Sukumar Ray (Bangla: 唳膏唳曕唳唳� 唳班唳) was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of literary nonsense, he is often compared to Lewis Carroll.
His works such as the collection of poems Aboltabol (Bengali: 唳嗋Μ唰嬥Σ唳む唳唳�), novella HaJaBaRaLa (Bengali: 唳灌Ο唳Π唳�), short story collection Pagla Dashu (Bengali: 唳唳椸Σ唳� 唳︵唳多) and play Chalachittachanchari (Bengali: 唳氞Σ唳氞唳む唳む唳炧唳氞Π唰€) are considered nonsense masterpieces equal in stature to Alice in Wonderland, and are regarded as some of the greatest treasures of Bengali literature. More than 80 years after his death, Ray remains one of the most popular of children's writers in both West Bengal and Bangladesh.
These 26 classic stories by Sukumar Ray have been put together for the first time in English and feature rare illustrations by the father-son duo of Satyajit Ray and Sukumar Ray.
I first thought the book is about a single character, but I was mildly surprised to see that it is actually a collection of short stories. Set in a school in rural Bengal, it paints a hilarious portrait of the students and their lives both inside and outside of school.
If you were a trouble maker at school, you'll be able to relate with the characters. If you weren't, you would enjoy it anyway.