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Ghanada Gallery

Welcome to 'Ghanada Gallery'

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72 Banamali Naskar Lane.

 

Visitors to Kolkata are not likely to locate the quaint boarding house at this address.

Or its legendary lodger Ghanada aka Ghanashyam Das aka Dos.

Or even the original sketches adorning Ghanada’s anecdotes ( 1945 - 1987 ).

 

'Ghanada Gallery' is an attempt to exhibit glimpses of the graphic gems we’ve unearthed.

 

 

Ghanashyam Das’ may well stand for :

Globe-Hopper. Adventurer. Naturalist. Avenger. Scientific Humanist. Yarner. Athlete. Mythologist. Dialect-Authority. Saviour.

 

In short you owe your existence to Ghanada. None other.

 

 

Dedicated to the awesome age of innovative Bengali illustrators and tale-tellers.

Graphics from Premendra Mitra's grand Ghanada tales

From ' Ghanada Gallery ' Website
From ' Ghanada Gallery ' Website

DISCLAIMER

 

WE ARE NOT THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF ANY OF THE MATERIALS [ ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTICLES ETC. ] DISPLAYED IN THIS WEBSITE.

'GHANADA GALLERY' IS NOT A COMMERCIAL VENTURE.

'Ghanada Gallery' Website
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From 'Ghanada Gallery' Website

Juvenile fiction in Bengali is dominated by the ‘Da’-s. Tenida, Pheluda, Wrijuda, Pindida….

 

Ghanashyam Das was among the first to popularise this trend.

 

Ghanada’s zany yarns were originally decorated with a set of uber-cool drawings complementing his persona.

Sadly, only a sprinkling is gettable at present.

 

This website, a companion to our Facebook Page 'Ghanada Gallery', ventures to display the illustrious Ghanada illustrations. 

 

And more… if you’re keen !

 

 

WE ARE NOT THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF ANY OF THE MATERIALS [ BOOKS, ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTICLES ETC. ]
DISPLAYED IN THIS WEBSITE.

'GHANADA GALLERY' IS NOT A COMMERCIAL VENTURE.

Saurabh Datta

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