Remember Kolaboti(কলাবতী)? That bright teenager girl and her various fun-filled adventures(created by late Moti Nandi)?? Her first appearance was in the story titled "Kolaboti" in the '80s Anandamela.Then she re-appeared in another fun-filled tale "Kolaboti-der diet-chart" published in the Anandamela Pujabarshiki 1391(1984). The compilation of the first two stories were also released by Ananda titled "Kolaboti" on '85(see the cover). The book was quite popular among the readers and hence Moti Nandi wrote six more stories keeping her in the central character!
Now,recently Ananda decided to compile all titles under "Kolaboti Samagra" but they did a blunder - unintentionally or intentionally(either way due to lack of proper professional attitude) - and hence we got a Samagra where the above metioned two famous stories were skipped and the 1st story there was actually the 3rd of the line - কলাবতীর দেখাশোনা !!(See the list)
I couldn't see the probable reason behind this!!Did they lost their archive or what?? So this is a mystery that people behind the compilation can answer but of course this blunder reduced the appeal of this newly released book quite a bit!!
Between,the scan of that out-of-print book(কলাবতী) is easily available on-line(through sites like Boi Collector etc). Also do check the old Pujabarshiki issues for the original print!!
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I couldn't see the probable reason behind this!!Did they lost their archive or what?? So this is a mystery that people behind the compilation can answer but of course this blunder reduced the appeal of this newly released book quite a bit!!
Between,the scan of that out-of-print book(কলাবতী) is easily available on-line(through sites like Boi Collector etc). Also do check the old Pujabarshiki issues for the original print!!
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Now,Billy...er...Bilu!!
Well, Billy,the famous kid footballer used to appear in Sukatara, was indeed appeared in Anandamela Pujabarshiki(1391) where he was re-named as Bilu or Bilas Roy...his friend's name was Jagabandhu Basu! And that footballer Dead-shot was Golandaj!!
That is,Anada completely transformed and renamed those characters in Bengali!! ha ha.....
It's a short story...just read and enjoy(the scans are from the binded Pujabarshiki,so excuse me for the lesser clarity).
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Post Script - In the request of some fans who thought Bagha(Part-2) was bit over sized,I have re-uploaded a smaller file this time!Visit the post & enjoy!
