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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.
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.
Lila Mazumdar was not only the wife of Charu Majumder, but also the main motivator Lila Majumdar অন্দরের মেয়েদের আঁচলেই বাঁধা আছে বিপ্লবের মুক্তি
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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Lila Majumdar Early life Formative years Creative efforts Family Works Awards Legacy References Leela Majumdar (26 February 1908 [1] – 5 April 2007) was an Indian Bengali -language writer.
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This article examines the autobiographical writings of Lila Majumdar, 1908–2007, a writer most famous for zany, fantastical, defamiliarizing, speculative fiction for children and young adults. Majumdar was an influential maker of cultural history.
