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Puja Barshiki 2007

Just before the Durga Puja it has become customary as well as part of the celebrations to publish puja magazines or "Puja Barshiki". Children, the young and the old are all fond of these magazines. Big publishing houses bring out special editions with numerous exciting stories.Puja Barshiki 2007 has interesting articles, novels and short stories from well-known authors.

Ananda Bajar Patrika

This year Ananda Bajar Patrika, the magazine that is awaited eagerly by most has in its contents interesting novesl by well known authors like Sunil Gangopadhyay, Suchitra Bhattacharya, Harsha Dutta and Sangeeta Bandopadhyay. There are stories written by Samaresh Majumder, Bani Basu, Atin Bandyopaddhyay, Indra Mitra, Trapada Ray,Romanath Ray,Shekhar Basu,Prochet Gupta, Sukanta Gangopadhyay, Subhomanash Ghosh, Subrata Sengupta,Anita Agnihotri, Banibrata Chakraborty and

Mihir Gangopadhyay. Poetry lovers can revel in the verses written by Sunil gangopadhyay, Aurobindo Guha, Nabanita Debsen, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and others. Essays by Nrishingha Bhaduri, Sathi Bhattacharya and Pathik Guha are to be reckoned with. The cover of Ananda Bajar Patrika has been designed by Subrata Gangopadhyay.

Price:Rs.40/-

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Anandamela

	Anandamela another Puja Barshiki of 2007, a favourite Bengali Puja magazine among teenagers and young adults comprises of interesting novels written by Sunil Gangopadhyay, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay,Samaresh Majumder,Suchitra Bhattacharya, Sukanta Gangopadhyay and others. It has a special section for short stories as well as lengthy ones.Short story contributers are none other than Shaktipada Rajguru,Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya, Ullash
Mullick,Shishir Biswas, Ashok Basu, Shourab Mukhopadhyay while lengthy stories have been written by Dulendra Bhowmick, Himadri Kishore Dasgupta and others.Poetry lovers will enjoy poems of Sunil Gangopadhyay and Ratantonu Ghati.Anandamela has articles related to science too written by Pathik Guha, Judhajit Dasgupata, Bibek Sengupta. Avid sport lovers will enjoy articles by Paroma Sen,Suman Bandyopadhay and Argha Mukhopadhyay.
Coloured Comic Strips feature Satyajit Ray's "Robertson er Ruby" with superslueth Feluda on the prowl illustrated by Abhijit Chattapadhyay; Premendra Mitra's Khona da in"Kaanch"with illustrations by subra chakraborty makes enjoyble reading; Shibram Chakraborty"Chor Dhorlo Gobordhon" with sketches done by Shourab Mukhopadyay is also worth mentioning. Crossword Puzzle and Quizes are also found in the later sections of the Puja magazine. The cover design of the Puja barshiki has been done by Amitabha Chanda.
Price:75/-

Patrika
	Saradiya Puja Barshiki 2007 features Patrika, another well known Puja magazine published a month ahead of the occasion. This magazine highlights articles written on cinema, travels, fashion, music,religion, politics,literature and food. Movie buffs will enjoy reading about Saif Ali Khan and Uttam Kumar, alternative religion by Ramdev makes interesting reading and Payal Sengupta writes about Bangla Band's Rupam. Fashion conscious readers will love to read about Saaries,the rage of the celebration and
about designer Sabyasachi while travellers will enjoy Khajuraho. Sports has the life story of Bengal's fast bowler Ranadev Basu. Three novels by Nillohit's"Ebaar amaar mathay topor", Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay's"Radhika"and Pampa Sensharma's "Jal Chobi"comprises the literature section. "Shikhorer Sondhane" an article on 'Jhumpa Lahiri'and a write up on south Indian food makes good reading too.
Price: 25/-
Ananda Lok
Anandal Lok always saught after for its articles on films and stars must be the most popular of all the Puja Barshikis that are published a month ahead of the festivities. This year's Ananda Lok has stories on Amitabh Bachchan, ShahRukh, Priety Zinta, salmaan Khan, saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Rani Mukherjee and Bipasha Basu. There are interviewa with Bappi Lahiri, Bollywood's music composer, Hema Malini and Tollywood's Debashree. Articles on Nipoti Chattapadhay, Prasenjit, Pran, Rittik
Roshan and Kareena are the star attractions. An interesting write up on the new genre of singers highlighting sudhin Dasgupta and articles on Bangla Cinema and foreign films with photo features of both Bollywood and Hollywood make interesting reading. Besides there are novels as well as film gossip coloumns.
Price 75/-
Desh
	Puja Barshiki without the all time favourite 'Desh'is unthinkable. This year the special attraction of 'Desh'is Rabindranath Tagore's 'Patrabali'(letters) and Nandalal Bose's 'Unpublished Letters'. Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Samaresh Majumdar, Tillotama Majumdar, Sukanta Gangopadhyay, Binayak Bandopadhyay have contributed with interesting novels. Stories by Sunil Gangopadhyay, Suchitra Bhattacharya, Bani Basu,Harsha Dutta, Sangeeta Bandopadhyay,
Maniratna Mukhopadhyay and Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay make interesting reading.An essay witten by Prathik Guha 'Mahabishsher Mahasangeet'is to be reckoned with while you will love the poems written by Sankha Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Subodh Sarkar, Tasleema Nasreen and others. There are some coloured photographs of Abanindranath Tagore and Bikash Bhattacharya. Cover design has been done by Ganesh Pyne.
Price Rs.75/-
Shuktara
A puja without Shuktara is unthinkable for the bubbly teens. Great many hours can be spend going through the interesting novels of Chittaranjan Maity, Shaktipada Raj Guru,Sayeed Mustafa Shiraj and others. Not to miss the stories by Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Sanjib Chattopadhyay, Samaresh Majumdar and Nabanita Deb Sen.Besides, the ghost stories, detective ones and the science fictions make Shuktara completely un-put-downable. Comedies, articles on science, space,fairy
tales, poetry, magic, games and comics of 'Batul de Great' and 'Handa Bhonda' make interesting reading.
Price 52/-
Nabakallal
	Yet another Puja Barshiki that rules the racks of the shops, Nabakallal this year too has a gamut of novels written by Prafulla Ray,Sanjib Chattopadhyay, Nabanita Deb Sen, Chittaranjan Maity, Sayeed Mustafa Siraj, Hiren Chattopadhyay to name a few. Stories written by Mahashewta Devi, Samaresh Majumdar,Shaktipada Raj Guru, Nimai Bhattacharya,Debyendu Palit,Adrish Bardhan, Himanish Goswami make wonderful reading.There are some special articles on the occasion of Durga Puja.
Swami Achutananda writes about Devi Durga and Swami Purnatmananda writes 'Shiv-o-tar-bahon'.Besides there are other attractive articles on make-up, beauty tips, cinemagossip, interior decoration and travel. Published by DebSahitya Kutir, the cover design by Gautam Dasgupta adds to the beauty of the Puja Barshiki.
Price 62/-
Puja Music 2007
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