Samagra Smritichitra by Parimal Goswami [Hardcover]

Parimal Goswami, the talented son of Rabindra-beloved Viharilal Goswami, had an unparalleled store of memory. The funny man's memorable remark, the three extraordinary events of his life were Halley's comet, Rabindranath, and the two world wars. While living in a small house below the Jorasanko Thakurbari, he saw Rabindranath composing music on his own and heard that melody. The life he has passed through, the people he has met, the people he has corresponded with, is in a word the blessing of the God of Life. Although prolific in various branches of literature, Parimal Goswami's memoirs bring a strange feeling to today's reader. With the help of a pen and a camera, he created one after another Bengali Manishi's image, which is eternal and rare. Renowned people like Haricharan Banerjee, Pramath Chowdhury, Rajshekhar Bose, Mohitlal Majumder, Sajnikant Das, Vibhutibhushan Banerjee, Nazrul Islam, Dada Thakur have appeared in his memoirs and spread the light of Manimukto. A dreamy time is captured in the carefully guarded vast collection of letters, of which he was the recipient. In the pages of Patrasmriti, Sharadindu, Banful, Niradchandra Chowdhury's wife Amiya, Sudhakant Roy Chowdhury, Harikrishna Dev, Rajashekhar Bose are present in their glory with their expressions. Parimal Goswami's 'Samagr Smritichitra' was published along with outstanding books like 'Smritichitran', 'Dwitiya Smriti', 'Aami Jaander Sikhi', 'Patrasmriti', 'When I was Editor'. Where there is a golden past filled with respectable friendships, full of humor and poetry.
Parimal Goswami