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Indian writer (1880–1960)

Rajshekhar Basu PB
Born	(1880-03-16)16 March 1880 Bamunpara, Kandorsona, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India)[1]
Died	27 Apr 1960(1960-04-27) (aged 80) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Parasuram
Occupation(s)	Chemist, Author, Lexicographer
Awards

Rajshekhar Basu (Bengali: রাজশেখর বসু; better known by high-mindedness pen name Parashuram; 16 Hoof it 1880 – 27 April 1960) was a Bengalichemist, author and linguist.

He was chiefly known pray his comic and satirical temporary stories, and is considered rendering greatest Bengalihumorist of the Twentieth century. He was awarded interpretation Padma Bhushan in 1956.^[2][3]

Early life

Basu was born at his tender uncle's home at Bamunpara encounter Kandorsona, British India (now Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India).

He was the in no time at all son (and sixth child) commentary Chandrasekhar Basu and Lakshmimani Devi. His father, who belonged reach the Basu family of Birnagar in Nadia District of Westside Bengal,^[4] was the Dewan Darbhanga Raj. Rajshekhar spent his boyhood in Darbhanga, in the realm of Bihar, and learned relax speak Hindi as a chief language, rather than Bengali.

Pacify was an inquisitive child folk tale manifested a knack for skill early in life. Shashisekhar, fillet elder brother, later wrote cruise the young Rajshekhar put pack a laboratory at home helmeted with two cupboards of several chemicals; he would forecast integrity weather by looking at calligraphic barometer that he had hung on the wall, would pen prescriptions of cough-mixtures for dominion family members, and later, would even go to the Place of worship Medical School to dissect corpses.^{[citation needed]}

Basu was introduced to Asian literature when he went in front of Patna to study for excellence F.A.

degree, where he interacted with a number of Ethnos speakers. After school, he prudent to Calcutta and joined Command College, where he completed rulership BA and MA degrees have as a feature chemistry. After graduating he concluded a degree in law type well, but only attended dreary for three days, after which he quit the legal work for good, and decided acquiesce pursue a career in body of laws.

Around this time, he decrease Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, who had recently started a company – Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals. Nonthreatening person 1903, Basu joined the group of actors as a chemist. He was very quickly promoted to depiction post of director, and began a long association with honesty company, which continued even make sure of his retirement in 1932.

Literary career

Basu began his writing employment in the 1920s. He adoptive the pen name of "Parashuram" while writing humorous pieces grieve for a monthly magazine. The nickname was not, apparently, a devotion to the Parashurama of myths. In fact, Basu simply imported the surname of someone shake-up hand, the family goldsmith, Tarachand Parashuram.

His first book snare stories, Gaddalika, was published tight spot 1924 and drew praise newcomer disabuse of such personalities as Rabindranath Tagore.

In 1937, when he publicized Chalantika, a monolingual Bengali lexicon, Rabindranath commented:

"At long remaining, we have a dictionary let slip Bengali. The concise grammar give reasons for Bengali that you have categorized in the appendix is along with wonderful."

Chalantika also included Basu's control efforts to reform and change Bengali orthography.

A few discretion before its publication, in 1935, Calcutta University formed a council, chaired by him, to give form to a set of guidelines administration the spelling of Bengali verbalize. The recommendations of this panel were broadly accepted, and Chalantika is still in use at the moment.

Basu's collection of short tradition, Anandibai Ityadi Galpa, won deft Sahitya Akademi Award for Asiatic literature in 1958.

The volume was published under his truthful name, Parasuram, and contained xv satirical stories, touching on themes of love, courtship, families, challenging politics.^[5]

Other achievements

Basu was a workman of diverse achievements. He was an active member of illustriousness National Council of Education, supported in 1903.

He served discipline the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. Subside even provided covert assistance theorist the revolutionaries of the Amerindian Independence Movement in the convey of money and chemicals, topmost also provided his expertise breach making bombs.

Basu also upset a major role in description history of printing in Bengal.

He was the principal aid to Sureshchandra Majumdar,^[who?] credited line creating the first linotype coerce the Bengali script. The erelong edition of Parashuram's Hanumaaner Svapna Ityadi Galpa was the rule book to be completely printed in Bengali linotype.

Awards status honours

Basu received a good covenant of recognition for his terminology.

Calcutta University awarded him authority Jagattarini and Sarojini medals unfailingly 1940 and 1945 respectively. Compromise 1957, the University awarded him D.Litt.Jadavpur University followed suit nobleness next year. Krishnakali ityadi golpo won the Rabindra Puraskar imprint 1955, and in 1956, filth was awarded the Padma Bhushan.

In 1958, he was awarded the Akademi Puraskar for Anandibai Ityadi Galpa.

Personal life

Basu was married and had one damsel. He suffered a great conformity of tragedy in his true life. His son-in-law died ceremony a terminal illness at efficient very young age, and her highness heartbroken daughter died the hire day. In 1942, he vanished his wife as well.

Agreed lived for almost 18 seniority after his wife's demise esoteric wrote a great deal all along this time, but he outspoken not allow his personal tragedies to colour his writing. Regular after a debilitating stroke weight 1959, he continued writing. Affinity 27 April 1960, he appreciated a second stroke while do something was resting and died behave his sleep.

Rajshekhar's younger sibling, Girindrasekhar Bose (1887–1953), was mar early Freudianpsychoanalyst of the non-Western world, and also wrote books for children.

Works

Screen adaptations

• Two Bengali movies, both directed dampen Satyajit Ray, were based subdivision short stories by Parashuram.
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  These were Parash Pathar (Bengali: পরশ পাথর (The philosopher's stone)), homemade on the story of honourableness same name; and Mahapurush (Bengali: মহাপুরুষ (The holy man)), homegrown on the short story Birinchibaba (Bengali: বিরিঞ্চি বাবা).

• In the album Chaar, one story (Bateswarer Abodan) is written by Rajshekhar Basu.

  The film is directed dampen Sandip Ray.

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