Peon Theke Prakashak by Badal Basu [Hardcover]

He started his life as a bicycle peon. After overcoming numerous ups and downs, he became the publisher of Anand Publishers. Badal Basu's life was colorful in every aspect. In that colorful life, he had the company of various people, from Satyajit Ray to Ravi Shankar, Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Amartya Sen, Shibram Chakraborty, Gour Kishore Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Samaresh Basu, Shakti Chattopadhyay, Sankha Ghosh, Gunter Grass, Salman Rushdie, and many others. He attended various book fairs around the world, starting from the Frankfurt Book Fair. He mingled with people of various kinds and witnessed numerous events. All of those experiences he has captured in this autobiographical writing in a gripping prose. Reading this work not only introduces the unique world of those people but also offers a glimpse into a particular time period. When it was published as a series in the Desh magazine, it created quite a stir. Now, Badal Basu's writing has been published in book form.