Ghandasamagra I

The contents of this wonderful collection runs as

• Ghanadar Galpo
• Masha
• Poka
• Nuri
• K(n)ach
• Maach
• Tupi
• Chari
• Lattu
• Adwitiya Ghanada
• Dada
• Phuto
• D(n)aat
• Ghari
• H(n)aas
• Suto
• Aabar Ghanada
• Dheel
• Ch(n)uch
• Shishi
• Ghanadake Vote Deen
• Ghanadake Vote Deen
• K(n)echo
• Machi
• Ghanadar Nitya Natun
• Jol
• Chokh
• Chata
• Ghanda Kulpi Khan Na
• Ghanadar Juri Nei
• Tel
• Bhasha
• Maap
• Maati

Premendra Mitra had created maybe one of the unique personalities in the world of fiction in Ghanada whose exploits narrated in first person (in general) though are filled with thrilling suspense but the underlying humour and a trace of twist makes each episode livelier with its hilarious finishes.

His four avid listeners-cum-fans, Shishir, Gour, Shibu and the author, the inhabintants of a mess in 72, Banamali Naskar Lane enjoys listening to Ghanada narrating his exploits that involves unmasking international criminals and his hobnobs with the American and British intelligentsia which proves to be their ultimate enjoyment during the leasurly weekends. Ghanada's stubborn logics justifying his claims of the mess rights sometimes proves too much for them but they are easily soothed by the fantastic events that he narrates as a way of justification. The stories that he weaves from the slightest provocation, though seems to be all bluff but sometimes some surprising revelations pose a serious question to the listeners - isn't Ghanada really a bundle of talents? The quad sometimes poses some deceptive traps for Ghanada but his high IQ, a trivial opportunity and sometimes his remarkable intelligence helps him to maneuver the traps quite easily.

These exploits, though if we consider to be all bluffs, contain all accurate facts and infact Surajit Dasgupta's introduction quite correctly summarizes one very universal truth about Ghanada novels - it was Premendra Mitra's interest of inspiring the youngs with science that he created this unique personality. Also several of the writings addresses the pollution and serious scarcity of natural vegetations and also extinction of species that really makes these a class apart in Bengali literature. The stories that will ultimately make you a fan of Ghanada and Co. all mask some very interesting scientific events that can be expected to eventually inspire some on the course of research on the topics.