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Sankar

Born

in Bongaon, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

December 07, 1933

Genre

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Shankar's real name is Mani Shankar Mukherjee. Sankar is a very popular writer in the Bengali language. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal, India.
Shankar's father died while Shankar was still a teenager, as a result of which Shankar became a clerk to the last British barrister of the Calcutta High Court, Noel Frederick Barwell. The experience of working under Mr. Barwell provided the material for his first book Koto Ojanare (কত অজানারে), translated as The Great Unknown.
During 1962, Shankar conceived the idea of writing the novel Chowringhee on a rainy day at the waterlogged crossing of Central Avenue and Dalhousie - a busy business district in the heart of Kolkata.
Many of Shankar's works have been made into films. Some notable on ...more

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	Chowringhee by Sankar, Arunava Sinha (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 2,497 ratings — published 1962 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Middleman by Sankar, Arunava Sinha (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	কত অজানারে 4.33 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 1955 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monk as Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda 3.89 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ঘরের মধ্যে ঘর 3.97 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	সীমাবদ্ধ 4.09 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	নিবেদিতা রিসার্চ ল্যাবরেটরি 3.77 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1966 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	विवेकानंद की आत्मकथा 4.34 avg rating — 73 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	আশা আকাঙ্ক্ষা 3.52 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	এক ব্যাগ শংকর really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“মা আমার দিকে তাকিয়ে আছেন। নিজের যন্ত্রণার কথা অথবা আজ সকালের প্রাণসংশয় নিয়ে একটা কথাও তুললেন না। তার বদলে জানতে চাইলেন, "খেয়েছিস?"

মা ছাড়া এ-কথা পৃথিবীতে কে আর এইভাবে জিজ্ঞেস করবে?”
― Sankar, মুক্তির স্বাদ

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“আমি বললাম, “আমার অবাঙালি বন্ধুরা বলেন,
একমাত্র বাঙালির পক্ষেই এই সন্দেশ সৃষ্টি করা সম্ভব, রবীন্দ্রনাথ,রসগােল্লা ও সন্দেশ এই তিনটিই হলাে একালে বিশ্বের দরবারে বাঙালির বিনম্র উপহার।”
― Sankar, রসবতী-বঙ্গীয় রসনার রসালো কাহিনী

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“Those you think of as nearest to you will all become “others” one day,’ I told him.”
― Sankar, Chowringhee

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