Upendrakishore Samagra

Upendrakishore Samagra is the definitive collected works of Upendrakishore RoyChoudhury — the towering first-generation luminary of the Ray family, grandfather of Satyajit Ray, and father of Sukumar Ray. A founding editor of the iconic Bengali children's magazine 'Sandesh', RoyChoudhury was the mastermind behind timeless classics including 'Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne', 'Tuntunir Boi', and 'Chheleder Ramayon', alongside countless stories, folktales, and animal fables. His lesser-known facets — music theorist, illustrator, publisher, and printer — are equally remarkable. Edited by Parthajit Gangopadhyay for 'Patra Bharati', this landmark Bengali omnibus is uniquely comprehensive: it unites RoyChoudhury's complete essays for adult readers, rare personal tributes written after his death by distinguished contemporaries, and hard-to-find photographs and sketches — material long absent from earlier anthologies. For readers and researchers of classic Bengali literature, this is the essential, irreplaceable volume.