Fellow blogger Mahasthabir's recent post reminds me of a old Bengali detective series that I almost forget - something that I shouldn't - the famous Baj-Pakhi Series by Swapan Kumar!!
It was a super-hit series among the teenagers in the '60s,and my dad was one of those fans! :)) I have only 4 such small-shaped books,out of min. 15 titles, as mentioned in the back covers.But I don't have much idea about this series,so anybody with better info please come forward and share with us!
I have only 2 memories associated with this series.One,I was lured toward this series majorly due to the fantastic cover-arts and the second,from where I bought these : all were purchased from a small shop of hardware materials in the early '90s! Yes, it was quite an odd place to buy a books' series specially an almost out-of-print one....and that seller had no others books apart from those titles!! :o)
The stories were good enough for the pre & early teens,supported by fantastic cover-arts!As far as the list published in the back-cover of each issue,there were 15 titles available then but I am not sure if that's all!
You can see that list here :
I have issues #1, 10, 11 & 12.Now I will request other fans who have these titles, please scan the other covers so that we can have a cover-gallery of this series!
It was a super-hit series among the teenagers in the '60s,and my dad was one of those fans! :)) I have only 4 such small-shaped books,out of min. 15 titles, as mentioned in the back covers.But I don't have much idea about this series,so anybody with better info please come forward and share with us!
I have only 2 memories associated with this series.One,I was lured toward this series majorly due to the fantastic cover-arts and the second,from where I bought these : all were purchased from a small shop of hardware materials in the early '90s! Yes, it was quite an odd place to buy a books' series specially an almost out-of-print one....and that seller had no others books apart from those titles!! :o)
The stories were good enough for the pre & early teens,supported by fantastic cover-arts!As far as the list published in the back-cover of each issue,there were 15 titles available then but I am not sure if that's all!
You can see that list here :
I have issues #1, 10, 11 & 12.Now I will request other fans who have these titles, please scan the other covers so that we can have a cover-gallery of this series!
