Byomkesh Mustafee’s ‘Rogshyar Pralap’; The old and modern Times of Bengali Life/ব্যোমকেশ মুস্তফীর ‘রোগশয্যার প্রলাপ’ : বাঙালি জীবনের সেকাল ও একাল

Abstract

Byomkesh Mustafee wrote the book ‘Rogshyar Prolap’ under the pseudonym ‘Sreerogatur Sharma’. While he was associated with the Bengali Sahitya Parishad, he contrcted a fever due to his long-term tireless work and became bedridden. Even in such a sickly mental state, his deep thoughts on various issues related to Bengali life in the 19^th and 20^th centuries are evident. My aim is to shed light on how various aspects of Bengali life are reflected in the book ‘Rogshyar Prolap’ written by Byomkesh Mustafee. We will understand that he gradually accumulated experience and observed Bengali life. At the same time, he tired to clearly grasp the changes in the lifestyle of the people of that time and its flow based on the comperative position of that time and time.