Dhiren Baul

Bhaasha from the Puja annual Arunachal, 1966

Artist: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

Bhaasha from Ghanadar Juri Nei (1970, 1993)

Artist: Dhiren Baul, Ajit Gupta

Bhaasha from Ghanada Kishore Omnibus (1990)

Publisher: Kamini Prakashalay

Artist: Amal Chattopadhyay Harshabardhaner Shaathey Ghanada O Tenida (1995)

Publisher: Das Sahitya Kutir
Artist: Anjan Ghosh

Tel / Keley Ghennaa Ghanada

(Oil), 1967

First Published : 1967, Mahalayaa, Benubeena, Dev Sahitya Kutir Puja annual

Illustrations: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

First featured in the book: Ghanadar Juri Nei, 1970

Illustrations: Dhiren Baul

Tel subsequently appeared as Keley Ghennaa Ghanada in the Pakshiraj annual of 1977.
A clarification declared that the actual title intended was
Teley Ghennaa Ghanada

Boxed ! Ghanashyam helps Dugan settle into the wooden crate.

Tel from the Puja annual Benubeena, 1967

Artist: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

Tel from Ghanadar Juri Nei (1970, 1993)

Artist: Dhiren Baul, Ajit Gupta

Tel published as Keley Ghennaa Ghanada in Pakshiraj annual, 1977

Artist: Probhat Karmakar.

The actual title intended was Teley Ghennaa Ghanada.

Maati

(Soil), 1968

First Published: 1968, Shaarodiyaa Kishore Bharati

Illustrations: Surya Roy

First featured in the book: Ghanadar Juri Nei, 1970

Illustrations: Dhiren Baul

Maati from Shaarodiyaa Kishore Bharati, 1968

Artist: Surya Roy

The first Ghanada featured in the new juvenile periodical Kishore Bharati-s Puja annual.

. Surya Roy (1913 – 1979) ‘s first Ghanada venture. This year he also gifted us an unforgettable ‘minimal’ sketch for Tupi in the Premendra Mitra anthology: Ek Jaahaaj Gawlpo : Moyurponkhi (1968)

Maati from Ghanadar Juri Nei (1970, 1993)

Artist: Dhiren Baul, Ajit Gupta

Dhulo

(Dust), 1968

First Published: 1968, Indraneel, Dev Sahitya Kutir Puja annual

Illustrations: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

First featured in the book: Jnaar Naam Ghanada, 1971

Illustrations: Ajit Gupta

The narrator of the Ghanada tales is finally assigned an identity: Sudhir, incidentally the author’s own pet name.

Dhulo from the Puja annual Indraneel, 1968

Artist: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

Dhulo from Jnaar Naam Ghanada (1971)

Artist: Ajit Gupta

Dhulo from Ghanadar Baachhaai Gawlpo (1992)

Artist: Dilip Das

Maap

(Measure), 1969

First Published: May 1969, Kishore Bharati

Illustrations: Bibhuti Sengupta

First featured in the book: Ghanadar Juri Nei, 1970

Illustrations: Dhiren Baul

Boarder Shibu’s full name first revealed as Shibdas, combined hand Banwari’s as Banwarilal.

A plump Ghanada by Bibhuti Sengupta, does not resemble the Kishore Bharati staple Surya Roy’s prototype

Maap from Kishore Bharati, May, 1969

Artist: Bibhuti Sengupta

Maap from Ghanadar Juri Nei (1970, 1993)

Artist: Dhiren Baul, Ajit Gupta

Maap from Kishore Jnan Bijnan annual (1980)

Artist: Dhiren Baul, Unknown

Kaada

(Mud), 1969

First Published: 1969, Shukshaaree, Dev Sahitya Kutir Puja annual

Illustrations: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

First featured in the book: Jnaar Naam Ghanada, 1971

Illustrations : Ajit Gupta

Tale teller Ghanada and adventurer Ghanashyam both don spectacles after a considerable gap

Kaada from the Puja annual Shukshaaree, 1969

Artist: Protul Chandra Bandyopadhyay

Kaada from Jnaar Naam Ghanada (1971)

Artist: Ajit Gupta

Kaada from Ghanadar Baachhaai Gawlpo (1992)

Artist: Dilip Das

Naach

(Dance), 1969

First Published: 1969, Shaarodiyaa Kishore Bharati

Illustrations: Surya Roy

First featured in the book: Jnaar Naam Ghanada, 1971

Illustrations: Ajit Gupta

Ajit Gupta’s headpiece for Naach uncomfortably echoes the one by Surya Roy. ‘Ah ar’-s cryptic letter and the original bee-dance diagrams, were retained in all subsequent reprints