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Rajshekhar Basu
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Rajshekhar Basu

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Bengali satire as Parashuram and the dictionary Chalantika

Gaddalika · Chalantika

Born
16 March 1880
Birthplace
Bamunpara, Bengal
Died
27 April 1960

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Rajshekhar Basu

Rajshekhar Basu combined industrial chemistry with a second career in Bengali literature. Writing as Parashuram, he became known for comic stories while also contributing to lexicography and spelling reform.

Early life

Chemistry studies

Grew up in Darbhanga and studied chemistry at Presidency College in Calcutta. He briefly tried law before choosing science.

Career

  1. 1903

    Industrial chemistry

    Joined Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and later became a director.

  2. 1924

    Literary debut

    Published the story collection Gaddalika.

Selected work

Gaddalika

A collection that established his comic writing.

Chalantika

A Bengali dictionary incorporating grammatical and spelling guidance.

Beyond work

Intellectual family

His younger brother Girindrasekhar Bose became a psychoanalyst and children’s author.

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