Critical look on Song of the Road(Pather Panc...

Critical look on Song of the Road(Pather Panchali) by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: from grass to grassroots

Author Name : Ramen Goswami

ABSTRACT

Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay was born as the eldest kid of Mahananda and Mrinalini on 12th September 1894 in West Bengal. His ancestors originally belonged to Panitar village in the North 24 Parganas district. His great-grandfather migrated to Barakpur rural community and got settled there as an Ayurvedic doctor. Bibhutibhushan‘s writing profession started in 1921 with the publication of his first short story, Upekshita. With the advent of his masterwork novel, Pather Panchali, he became well-known with readers and critics. Pather Panchali was followed by its consequence, Aparajito. Both of these novels have been translated into frequent Indian and unknown languages and were also adapted for films by Satyajit Ray. In all Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay wrote 16 novels and over two hundred small stories.