'Pragati' magazine on Buddhadeb Bose's memoirs/ বুদ্ধদেব বসুর স্মৃতিকথায় ‘প্রগতি’ পত্রিকা

Abstract

Buddhadev Basu himself became an 'institution', and the reason behind this 'institution' was editing the magazine. Although he had been involved in magazine editing since childhood, it was 'Pragati' magazine that gave him a different world in literature. This magazine became a field for his own literary practice as well as a place for young writers of that time. Buddhadev Basu found Jibanananda Das here. Buddhadev, fascinated by Jibanananda's poetry, waged a kind of war in 'Pragati' to establish him in the literary community. Buddhadev also discovered not only Jibanananda, but Vishnu Dey here. In a word, Pragati magazine is an important chapter in Buddhadev Basu's life. And he looks back on this chapter in the twilight of his life, and has retained it in his memoirs for future readers.