Noted Bengali Writer Buddhadeb Guha Passed Away

• 31 Aug 2021

• Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha has passed away on 29^th August 2021.
• Guha was a chartered accountant by profession but became a popular author early in life.
• His fictional character Wrijuda, a popular figure in children’s literature along with his sidekick Rudra, was a hunter-turned-conservationist.
• Guha spent his early years in what is now Bangladesh, and drew on his memories in Rangpur and Barisal in his Wrivu series.
• His intimacy with the woods of eastern India is reflected in his writings, with Jungle Mahal being his first story collection — and his favourite, by his own admission — to be published in the early 1960s.
• His notable literary contributions include - Koeler Kachhe, Kojagar, Ektu Usnotar Jonyo, Madhukori, Jangalmahal, Choroibeti, etc.