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Monday, 5 October 2026

KALAPANIR PARAPARE 1-3 VOLS- A TRAVELOGUE OF BENGALIS VISITING ENGLAND- ā§§ā§Žā§­ā§­ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ⧧⧝⧧⧍ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϰāϚিāϤ āώোāϞāϟি āĻŦাংāϞা āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āφāϞেāĻ–্āϝ āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚāύ āĻ•āϰে āĻāχ āϏāĻ™্āĻ•āϞāύ।

• ā§§āĻŽ āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄ: āωāύিāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻļেāώ āĻĻুāχ āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ­াāϰāϤāĻŦāϰ্āώ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ•োāύো āĻŦ্āϝāϤিāĻ•্āϰāĻŽী āϘāϟāύা āĻ›িāϞ āύা। āϏে āϏāĻŽā§Ÿে āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽী āĻļিāĻ•্āώা⧟ āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ™্āĻ—াāϞীāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে 'āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ' āφāϰ 'āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ' āĻĒ্āϰা⧟ āϏāĻŽাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ• āĻ›িāϞ āφāϰ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϰ āĻŦিāϞাāϤেāϰ āϰং-āϰূāĻĒāĻ“ āĻ›িāϞ āĻ…āϏাāĻŽাāύ্āϝ। āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨা⧟ āĻŦাāĻ™্āĻ—াāϞীāϰ āϚোāĻ–ে āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āĻ›িāϞ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āύāĻŦāϞāĻŦ্āϧ āύৈāϤিāĻ•, āύাāύ্āĻĻāύিāĻ•, āφāϧুāύিāĻ• āϚেāϤāύাāϰ āϚূ⧜াāύ্āϤ āϰূāĻĒ। āĻāχ āϏংāĻ•āϞāύ āĻ”āĻĒāύিāĻŦেāĻļিāĻ• āĻ•াāϞে āĻŦাংāϞা āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āϝাāĻŦাāϰ āύাāύাāĻŦিāϧ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āφāϞেāĻ–্āϝāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāϞোāĻ•āĻĒাāϤ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে। āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āϰāĻ•āĻŽেāϰ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝে āϏাāĻ—āϰāĻĒা⧜ি āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻāĻ• āĻ›িāϞ āύা, āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āĻāĻ• āĻš'āϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা, āĻāχ āĻ…āϏংāĻ–্āϝ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āφāϞেāĻ–্āϝāϰ āĻŦৈāϚিāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āϰূāĻĒāϰেāĻ–া āĻĻেāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϚেāώ্āϟা āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে āĻāχ āϏংāĻ•āϞāύে। āĻŦাংāϞা⧟ āϞেāĻ–া āĻāχ āϏāĻŦ āφāĻ–্āϝাāύ āĻ—āĻ āύāĻļৈāϞীāϰ āĻĻিāĻ• āĻĻি⧟েāĻ“ āύাāύাāĻŦিāϧ āϚিāĻ ি, āĻĄা⧟েāϰি, āφāϤ্āĻŽāĻ•āĻĨা, āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻ•āĻĨা, āĻ•াāĻŦ্āϝ, āĻ›োāϟ āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒ, āφāϰ āύিāĻ›āĻ• āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύাāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ।
• ⧍āϝ় āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄ: āωāύিāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻļেāώ āĻĻুāχ āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦাāĻ™্āĻ—াāϞীāϰ āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ•োāύো āĻŦ্āϝāϤিāĻ•্āϰāĻŽী āϘāϟāύা āĻ›িāϞ āύা। āϏে āϏāĻŽā§Ÿে āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽী āĻļিāĻ•্āώা⧟ āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ™্āĻ—াāϞীāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে 'āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ' āφāϰ 'āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ' āĻĒ্āϰা⧟ āϏāĻŽাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ• āĻ›িāϞ āφāϰ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϰ āĻŦিāϞাāϤেāϰ āϰং-āϰূāĻĒāĻ“ āĻ›িāϞ āĻ…āϏাāĻŽাāύ্āϝ। āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨা⧟ āĻŦাāĻ™্āĻ—াāϞীāϰ āϚোāĻ–ে āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āĻ›িāϞ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āύāĻŦāϞāĻŦ্āϧ āύৈāϤিāĻ•, āύাāύ্āĻĻāύিāĻ•, āφāϧুāύিāĻ• āϚেāϤāύাāϰ āϚূ⧜াāύ্āϤ āϰূāĻĒ। āĻāχ āϏংāĻ•āϞāύ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦিংāĻļ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āώাāϟেāϰ āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŦাংāϞা āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āϝাāĻŦাāϰ āύাāύাāĻŦিāϧ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āφāϞেāĻ–্āϝāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāϞোāĻ•āĻĒাāϤ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে। āĻāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ•েāω āĻ•েāω āĻ—েāĻ›েāύ āύিāĻ›āĻ• āĻŦে⧜াāϤে, āĻ•েāω āωāϚ্āϚāĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ, āĻ•েāω āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏাāϰ āĻ–াāϤিāϰে, āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻ•োāύ āĻ•োāύ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϞোāĻ•āϜāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ•েāĻŦāϞāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ী āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে। āĻŦাংāϞা⧟ āϞেāĻ–া āĻāχ āϏāĻŦ āφāĻ–্āϝাāύ āĻ—āĻ āύāĻļৈāϞী āĻĻিāĻ• āĻĻি⧟েāĻ“ āύাāύাāĻŦিāϧ āϚিāĻ ি, āĻĄা⧟েāϰি, āφāϤ্āĻŽāĻ•āĻĨা, āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻ•āĻĨা, āĻ•াāĻŦ্āϝ, āĻ›োāϟ āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒ, āφāϰ āύিāĻ›āĻ• āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύাāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ। āϏāĻ™্āĻ•āϞāύেāϰ āĻāχ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤী⧟ āĻ–āύ্āĻĄে ⧧⧝⧧ā§Ē āĻĨেāĻ•ে ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ļ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϰāϚিāϤ āώোāϞāϟি āĻŦাংāϞা āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āφāϞেāĻ–্āϝ āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে। • ā§Šāϝ় āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄ: 'āĻ•াāϞাāĻĒাāύিāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻĒাāϰে: āĻŦাāĻ™াāϞীāϰ āϚোāĻ–ে āĻŦিāϞাāϤ' āĻ—্āϰāύ্āĻĨ āĻĻুāϟিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤী⧟ āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄে āωāύāĻŦিংāĻļ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āĻŽাāĻাāĻŽাāĻি āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϝāϤ āĻŦাāĻ™াāϞি āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖে āĻ—ি⧟েāĻ›িāϞেāύ, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϞেāĻ–া āĻĨেāĻ•ে āύি⧟ে āĻŽোāϟ āϤেāϤ্āϰিāĻļāϟি āφāϞেāĻ–্āϝ āĻĒেāĻļ āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ“āχ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āϞেāĻ–াāĻ—ুāϞি āĻ›িāϞ āĻŦাংāϞা⧟। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āωāύāĻŦিংāĻļ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āĻŽাāĻাāĻŽাāĻি āĻ•াāϞ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦিāϞাāϤ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖেāϰ āϝāϤ āĻŦাāĻ™াāϞিāϰ āφāϞেāĻ–্āϝ āφāĻŽāϰা āĻĒাāχ āϤাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϞেāĻ–াāχ āχংāϰাāϜিāϤে āϰāϚিāϤ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāϞ। āĻšā§ŸāϤো āωāύāĻŦিংāĻļ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āύāĻŦāϜাāĻ—āϰāĻŖেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻāχ āϏāĻŦ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦিāϤ্āϤ āĻ“ āωāϚ্āϚ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦিāϤ্āϤ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϰা āχংāϰাāϜিāϤে āϞিāĻ–āϤেāχ āĻŦেāĻļী āϏ্āĻŦাāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āĻŦোāϧ āĻ•āϰāϤেāύ। āĻঁāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻŦāϏা⧟ী, āύিāĻ›āĻ• āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻĒিāĻĒাāϏু āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি, āϰাāϜāĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝ, āϧāϰ্āĻŽী⧟ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āωāϚ্āϚāĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āĻŦিāϞাāϤে āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি, āĻāĻŦং āφāϰāĻ“ āύাāύাāύ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻĒ্āϰা⧟ে āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻŦিāĻļেāώ। āĻāχ āĻ”āĻĒāύিāĻŦেāĻļিāĻ• āĻļাāϏāĻ•েāϰ āĻ­াāώা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰেāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āύাāύা āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϝা⧟। āĻāĻ–াāύে āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āϏāϤেāϰāϟি āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϰ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻŦিāĻļেāώ (ā§§ā§­ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ⧧⧝ā§Ģā§Ģ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϰāϚিāϤ) āĻŽূāϞ āχংāϰাāϜি āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦাংāϞা⧟ āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻ•āϰে āĻāχ āϏāĻ™্āĻ•āϞāύেāϰ āϤৃāϤী⧟ āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻিāϤ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে। āĻāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŦ্āϝāϤিāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϞেāĻ–াāϟি āφāĻ াāϰāĻļো āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϤে āϰāϚিāϤ āĻŽিāϰ্āϜা āĻļেāĻ– āχāϤ্āϤেāϏাāĻŽুāĻĻ্āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽূāϞ āϞেāĻ–াāϟি āχংāϰাāϜিāϤে āύ⧟ āĻĢাāϰ্āϏিāϤে āϰāϚিāϤ। - āĻŦীāϰুā§ŽāϜাāϤীāϝ় Birutjatio

VATSALA - AGNEYAM-UNTOLD STORY OF THE KURICHIA PEOPLE

Thursday, 1 October 2026

Prof Amiya P Sen and Mr Nandan Dasgupta - MEMORIALIZING BENGALI LIVES, LEGENDS AND CULTURAL LONGINGS - ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF GHULAM MURSHID

Congratulations to
for collating and editing this book in memory of Ghulam Murshid — a tribute to an academic and a thinker whose vision straddled continents. This volume compelled me to finally wrap up my never-ending research on the European Impact on Bengali Cuisine — something that I had been working on, for quite a long time. In short — do you know that each one of these foods came from America and Europe and could find their way into our cuisine and into our lives only between the last 200 and 90 years? Potato, Green Chilli, Papaya, Guava, Pineapple, Tomato, Pea, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Carrot, Beet, Capsicum, Ole Kopi, Shalgom, Cocoa for chocolate, Peanut, Tobacco, , Rajma, Sopeda (Chikoo), Vanilla? We know bread, biscuit and tea were introduced by Europeans in India — but so were chop, cutlet, soup, stew, even chhana for our sweets. Dishes like lau chingri, shukto, potoler dorma were impacted by Europeans. Items like luchi, radhaballabhi, and maida-based foods were popularised in Bengal thanks to Western-technology flour mills.

The Telegraph, dated 14.9.2026, Jayanta Sengupta has written about the legacy of five great historians from Bengal,

In an op-ed article in
all of whom have passed away now. The selection, as the author states, is based on his personal choices, and -- therefore -- has some amount of arbitrariness. Yet, the five whose works he has presented in a nutshell -- Ranajit Guha, Tapan Raychaudhuri, Ashin Das Gupta, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, and Sumit Sarkar -- are all great historians on their own rights. Their works have reshaped how the discipline is practised in India. They were all born in 1920s and 1930s and studied in my alma mater, Presidency College. Three of them also received their doctorates from the University of Calcutta. All five were prolific authors in both English and Bengali. The statistics would remain similar if we include some other world-famous Bengali historians who were their contemporaries and near-contemporaries -- Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya and Rajat Kanta Ray to name a few. It was a time when Presidency was the finest undergraduate college in South Asia at least in terms of producing historians and Calcutta University still the premiere research University. The next generations also included Bengali historians of global repute, and still Presidency produced the bulk of them, though Delhi-based universities -- Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University -- gradually outperformed the Kolkata-based universities in their research outputs. Those were different times. JNU and DU, especially the former, are now in ruins. India's finest centres of historical learning have been systematically demolished. Presidency, Calcutta University, and Jadavpur await their turns. It is, indeed, high time that we remember the heights we had reached in historical scholarship, as Sengupta makes us revisits the works of five outstanding historians. See less