Hi, friends,
I am a Gettyimage Photographer but I was also primarily a trained actor. Reading is basically an important part of acting to know and understand the character that we rehearse to portray. So reading books aloud and in silence is one of my big passions and love.
I love my own language Bangla because my mother taught me to learn this language. Bangla is perhaps one of the sweetest and most rich in her literature.
I always have thought of opening a channel on YouTube mainly dedicated to Bangla stories. Earlier I was in confusion how to start, and where to start but soon I decided to merge with contemporary Indian times I could remember the great Bengal famine of 1943.
India was not an official participant in the Second World War but though India was a colony of England forced to feed the whole army deputed in the war who were mainly Indian males.
Bengal has always been rich in agricultural products but unfortunately, Bengal lost almost two million people to hunger, and malnutrition in 1943 due to this manmade famine.
I got a collection of stories mainly based on this Bengal Famine and decided to start my channel with this collection on the Bengal Famine called
Langarkhana. Gradually, I opened my YouTube channel and named it golper dheyue dheyue which means through the waves of stories. The logo is given below you can show your interest by participating, commenting, sharing, and definitely subscribing. But the only problem is there is no subtitle I wish I could do this as soon as possible.
I added all the links to the stories here chronologically please go through the stories below.
a)
Iskapon written by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
b)
Ke Banche Ke Banchai written by Manik Bandyopadhyayc) Noyonchara written by Syad Waliullah
d) Kalnag written by Achinto Kumar Sengupta.
e) Nokrochorit written by Narayan Gangopadhyay
f) Kototuku khoti written by Subodh Ghosh
g) Pret written by Ramesh Chandra Sen
h) Nimontron written by Manoj Basu
i) Khudar Desher Jatri written by Saroj Kumar Roy Choudhury
j) Dhankana written by Nani Bhoumik
k) Langarkhana written by Abul Mansar Ahmed
l) Sesher Hisab written by Parimal Goswami
m) Khuni written by Sushil Jana
n) 1943 part 1 written by Somnath Lahiri
o) 1943 part 2
My purpose in posting this post is to mainly show how rich Bangla literature and authors draw a heartwrenching picture of the people who were affected by a holocaust of hunger. Few people who did not succumb to this tragedy died after two years because India got independence with partition and cruelly Bengal was severed into two countries. This mockery of independence and partition at the same time keeps suffering the people of the two countries. Later on Bengalies from Pakistan's side got independence with a bloody war.
So my purpose is to remember the history of this sub-continent which went through a very suffering over the last three hundred years. Once Bengal was very prosperous and rich in its heritage and cultural tradition but was completely demolished by the British and its East India Company. Through my channel, I am trying to communicate those days of suffering.
However, I am not pessimistic rather I am optimistic so I am even choosing some stories that could provide relief and mouthful laughter you could enjoy that too like Gorur Golpo , Sesh Oswarohi, and Lathaoushidhi by Tarapada Roy
Last but not least I will start again my blog with a variety of topics not confined to Photography only.
Thank You have a nice day.
Sagar Lahiri
