Taradas Bandyopadhyay

Taradas Bandyopadhyay

Native name	তারাদাস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
Born	15 October 1947 Barrackpore, Calcutta, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Died	18 July 2010 (aged 63) Barrackpore, Kolkata North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Occupation	Short story writer, Novelist
Language	Bengali
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School Maulana Azad College University of Calcutta

Taradas Bandyopadhyay (15 October 1947 – 18 July 2010) was a Bengali novelist, short story writer and editor.

Biography

Bandyopadhyay was the son of late legendary writer Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.^[1]^[2] He was born in 1947 at his maternal grandparent's home at Barrackpore, a suburb of Kolkata in North 24 Parganas and finished his schooling at the Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School in Rahara. Bandyopadhyay passed B.A. (Honours) in English from Maulana Azad College and completed post-graduation from the Calcutta University. He worked in West Bengal government in the Information and Cultural Affairs Department.^[3] He spent his childhood at his paternal village-home in Bongaon in a place which was incidentally called Barakpur again.^{[citation needed]}

Literary career

Taradas wrote number of short stories and novels like Kaal Nirabadhi, Saptarshir Alo, Kakkhopath. His novel Kajol was a sequel to Aparajito, written by his father.^[4] Taradas had started writing Kajol immediately after passing his Higher Secondary examination. Bandyopadhyay's most notable contribution was Taranath Tantrik, an occult practitioner. The character was created by Bibhutibhushan and continued by him. Those stories were published in two books namely Taranath Tantrik (1985)^[5] and Awlatchokro (2003). Bandyopadhyay also edited Aranyak.^[6] In the year 2008, Taradas started writing his interpretation of Bibhutibhusan's life in a biography-styled series called Pita Nohsi for Udbodhan magazine, but couldn't complete it because of his death in 2010.

Books

Saptarshir Alo
Kakkhopath
Bandhu, Raho Raho
Kaal Nirabodhi
Kajol
Tritiya Purush
Awlatchakra
Taranath Tantrik

References

^ "Writers angry at being 'cheated' by publishers". The Times of India. 2 February 2004. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ "Museum plans for literary icon abode". Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ "West Bengal: Writer Taradas Bandyopadhyay passes away". Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ Bandyopadhyay, Taradas. "Kajal". Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ তারাদাস বন্দোপাধ্যায়, তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক, archived from the original on 24 September 2020, retrieved 2 January 2019
^ "Real address for fictional tantric". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2019.