Bonophul

,India

Pen name of Dr. Balaichand Mukhopadhyay,(1899-1979) a physician by profession but a front ranking man of letters in Bengali literature. Mrinal Sen’s award winning movie Bhuban Shome was made from Bonophul’s short story of the same name. He also wrote many novels but he is specially famous for his ‘short’ short stories. The present story (entitled Jagab) was first published on 5th October, 1940 in the reputed Bengali periodical Desh, long before the currently raging controversy over Dhananjay Chatterji.

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