AN ORDINARY MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING OF WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, 2ND DECEMBER, 2019 AT 5.00 P.M. IN THE VIDYASAGAR HALL OF THE SOCIETY

MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PRESENT Agenda

1. Confirmation of the Minutes of the Ordinary Monthly General Meeting held on 2nd September, 2019 at 5 p.m. 2. Exhibitions of presents made to the Society in September, 2019. 3. Notice of Intended Motion, if any, under Regulation 49(d). 4. Matters of current business and routine matters for disposal under Regulation 49(f). 5. Consideration of Reports and Communications from the Council as per Regulation 49(g). 6. The General Secretary is to report that in terms of the provision of bye-laws IV(6) The name of Professor Mrinal Miri has been duly nominated by the Council for election as Honorary Fellow of the Society. 7. The following paper will be read : Rethinking Poverty and the Ways to end it : Nobel Winners in Economics 2019 by Jayanta Acharya

(S B Chakrabarti) The Asiatic Society General Secretary 1, Park Street 700016 Dated the 16th day of August 2019

1 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Paper to be read

Rethinking Poverty and the Ways to End it : Nobel Winners in Economics 2019 Jayanta Acharya*

he three economists awarded the Nobel Prize in vention to help the poor to expand their capabilities TEconomics by the Royal Academy of Sciences, and get out poverty traps. Sweden in 2019 are Abhhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo What varied forms and facets poverty may have – both of M.I.T., or what causes Cambridge, USA poverty or what and Michael Kre- policies need be mer of Harvard taken to alleviate University, USA. poverty – these The award is given are the questions to them, as the that theorists of academy citation D e v e l o p m e n t has announced, Economics try to “for their experi- answer. But their mental approach theories cannot to alleviating glo- tell us which of the bal poverty”. The policy measures research conduct- Esther Duflo Michael Kremer Abhhijit Banerjee will be effective in ed by this year’s achieving our goal Laureates has “considerably improved our ability in specific cases both in terms of cost and outcome. to fight global poverty”. As a result of one of their But Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer have developed an studies, “more than five million Indian children have experimental approach to answer these questions, benefited from effective programmes of remedial to estimate the outcomes of different policies and tutoring in schools”. In just two decades, their new also determine the cost effectiveness. In doing so, experiment-based approach, it is claimed, has trans- they developed and employed a method that has formed Development Economies. While giving the been long used in the field of medical research award, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has – Randomised Control Trial (RCT). They used this just not assessed the kind and reach of the probe method – RCT to study different policies and actions into global poverty and its varied facets across the to combat poverty across the globe. Such exercises countries but also examined the impact of the ex- generated hugely significant data or evidence and periments undertaken by Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer easily helped the policy-makers decide on the most that helped determine appropriate strategy or inter- effective policy or a combination of policies. By rewarding the efforts of these economists, the Nobel Committee recognised the central importance 2 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Paper to be read

of the studies in poverty across the countries, in or theory of optimum allocation of resources or particular, developing ones in Asia and Africa, the on one occasion, for the work on a new method to multiple forms of capability deprivation the poverty- determine the value of derivatives in stock market. stricken people suffer from, and effective public All such areas of studies though far removed from action for fight to reduce and finally to end poverty. real world phenomenon of poverty received due The trend of Nobel awards in Economics being recognition and appreciation from the Nobel award given by the Swedish Academy in the first two authorities. There came a break in the trend in 1998 decades or more after it was instituted in 1968 clearly when Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize shows that the prize had gone to economists of in Economics for his path-breaking analysis and the day who worked on dynamic outstanding contribution in Welfare models of economic processes, or General Equilibrium analysis

Economics, Robert Solow, a Nobel Prize winner in 1987 called Amartya Sen ‘the conscience of modern economics’. He indeed added an ethical dimension to economic analysis and practice. Sen transformed the subject of Development Economics by expanding the concept of development by including within its ambit capabilities, entitlements and freedom. Banerjee et al. took the baton from Sen on their way to transforming Development E2conomics through exploring newer aspects of poverty and more importantly ending it. 3 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Obituary

Nabaneeta Dev Sen, 1938-2019

Eminent Bengali writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen has passed away. She was suffering from cancer. Born in 1938 to Radharani Debi and Narendra Dev, both famous writers themselves, she grew up to be a comparative literary scholar (working on Tagore reception and the epic) and a poet at the same time. She also turned to prose soon, to criticism first, then fiction, travelogue, drama, children’s writing, and belles lettres bearing the dual hallmark of the personal and public, which brought her great love and admiration. Altogether she was a prolific author. As a scholar she focused on women’s Ramakatha, beginning with the Bengali Chandrabati Ramayana. This might have led her to founding a Women’s Writers’ Association named ‘Soi’ which turns twenty this 30 November, her mother’s birthday. She won many honours and prizes including the and Padmasree. She taught Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University with occasional overseas assignments, such as the prestigious Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecture at Oxford. We mourn her death.

Professor Nabaneeta Dev Sen delivering Abha Maiti Memorial Lecture 2018 on 'Sisters in Sorrow' on 12.07.2019 at Humayun Kabir Hall of the Asiatic Society. 4 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 From the Desk of the General Secretary

Dear Members and Well-wishers,

Kindly accept our Autumn Greetings. This period is a period of a number of festivals involving people across all linguistic, geographical, cultural, and religious communities. This has already been reported in the Special Bulletin (October 2019) that we handed over the Tagore Peace Award, 2018 to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of , Sheikh Hasina on 5th October, 2019, while she made an official visit in New Delhi. The President of the Asiatic Society, Professor Isha Mahammad, the Vice-President, Professor Pradip Bhattacharya, MP and Dr. S.B. Chakrabarti, General Secretary were present on the occasion. We have also reported in our Special Bulletin of November 2019 about our detailed activities with special reference to the observance of bicentenary of Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. The Asiatic Society had taken part in an International Seminar on Gandhiji and Satyagraha organized by the Council For Social Development, New Delhi, in collaboration with some other organizations between October 22-24, 2019. The Asiatic Society also organized a National Seminar on 7-8 November, 2019 in Kolkata with Anthropological Survey of , Kolkata and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal on 100 Years of Anthropology in India. In both these seminars, a good number of scholars representing various institutions of the country and abroad were present. Abha Maiti Memorial Lecture was organized on 1st November, 2019 which was delivered by Professor Subhas Chandra Bandyopadhyay, Former Secretary, Arts & Commerce, , on the topic ‘Historical Attitude of India in the Literature of Rabidnranath Tagore’. The Society also observed Vigilance Awareness Programme on 29.10.2019 and Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on 31.10.2019. The G.O.C. of the Eastern Command, Mr. Anil Kumar Chauhan visited the Asiatic Society on 30.10.2019. The Society organized an outreach programme in collaboration with Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University on ‘Linguistic Aspects of Teaching Materials in Rajbanshi Language on 8-9 November, 2019. The Society has also organsied a 2-day International Seminar in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics, Calcutta University on 14-15 November, 2019 on the topic ‘Language, Communication and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia’. The Society proposed to organsie a 5-day workshop on ‘Language and Aesthetic of Folklore’ on and from 16-20 December, 2019. Finally, let me share with you that we are trying to release a Special Publication on Mahatma Gandhi by Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Hon’ble Governor of and the Patron of the Society, at the earliest.

(S B Chakrabarti) General Secretary 5 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Art Appreciation

Two Oil Paintings Of Architerchtural Remains In The Collection Of The Asiatic Society

Cathedral At Antwerp and moved to France, but these were returned to the This is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Antwerp Cathedral in the 19th Century. Belgium. The Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, The artist Van Steenwyck, the elder (c.1550-1600) although the first stage of construction was ended and his son Hendrick the younger (1580-before 1650) in 1521, has never been completed. In Gothic style, were Natherlandish painters of architectural views. its architects were Jan and Pieter Appelmans. The The father, who was probably a pupil of Vredeman de Cathedral contains a number of significant works Vries, is credited with developing the Church interior as a special branch of painting. Both father and son painted small pictures of real and imaginary Gothic Churches. There are typical examples of Hendrick the youngers work in the collection of National Gallery, London. We have in our possession one original art work of architecture i.e. Cathedral of our Lady (Antwerp). The Asiatic Society in its collection of oil paintings has a work done on Canvas (size 40" X 28") under the title ‘Cathedral at Antwerp’ by the architect and painter Stenwich. This very renouned Cathedral of historical importance has been built during the period of renaissance (1352-1521) stage by stage along with the collection of paintings commissioned to the painter like Peter Paul Rubens and by the baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, as well as other Dutch Masters. paintings by artists such as Ottovan Veen, Jocobe de The colocious huge naive with pointed arch Backer and Marten de Vos. The Belfry of the Cathedral almost in the center of the painting can very will is included in the Belfries of Belgium and France be imagined by comparing the hight of the people entry in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. roaming about on the floor and side-ways. The The cathedral possesses some major works of art by Design of the floor are beautifully decorated with Rubens (1) The Raising of the Cross (2) Assumption of black and white diamond shape stone make a worthy the Virgin Mary and (3) The Descent from the Cross. look of the Church. The art work should be preserved Two of these art works were confiscated by Napoleon with great care. 6 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Art Appreciation

Triumphal Arch of Titus Painted by an unknown artist, now in our possession i.e. in the museum of the Asiatic Society in oil. So far the historical background of the painted subject is the ‘Arch of Titus’ (Italian : Arca di Tito; Latin Arcus Tito), just to the south-east of the Roman forum. It was constructed in circa AD 82 by the Emperor Domicion shortly after the death of the older brother Titus to commemorate Titus’s victories, including the siege of Jerusalem (AD70). The arch has provided the general model for many triumphal quality of the original work that sustains the arches-erected since the 16th cent-perhaps the nostalgic past. Naturally such work is not signed most famously it is the inspiration for the Arc. de by the artist. Triomphe in Paris. However, the ‘Arch of Titus’ (as it is painted) The arch provides one of the few now stands on the ruins of a vast city, marooned contemporary depictions of Temple period by the inhabitans either for natural phenomenon artifactors, it becomes a symbol of the Jewish or destroyed a barbarian ruler who plundered diasporas, and the menorah depicted on the and looted the city for wealth and personal ego. Arch served as the model for the menorah used Whatever may it be, the broken Arch of Titus on the emblem of the state of Israel. reminds us of golden time when it was built to The painting “Triumphal Arch of Titus” done commemorate a particular event, like Arc de by an artist-anonymous in oils on canvas (size Triamph in Paris on the bullevered Champs des 60" X 45") and undated, is now under pride aliase. The golden light of twilight, and long cast possession of the society. It is quite surprising shadows gradually shrouding the whole place to see that such a good painting bears no with eerie haunted atmosphere creates a tune signature and date on it! But it is observed that a of melancholy in the minds of viewers. competent artist sometimes become fascinated The oil-painting technique use in this make copies from master-painting for learning painting is masterly and represents the style of the technique and to understand the aesthetic Boroque in Europe. This should be preserved with due care.

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November, 2019

26h November, 2019 Special Lecture on 'Water - the Elixir of Life- The present State of Water Resources in India' to be delivered by Professor(Dr.) Arunava Mazumder, former Professor, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health and Professor Pradip Kumar Mitra, Director, Medical Education, Govt. of West Bengal December, 2019

December, 2019

14th December 2019 Professor Ashok Kumar Das, eminent historian from Santiniketan, will deliver a lecture in the memory of renowned historian Late Professor Aniruddha Roy on 14th December 2019 (Saturday)at Vidyasagar Hall of the Asiatic Society at 4 p.m. 16th-20th December 2019 Five-day Workshop on Folklore. The titled of the workshop is Language & Aesthetics of Folklore Coordinators: Professor Ranjana Roy & Dr. Chandramalli Sengupta 19th December, 2019 Lecture on' Dr. U. N. Bramhachari Memorial Lecture' to be delivered by Professor(Dn) Amitava Kundu, former Professor, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata and Dr. Dipankar Maji, Dy. Director, Public Health Engineering, Govt. of West Bengal. 20/21 December, 2019 Panchanan Mitra Memorial Lecture to be held on 20/21 December, 2019 by Professor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, Vice-Chancellor,Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar 751 004.

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Translation Workshop on Bodo Language

Participants and Resource Persons in a photo-session at the workshop.

The Asiatic Society organised it's first Translation Adaram Basumatary, Associate Professor of Janta Workshop on Bodo language titled "Translating Bodo College Assam, who himself is a prominent Bodo Short Stories: A Seminar- Workshop" from 21st to literature and a Fellow of Sahitya Academy. The other 25th October 2019 jointly with Centre for Translation Resource persons were Dr. Gawgum Brahmakachari, of Indian Literatures (CENTIL), Jadavpur University, in Dr. Nareshwar Narzary, Dr. Anil Basumatari, collaboration with University of East Anglia. Dr.Tulan Muccharey. Among other translators were This is a first of its kind bilingual workshop where senior teaching faculties from different colleges Bodo short stories were translated into both Bengali of Kolkata, Post Doctoral fellows, Ph.D Research & English by senior & young scholars jointly. This Scholars or M.Phil students of Jadavpur University. project is associated with RUSA 2.0 of Jadavpur Coordinators' team for the workshop comprised of University on "Redefining Indian Literature: Archiving Dr. Sayantan Dasgupta, Head of The Department of & Translating Indigenous & Marginalised Traditions" Comparative Literature & Director, CENTIL, Jadavpur which caters to preserve & bring the marginalised University & The Asiatic Society team of Philological indigenous literatures of diverse origins in India to Secretary Sri Shyamsundar Bhattacharya along light. with Library Secretary Professor Tapati Mukherjee, In this "Know your neighbour"concept- Professor Mahidas Bhattacharya & Dr. Chandramalli programme a team of 25-30 people worked together Sengupta.Dr Sayantan Dasgupta & Smt. Sraddha for 5 days which comprised of Bodo Resource Tamang (Deputy Director, CENTIL) & Dr.Chandramalli persons from Assam under the leadership of Dr. Sengupta also acted as Language Experts for 13 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Academic Events

Participants at work in the workshop.

English & Bengali respectively in the Workshop. In each comprising of one Bodo Resource Person the Inaugural Session held at the Vidyasagar Hall as Lead translator along with one English & one of the Society the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur Bengali translator & one trainee comprising of Dr. University Professor Pradip Kumar Ghosh gave the Madhumita Banerjee, Dr. Arpita Chatterjee, Ayan Key-note address. Dr. Sujit Das,Treasurer, The Asiatic Chatterjee, Dr. Ritam Dutta, Rikdeb Bhattacharya, Society gave the Welcome Address followed by Titir Chakraborty, Dr. Swagata Bhattacharya, Bhawna Introduction to the theme by Dr. Sayantan Dasgupta Theen Tamang, Biswajit Halder & Ishani Dutta. Among and Vote of Thanks by Professor Tapati Mukherjee.The trainee translators were Akash Debnath, Madhurima Session was chaired by Professor Alok Kanti Bhaumik, Mazumder, Madhurima Majumder, Pushpak Adhikari, Vice President of the Society. Camellia Paul and Milan Narzary. Tias Basu, Arunima In the following session the Bodo Resource Sarkar & Sruti Dasgupta were in team management. persons spoke about Bodo literature, people & Resource persons helped their respective teams culture, their own writings at length, thus giving an by first narrating the story-line either in Bengali or in-depth understanding of the work to be taken up. in English. The translation process was slow as the The subsequent translation sessions were held structure of Bodo language was not common for the from 21st to 23rd October in The Asiatic Society translators and many a culture-specific terms needed & on 24th & 25th October in Jadavpur University elaborate annotation. But with three Resource campus in Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall & K.P.Basu persons being authors themselves of some of the Memorial Hall respectively. Professor Daniel Rycroft Bodo Stories being translated,understanding the of University of East Anglia also joined the workshop texts became easier. Language Experts also joined through an audio-file of his lecture which was played teams in turn & provided necessary support in the on the 3rd day. process of translation. A total of 11 Bodo short stories were selected Reading Session of selected portions of for translation, the authors being Dr. Adaram Translations along with the original story held in Basumatari, Dr. Nareshwar Narzary, Dr. Gogom Jadavpur University on 25th October was chaired by Brahmakachari, Sri Ishaan chandra Brahma, Sri Professor Sanjukta Dasgupta, formerly Dean of Arts, Anil Kumar Brahma, Sri Chittaranjan Muchchari, Sri University of Calcutta & currently Convenor, English Nilkamal Brahma to name a few. Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi. She along These were translated in five days by five teams, with other distinguished members of the audience 14 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Academic Events highly appreciated the translations & suggested to A deadline was set by the coordinators for the bring out these translated versions in a book form. translators to submit their final drafts to help initiate The Valedictory Session was chaired by Professor the process of editing before publication. Tapati Mukherjee who emphasised the role of The The programme ended with a vote of thanks by Asiatic Society in such endeavours. Dr. Sujit Das in Smt. Sraddha Tamang and a song written by Bodo his Valedictory address talked about need for such student of Jadavpur University, Milan Narzary who workshops in other marginalised languages as had been an important member for building bridges well. Professor Mahidas Bhattacharya pointed out across languages among the translation- teams. that linguistics and literature need to work hand in This intercultural, inter lingual workshop enriched hand in these workshops to enrich the translations. one and all associated with the programme for 5 days Dr. Chandramalli Sengupta spoke about the social and has added a feather in the cap for The Asiatic responsibility that these workshops serve. Both Society in the research area of North-East India. of them suggested further workshops in other indigenous languages in future. Dr. Chandramalli Sengupta

Abha Maity Annual Memorial Lecture, 2017

Dr Subhas Chandra Bandyopadhya felicitated with the Dr Subhas Chandra Bandyopadhya delivering lecture plaque on Historical attitude of India in the literature of on 1st November 2019 at the Asiatic Society, Kolkata

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In-house staff training on Public Financial Management System (PFMS) with live demonstrations

A two day in-house staff training programme on Public Financial Management System (PFMS) was organised at the Society on 8th & 9th November 2019. Trainers deputed by the Pay & Accounts Office of Ministry of Culture, New Delhi conducted the training, participated by the officials of the Accounts and Administration Section of the Society. Live demonstrations were given by the trainers and the PFMS was implemented by the Society during the training.

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The Asiatic Society, Kolkata observing Awarness Programmes

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Hindi Cell of the Asiatic Society performing Hindi Natok on September 24, 2019

A few snapshots from the Play 18 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Space for Research Fellow

The Current Position of Puppetry in West Bengal

Praggnaparamita Biswas*

raditionally, India has a rich heritage of puppetry. and their heroism through the use of puppetry. TPuppetry or puppet show is a popular performing In most cases, these puppeteers and puppet art that is chiefly revolved around the manipulation makers belong to the marginalized section of of puppets for entertaining purpose. Previously, the society. Being unprivileged, their arts remain puppetry was an integral part of any village fairs deprived. Again, the advent of new technology because of its popular and profitable modes of and media replaced the magnetism of this ancient entertainment. Puppetry is actually a combined art tradition which not only becomes a threat to the form which imbibes all the creative expressions like profession but also a devastating blow to the dance, painting, sculpture, music, existence of a primitive art form story-telling, literature etc. It is of India. The lack of patronage actually a type of narrative theatre, or financial assistance from the at the crossroads between bardic governing section creates a storytelling and theatre plays. The cultural impasse for this art as origin of it can be traced in the epical the puppeteers are unwilling age of Mahabharata as well as in to teach/ pass their inherited various classical texts of Sanskrit. art to their progeny as there is Maybe, the reference of the word no scope for sound livelihood ‘Sutradhar’ in the Bharata Muni’s in it. So, the caste question in Natyasastra gives testimony about puppetry somehow elongates the existence and antiquity of this the problem of preservation for art. In many Sanskrit plays, we get this art, otherwise, it will extinct the word ‘sutradhar’ i.e. ‘string holder’ soon. which is possibly later adopted by However, depending upon the puppetry to hold control and the various ways of manipulation connection between the audience, of puppets, we can locate four artists and theme of puppet show. In traditional types of puppets namely Rod Puppet, String Puppet, puppetry, the plots are mainly derived from the Glove Puppet and Shadow Puppet throughout epics, Puranas and mythical stories in order to the country. It must be noted that there is another educate and entertain the masses. Puppeteers kind of puppet ‘Chadar Badar’ available among the usually take the position of a pedagogic who Santhal community of tribal areas of Jharkhand can introduce the mythical and religious figures and West Bengal. Since the wooden rods are used to create the Rod Puppet, the weight of this kind of *Research Fellow, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata puppet is almost 20-25 kgs each. The practice of Rod 19 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Space for Research Fellow

Santhal folk tales along with musical instruments are being utilized to control the puppetry. West Bengal has a great cultural heritage of this art form which is now considered as a part of folk-theatre. Dating back to the 14th century, this art has been practised in the lands of Bengal for centuries. Puppetry is popular as ‘Putul Nach’ (doll dance) in West Bengal and glove puppetry which is popular as ‘Beni putul’ usually regarded as a chief method of puppetry in this state. Both the rod and glove puppets are indigenous to Bengal while string puppetry is an imported form. Shadow puppetry, another form does not trace in West Bengal, but Chadar Badar, a very rare and unique tribal puppetry has been inherited and exercised by the Santhal community of West Bengal. Muragacha Colony of is considered as the birth place of puppetry art of the state. After the Partition in 1947, most of the puppeteers relocated to the villages of Nadia and started practising the art. Though the

puppet is famous in the 24 Parganas. The traditional mythological and historical tales of Behula Lakhinder, Sonaidighi, King Harishchandra are usually narrated through the performance of Rod puppets. For String puppets, the puppets are manipulated through the strings to tell the tales. The strings come from hands, waist, and head of the puppets are accumulated with a wooden piece which is called as ‘chant’. The districts like Nadia, Mala, Hoogly, Birbhum, Howrah etc. are the hub of string puppets. The Glove puppets or ‘Beni Putul’ are the chief attraction of West Bengal puppetry. A long tress made of clay puts upon the head of the puppet and the puppeteer generally channels his fingers through the heads of the puppets to manipulate the show. Again, in case of the Tribal puppetry, the puppet named ‘Chadar Badar’ which is 5-9 inches long has been used. Generally, the wooden puppets are placed on a wooden flat board which is surrounded from three sides and the hands and legs of puppets are operated through strings. The 20 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Space for Research Fellow

Joarder, Senior Fellow, CCRT, India suggests that traditional puppetry should modify its theatricality in presentation according to the changing concept and penchant of audience to survive with the competition of contemporary puppetry. Again, the lack of patronage and proper infrastructure for puppetry show peters out this rare art. However, few sincere attempts from the Government and the Puppetry-scholars begin to change the current scenario of puppetry in West Bengal. Backward Class Welfare Department of West Bengal Government has established a museum at the Cultural Research Institute, Kolkata to showcase the beauty of the puppetry culture of Bengal. The museum intends to commemorate and acknowledge the contributions practice of glove puppetry is in dire situation in West of such marginalized puppet makers and puppeteers, Bengal but some parts of Murshidabad, 24 Parganas, who actually nurture, develop and promote the and East Midnapore trace the performance of it. tradition of puppetry against all odds. This archival More specifically, the village named Padmatamil attempt not only aids to preserve the ethno-cultural near Mugberia of East Midnapore continues the value of puppetry but also helps to grow awareness practice and performance of glove puppetry. The among the people about its antiquity. performance of glove puppetry originated from Recently, another sincere rather innovative the under-privileged caste of Hari residing at the attempt has been made by the Bengali Department Harijan Palley of this village. Near about 100 families of Egra College where the Puppetry as a of this Dalit sector of Padmatamil inherit this art from mainstream subject has been incorporated into the their forefathers who used to make glove puppets Undergraduate Curriculum. Sponsoring by the UGC’s and perform among villages for their living. Being Bachelor of Vocational Degree Course, Egra College, nomads, this Hari caste people used to roam from East Midnapur has recently organized a one week one place to another with their community and workshop to introduce the course to its students. perform in various regions. But, with the passage of The organization ‘Banga Putul’ was in charge to time, this particular Hari people begin to leave this look after the whole program. This inclusion of the wandering by adopting other professions and now Puppetry into academia as an extended Theatre- only five or six families among them still continuing Scholarship hopes to open up a new avenue both this puppet show for preserving their ancestral towards people and pupils. While this attempt has tradition. been initiated by Professor Sravasti Roy, Head, Dept. A serious observation of puppetry at the various of Bengali, the renowned Puppet-Scholar Professor districts thus, depicts the deplorable plight of this Subho Joarder designs the syllabus for this course. ancient art form. The growth of tradition of puppetry Almost 22 students from various departments of is stymied due to its unequal competition with the the said college have participated in this course. modern puppetry which is now mushrooming with This course not only focuses upon the theoretical the assistance from corporate world. Though this aspects of puppetry, rather it also emphasizes on the modern puppetry gets fast popularity but it lacks methods of puppet making and how to manipulate the old essence and desirability. Professor Subho the puppets during the show. In this regard, Professor 21 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Space for Research Fellow

Roy states that unlike other forms of theatre, puppetry requires chitrolekha.com/v5n2.php . more human recourse to conduct Pander, Anjali. “Puppetry: The a full-length show. Behind each Traditional Folk Theatre of puppet, at least a group of three India”. International Journal of people are required to narrate Research: Granthaalayah, Vol.5 and manipulate the story of the (Iss.1): January, 2017, pp. 355- 361, Source: puppetry. The primary aim of https://doi.org/10.5281/ this course is to create a group zenodo.265331. of experts as well as a platform Acknowledgement: I am for puppetry who will perform indebted to Professor Subho and create awareness about it for Joader and Professor Sravasti future generation. So, we can expect a new dawn for Roy for providing me relevant information and this art in near future. photographs of the workshop. Also, I should mention the names of my two friends Moushumi Bhattacharjee References: Chowdhury and Amit Bairagi who work extensively on Ali, Mir Mahammad. & Ali, Mir Ahammad. “Beni Putul or Puppetry of Assam and West Bengal respectively. Glove Puppetry: A Performing Tool for Resistance to Colonialism.” Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2015, pp. 94 -102. Source: www.

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Prabandhasangraha Firdaus (1997), Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay (2000), by Parthapratim Saiyad Waliullah (2000), Satinath Bhaduri (2003-04), Bandyopadhyay: Manik Bandyopadhyay (2007) and Rabindranath (edited by Barendu (2010). Another of his interest was the creative work Mandal: of the poet Bishnu De on whom he wrote a book Kolkata:Ebang jointly with his elder brother Saroj Bandyopadhyay Musheyera, (1982: Komal Gandhare Bishnu De, which was revised þ›yíŲÌ!•þô îöìr˜Äyþ›y™Äyëû November 2018, in 1994 as Bishnu De: Kale Kalottare) and individually pp.440) a biography (2001: Bishnu De). His thoughts on film appreciation were included in Chalachitrer P a r t h a p r a t i m Nandantattva (1992, revised edition 2014) and Bandyopadhyay was Bharatiya Chalachitrer Ruprekha (1997), and his views one of the most well- on culture may be mostly found in his book entitled known literary critics and essayists of late twentieth Post-modern Bhabna O Anyanya (1997 and 2007). His and early twenty-first century Bengal, who wrote book called Pashchimer Mon (2013) is based on both extensively as part of his critical enquiry works on a historical and cultural enquiry of a long process of wide number of subjects such as novels, short stories, change of mind both in Europe and India. In short, films, culture and history. Born on 5 seen as a whole, life and work November 1940, Parthapratim got of Parthapratim Bandypadhyay his early education at Naihati, closer represents a type which happens to its literary circles in the 1950s, and to be a rapidly disappearing then was educated at the Presidency generation of intellectuals with far- College and Calcutta University in flung interests of mind, connecting the early 1960s. Though his core issues emanating from literature, subject at the graduation and the society, history and culture together post-graduation levels was history, in thought and works. He passed and he later taught at the History away on 13 December 2018, leaving Department of Rishi Bankimchandra his wife Sabita, a retired teacher, and College, Naihati for more than son Atri and daughter Ruchira, both three decades (1968-2000), his life- doctors. long interest on creative literature The book Prabandhasangraha is and culture remained, and indeed a collection of essays written by the flourished in myriad directions Pathapratim Bandyopadhyay author for different little magazines with wonderful mixtures of his (1940-2018) of Bengal over several decades, wide studies in social sciences and which were not included in any of humanities. Parthapratim’s first book, Upanyaser the author’s works mentioned above. These articles Samajtattva was published as early as 1981, touching have been meticulously collected by Dr. Barendu on both semantics and historical sociology in the Mandal of the Department of Bengali, Jadavpur analysis of novels, and then went on publishing studies University, and a very useful editorial note is also on a variety of subjects in another 24 books till 2014. added by him. The author was alive when the work Undoudetedly, critical studies on novels were one of was going on, and even added a short note in August the main themes of these studies, paving the way for 2018 congratulating the makers of the initiative, and the works such as Upanyas Rajnaitik (1991), and a series dedicating the work to his departed elder brother Saroj of critical studies on such novelists as Samaresh Basu Bandyopadhyay. The formal date of the publication of (1989), Bhibhtibhsan Bandyopadhyay (1992), Shahyad the work was November 2018, but it could not reach 23 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 New Books from Readers Choice

the author’s hand before his departure from the world î’þü ¥Gëûyîû !˜l–ö¡‡†þ in December 2018. This is not a proper place to make review of ô%†%þ¡ =¥– †þ!¡†þy•þy/ this work, but some of its cardinal features may be öîû!’þëûy¤– 2019– highlighted. There are 42 articles of the author in the book. The editor has divided the work in five parts, ô)¡ÄéŸé200 Øþy†þy respectively related to novels (akhyantatattva), short î’þü ¥Gëûyîû !˜l î’þü stories, poems, cinema, and arts and culture. Given the author’s life-long interest, it is quite natural that the xyÙ‹þöìëÅîû !˜lÐ ÷†þöì¢yöìîûîû section on novels is most extensive, covering about ö¤¥z xyÙ‹þëÅ ¤%r˜îû !˜l=!¡ forty per cent of the contributions. It includes studies on ôyl%£ì î’þü ¥öìëû öˆöì¡G both novelists (Rameshchandra Datta, Jagadish Gupta, Banaful, and Amiyabhusan Majumdar, among others) è%þ¡öì•þ þ›yöìîû lyÐ ¤˜Ä and texts for intensive analysis (Debdas,Godan,and ²Ìëûy•þ ö¡‡†þ ×# ô%†%þ¡ Putul Nacher Itikatha among others). His discussion =öì¥îû ö¡‡y òî’þü ¥Gëûyîû !˜ló ö•þôl¥z ~†þ öîûyôyMéþ†þîû on Rameshchandra’s two novels entitled Sansar and Samaj are most illuminative as social-historical x?yly ?ˆöì•þîû myîû ~†þØ%þ ~†þØ%þ †þöìîû ‡%öì¡ ö˜ëû öSéyØþöì˜îû writings of the 1870s and 1880s in Bengal, and its †þyöìSéÐ xyîû xyôîûy î’þüîûy ô%@»* ¥öìëû ëy¥z ö¤¥z öæþöì¡ xy¤y comparison with Bankim’s writings on the ground of social thought and semantics is most interesting. !˜l=!¡îû ß¿,!•þ‹þyîû”yëûÐ þ›!îû!‹þ•þ ?ˆê G xyîyîû l•%þl The section on short stories includes studies of such ˜,!ÜTöì•þ xy†þ£ìÅ”#ëû ¥öìëû Göì‘þÐ authors as Rameshchandra Sen, Bimal Kar, Asim Ray öî„öì‹þ íy†þy Ö™% ~†þyîû lëû韟Ÿé¤†þöì¡îû ?öìlÄ– èþ!î£ìÄê and Hasan Azijul Haq, among others, and also makes thematic studies of forest and nature as reflected ²Ì?öì§Ãîû ?öìlÄG ~†þØ%þ îy¤öìëyˆÄ †þöìîû ö•þy¡y ~¥z Mahesweta Devi’s stories. The section on poems dwells þ›,!íî#öì†þ •þyöì˜îû ?öìlÄÐ xyîû ~¥z ?öìlÄ ²Ìöìëûy?l on specific works of Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Ram Bas, Ramendrakumar and Arunesh Ghosh, and makes a ¤öì‹þ•þl•þyîû ôyl!î†þ•þyîûÐ ö¡‡†þ ~¥z †þy?!Øþöì†þ !¡!þ›îm* wonderful textual analysis of Nirendranath’s Kolkatar †þöìîûöìSél x•þÄhsý ¤yî¡#¡ èþyöìî ˆöìÒîû Séöì¡éŸŸŸéöë‡yöìl Jishu. In the cinema section, we find essays on Rwittvik òxyèþyöì¤îûó ˜y˜%韟ŸéŒòxyèþy¤ó ~†þ!Øþ öSéyØþ öSéöì¡îû lyôŠ Ghatak and Mrinal Sen, and a special re-viewing of Subarnarekha, from today’s perspective. The section on ˆÒ îöì¡ ëyl xyîû òxyèþy¤ó G •þyîû î¦%þîûy ö¢yöìlÐ Ö™% Arts and Culture includes essays on Bankimchandra and ö¢yöìl¥z ly– •þyîûy xÄy’þöìèþMéþyöìîû öî!îûöìëû þ›öì’þü韟Ÿéx!èþKþ•þy Akshaychndra, Ambedkar and Gandhi, Saiyad Mujtaba Ali and Niharranjan Ray, and a special contribution îyöì’þü– ²Ì†,þ!•þ þ›y‘þ ¥ëû •þyöì˜îûÐ xöì‹þlyöì†þ !‹þöìl !‹þöìl evaluating Rabindranath’s historical thought. •þyîûy ~!ˆöìëû ëyëûÐ ¥z!•þ¥y¤öì†þ ?yly ¥ëûÐ öë ¥z!•þ¥y¤ Ö™% It appears, therefore, that the posthumous îûy?yéŸéîûy?îûyîû †þy!¥l# lëû– ¤y™yîû” ôyl%öì£ìîû ¥z!•þ¥y¤Ð publication Parthapratim Bandyopadhyay’s Prabandhasangraha symbolizes several facets of x•þ#•þ ‹þy!îû•þöìëû ˜y˜% Göì˜îû ?y!ˆöìëû ö˜l !îöìÙ» his intellectual journey, originally published as þ›yîûôyl!î†þ öîyôy !îöìß³þyîûöì”îû èþëûyþy ¥z•þÄy!˜Ð xyîyîû stray contributions in journals and magazines but connected at a deeper level of life-long quest. ²Ì†,þ!•þ G þ›!îûöìî¢ îûÇþyëû ’þz˜Äô# =”# ôyl%£ìöì˜îû xî˜yl G !•þ!l ß¿îû” †þ!îûöìëû ö˜l öSéyØþöì˜îû ˆöìÒîû Séöì¡Ð ~îû¥z Arun Bandopadhyay ¤yöìí Ö!löìëû îûyöì‡l öþ›ïîûy!”†þ †þy!¥l#– ²Ìy‹þ#l ¤‚ß,ñ!•þ G Historical & Archaeological Secretary, The Asiatic Society ¤èþÄ•þyîû ¥z!•þ¥y¤Ð ²Ìy†äþ†þíöìl¥z ö¡‡†þ ?y!löìëûöìSél î’þü 24 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 New Books from Readers Choice

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SANSKRIT ACCESSION

S RR (Upanisada) 091 S With title Inden (V. I, Pt I C357h 016.091 —V. I; p 63) A catalogue of manuscripts I39d With comentetor Inden (V. preserved at Srimanta Indira Gandhi National Centre I, Pt I —V. I; p 63) (B15137-39) Sankaradeva kalaksheta : a for the Arts, New Delhi, 2015. (20.6.19) compilation of names of age Descriptive catalogue of micro ISBN: 978-93-80935-70-6 old manuscripts in the project filmed manuscripts = Suksma (V. I, Pt 4) : Rs. 850.00. of National mission for manu- Chitrita pandulipi Vivarana- scripts; compiled with Assamese panchika; edited by Kirtikant S introduction by Surjya Haja- Sharma, D. R. Gupta and B. 181.4 rika. —Guwahati : Srimanta S. Rana. —New Delhi 9GNC, S124v Sankaradeva Kalakshetra Soce- 2015. Sadananda Yogindra ity, 2018 4 parts of Vol. I; 28cm Vedantasara/Sadananda 125p.; 22cm. (B15134) contents : V. I, Pt I : Veda Yogindra; wih commentary (19.6.19) (Samhita & Bharya). —V.I, Subodhini and Vidvanmano- ISBN: 978-81-932353-7-9: Pt.2q3 : Veda (Brahmana ranjani; Bengli translation Rs. 100.00. & Aranyaka). —V I, Pt III : and explanation by Sitanath 29 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Books accessioned during the last month

Gaswami. —Kolkata : Sanskrit Uttarkhanda of Brahmananda of Indian culture and Aditya Pustak Bhandar 2019. Purana. Attributed by Vedav- Prakashan, 2017. 238p; 21cm. (BN68003) yasa : Rs. 1000.00 xviii, 708p; 29cm (Satapi- (1.7.19) taka Series : Indo Asian Lit- Text in Bengali Script Rs. S erature; V 657) (S7239.40) 275.00 181.48 (1.7.19) S193v 1st published 2011, Egbert S Sanksipta Yogavasistha/Hindi Forsten, Groningen, the Neth- 181.43 translation of the Supreme erlands. G197bp Yoga by Swami Venkatesanan- ISBN : 978-81-7742-167-5 : Gangesa da; edited with Hindi transla- Rs. 3000.00 [Tattvachintamani] tion by Veena Sharma. —Delhi Epistemology of perception : Pratibha Prakashan, 2016. S = (Jewel of Reflection on the XIV, 798p (in 2 Vols); 25cm 294.592109 Truth]); translaterated text, (S7239.40) (1.7.19) V414d.a translation and philosophi- ISBN : 978-81-7702-381-7 Vedas Dayananda, 2018 cal commentary by stephen H (Set) : Rs. 4800.00 (Set) An introduction to commen- Phillips and N.S. Ramanuja tary on Vedas = Rigvedaadib- Tatacharya. —1st Indian edi- hasya bhumika/Dayananda tion. —Delhi : Motilal Banarsi- S Saraswati; with English trans- dass, 2009. 294.544 lation by Satish Arya. —Delhi : XII, 723p; 23 cm (76640) V341d Parimal Publication, 2018. (13.3.17) Vasu, Srisa Chandra 368p. : 25cm (S7241) Earlier published by Ameri- Daily practice of the hindus (1.7.19) can Institute of Buddhist Stud- : containing the morning and ies, Columbia University, Cent- midday dutie/Srisa Chandra er for Buddhist Studies and Vasu. —New Delhi : cosmo, S Tibet House, U.S. 2008. 294.59216 Glossary p. 680-697 VIII, 198p ; 22cm (The S774a.c Notes : p. 698-723 sacred books of the Hindus) Srautasutras, Asvalayana, 1996 Contents : pratyaksa khando (S7235) (5.6.19) Asvalayana srautasutra ISBN : 978-81-205-3332-6 : ISBN : 81-307-6536-2 : Rs. with the commentary of Devat- Rs. 895.00 895.00 rata; critically edited by Girish Chandra Ojha; Hoshiarpur S S : Vishveshvaranand Vishva 181.48 294.5513 Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit A234p D333a and Indo-logical Studies, 1996. Adhyatmaramayanam; with Dharma Patanjala : a saiva xcvi, 515p; 25cm (B15129) commentary and Bengali scripture from Ancient Java (19.6.19) translation by Swami Purn- studied in the light of related old 7th adhyaya to 15th ad- ananda. —Kolkata : Sanskrit Javanese and Sanskrit texts; hyaya. Pustak Bhandar, 2019. critically edited with English Content : Uttarasatakam xxxii, 1236p. : 22cm (S7293) translation and explanation by with appendix (1.7.19) Andraa Acri. —2nd ed.—New ISBN : Rs. 350.00 Adhyatma ramayana is the Delhi : International Academy 30 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Books accessioned during the last month

S RR 294.59216 S S V414t 491.2343 491.25 Vedangas : Language, Religion, P231i S532p Philosophy and Science : Parijata Sanskrit Hindi sabdar. Shastri, Amal Collection of research articles; The Kosa; edited by Ishvar Prakriyasarvas - edited by Tapan Sankar Bhat- Chandra I— Vaman Sivadas v a d i g r a n t h a s u t r a - tacharya. —Kolkata : Sanskrit Apte Krita Sanskrit Hindi Kosa -rthamimamsa / Amal Shastri. Pustak Bhandar, 2018. ka samvardhi to sanaskaran. —Kolkata : Sanskrit Pustak 263p; 22cm (S7246) —Delhi : Parimal Publication, Bhandar, 2018. ISBN : 978-93-87800-36-6 : 2019. XX, 249p. ; 22cm (S7242) Rs. 400.00 1029p. ; 23cm (S7245) (1.7.19) (1.7.19) ISBN : 978-93-87800-47-2 : S ISBN : 978-81-7110-227-3 : Rs. 500.00 294.59218 Rs. 485.00 Y54v Yoga Upanisad; with Hindi S S commentary by Subhash Vi- 491.25 891.21 dyalankara. —Delhi : Pratibha B575vb S227r.p Prakashan, 2018. Bhattoji Dikshita Kalidas xxvi, 744p. (in two vols.) : Vaiyakaranasiddhanta Kou- Raghuvamsa of Kalidas; 22cm (S7237-38) (1.7.19) mudya samasaprakaranam; with commentary Sanjivani Word index : P. 697-744 edited with Bengali translation of Mallinath; edited by Kasi- ISBN : 978-81-770-441-8 : of Balamonarama by Tapan- nath Pandurang Parab; revised Rs. 2495.00 (Set) shankar Bhattacharya. —Kolk- by Vasudev Laxman Sastri ata : Trailokyanath Chatuspati, Pansikar. 1st cosmo ed.—New 2018. Delhi, Cosmo, 2005. S 1119p. ; 23cm (S7244) 276p. ; 23cm. (Library 294.595 (1.7.19) of great Sanskrit Classics) P985m.b Rs. 700.00 (S7234) (5.6.19) 2v S Puranas. Markandeya. Banerjea 491.25 2004 M733p S Markandeya purana; edited Mondal, Chinmaya 954 with English introduction by Paniniyaprasthane vartika- S243j K. M. Banerjea—New Delhi : samiksa; edited with Bengali Sarasvata Kusumanjalih = Cosmo, 2004. translation by Chinmaya Mon- Acarya Jayamant Mishra 2V (xxxii, 667 in two vols.); dal. —Kolkata : Sanskrit Pustak felicitation volume; edit- 23cm (S7232-33) (5.6.19) Bhandar, 2018. ed by Kishor nath Jha and ISBN : 81-7755-857-9 (Set) : IX, 210p. ; 22cm (BN68006) Sarvanarayan Jha. —Bihar : Rs. 900.00 (Set) (1.7.19) Indira Prakashan, 1994. Collection on Bibliothoca In- Bibliography : p 192-201 xxix, 726p. ; 25cm (B15150) dica Series published by Asiatic Vartikasuchi : p 202-210 (1.7.19) Society of Bengal. ISBN : 978-93-87800-16-8 : Rs. 800.00 Rs. 250.00 31 Monthly Bulletin DECEMBER 2019 Books accessioned during the last month

ASS view; compiled and edited by Srijan; edited by Om Pra- 891.41621 Surjya Haxarika. —Guwahati : kash Pandeya—Varanashi : S227r.h Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalak- Bharati Prakashan, 2018. Sankaradeva Srimanta 1449- shetra Soceity, 2016. 236p. : ill; 22cm (B15153) 1568AD 300p. ; 25cm (B15133) (9.7.19) Ram Vijaya naat/Srimanta (19.6.19) Published in : 125 ..... jay- Sankaradeva; with English A pictorial view of the drama anti varsa ke avasar par. version by Dayananda Pathak; enacted by Artistes from across Spanish translation by Betxable the world and performed in H Falfan; compiled and edited by Franch language at Srimanta 954 Surjya Hazarika. —Guwahati : Sankaradeva International Fes- R147ps Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalak- tival, 2016 at Srimanta Snka- Bisvi sadi ka mahan anvesak shetra Society, 2018. radeva Kalakshetra, Guwahati mahapandit Rahul Sank- 248p. ; 25cm (B15131) on 3rd and 4th January, 2016. rityayan : 125bi Jayanti Varsa (19.6.19) ISBN : 978-81-32353-5-5 : Ke Avasar Par, edited by Om A photographic view of the Rs. 300.00 Prakash Pandeya and Kiran drama with its original script in Sahaya. —Varanasi : Bharati Assamese Brajawali language Hin Prakashan, 2018. and its English and Spanish 181.4 168p. : ill ; 22cm (B15154) translation. The drama en- M678b (9.7.19) acted by artistes from across Mishra, Jagadishchandra the world and performed in Bharatiya darshan = Indian H spanish language at Srimanta philosophy/Jagadishchandra 751 Sankaradeva International Mishra—Varansi : Chaukham- N176d frontis festival, 2017. ba Surabharati Prakashan, Basu, Nandalal, 1822-1966 Rs. 500.00 2016. Dristi aur Sristi/Hin- X X I V , 7 8 3 p . ; 2 2 c m di translation by Pratibha ASS (Choukhamba Surabharati Agraval; edited by Amlan Datta 891.41621 granthamala; 425) (S7236) and Kalpati Ganapati Subra- S227ph (1.7.19) manyan; co-editor Kanchan Sankaradeva ISBN : 978-93-80326-22-1 : Chakraborti. —Kolkata : Visva- Parijata haran naat - Ab- Rs. 300.00 bharati granthanbibhag, 1993. duction of the Parijat Flower H XXVIII, 292p. : ill : dia; 25cm from Heaven : Text in As- 984 (H7231) (19.3.19) samese, English and French R147p Frontis language with photographic Rahul Sankrityayanka sahitya Index p. 281-292 : Rs. 90.00

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