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Lila Majumdar was born in a rented house at Sakia Street on 26th February 1908 to Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray, the younger brother of noted writer Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhari. Hailing from a well-known Brahmo family, she was privileged enough to access formal education, something which was rather difficult for the lower caste women of that time.
Lila Majumdar remained associated with the magazine very actively right till the 1990s; her first story appeared here when she was only 14. It is Lila Majumdar’s daughter, Kamala Chatterjee, who has now translated her book, The Yellow Bird into English, bringing Lila Majumdar to a wider audience. This book (হলদে পাখির ...
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Aug 19, 2022 · Leela Majumdar (Lila Mojumdar), born on February 26, 1908, to Surama Devi and Pramada Tanjan Ray, was one of Bengal’s renaissance women. She was an author, teacher, art critic, and most of all, a feminist who was ahead of her times. The Bengals Renaissance is a cultural, social, intellectual, and artistic movement that was later taken over by ...
The Yellow Bird. Childhood is all about innocence, make believe and incredulity. Lila Majumdar – a master storyteller, effectively explores these emotions in this award-winning novella. Originally written in Bengali, the book has been translated by her daughter Kamala Chatterjee. Two siblings, Bogey and Rumu, are fed tall tales by their ...
Sep 30, 2020 · But given my sustained relationship with Lila Majumdar’s writing for more than 2 decades, reading an English translation and writing about it turned out to be way more difficult than I expected.
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Majumdar broadcasted a series of talks called Thakurmar Chithi [‘Grandma's Letters’] in a programme called Mahilamahal of Kolkata Radio (Introduction. Lila Majumdar Rachanabali 4:3). Lila Majumdar has informed us that she did not write the serialized talks specifically at her own initiative.
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