Biography of prabhat kumar mukhopadhyay price

Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay () emerged as a novel voice in Bengali literature in the 90's of the last century. Gradually he achieved immense popularity in the genre of short story, even when Rabindranath Tagore's creativity in fictional writings was in its prime. Variety of backgrounds - both Indian and foreign, rural and urban - added a significant dimension to the popular image of his creativity. This far-extending vista of life comprising multicoloured aspects of the nature and behavior of people residing in different places of India and abroad had made Prabhatkumar's stories all the more attractive to his readers. A commendable craftsman, his popularity may also be attributed to the fact that he was never an extremist in his socio-ethical views. He gave a facile and suave expression of the contradictions in life and society by creating a mildly coloured chiaroscuro of simple pleasure and pain, hope and disappointment with his usual gracious detachment. Prabhatkumar is still remembered and revered as a unique writer for the perennial human appeal underlying his stories.

Dr. Gopikanath Roy Chowdhury, the writer of this monograph, is professor of Bengali at the Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.

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THE PRICE OF FLOWERS – PRABHAT KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY

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Prabhat K. Mukherjee (—), a younger contemporary of Rabindranath Tagore, was a popular writer, especially of short stories in Bengali. He was educated in India and in England, but his literary idols, apart from Tagore, were from France: Balzac and Maupassant. He was also known as Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay.

The narrator of this story meets this little girl named Alice and has a lot of sympathy for her and her mother. Alice works as a typist and her mother make cakes to sell them on Saturdays. Because the narrator is an Indian, the mother and daughter expect that he might be able to see a distant person in the ring and what is he doing (the art of crystal gazing!). The narrator realizes that this superstition is not only confined in India! The narrator is not able to see anything in the ring but later on in the story when we see that the mother is ill then, the author lies that his brother is okay. After some time the news of the death of the brother comes and the narrator is ashamed so he doesn&#;t go to them and the time for his return to India comes. Then in the morning of his last day in London, Maggie comes to say goodbye to him and gives a shilling which she earned with so much hard work so that he could buy flowers for her brother&#;s grave.

This is the price of flowers.

A very sweet and small story which is based on sympathy. After reading this book the reader founds themselves silent for some time because of the silent environment built by the story.

Indian writer

Not to be confused with Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya.

Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay (3 February &#;5 April ) was a Bengali writer. He was born at Dhatrigram in present-day Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal at his maternal uncle's house. His native place was Gurap in Hooghly district, West Bengal.

Personal life

In , he passed the entrance exam at the Jamalpur High School. In , he received a Fine Arts degree from Patna College. In , he received his bachelor's degree and he then went to study abroad in London. From to , he studied law in London.

In , after becoming a barrister, he returned to Bengal to practice law in Darjeeling, Rangpur, and Gaya. He practiced law in these regions until when he became a professor at the University of Calcutta. He was a professor here until his death in

Works

Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay is known to be a very famous and proficient writer in Bengali Literature. After Rabindranath Tagore, he is the best known short story writer. He wrote novels, short stories, and poems. His poems were published in the Bharati, a Bengali periodical, while he was still in school. He gained fame writing short stories, which are based on looking at life in a light-hearted, simple, way. During his career, he wrote over one hundred stories and fourteen novels.

At times he wrote under two pseudonyms, Sri Janoarchandra Sharma and Srimati Radhamoni.

He received the Kuntalin Prize to acknowledge his writings.

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Short story collections

Other works

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