Kolkata: Very few people who live and enjoy living as Buddhadeb Guha did.
Author, singer, painter and CA are only four of the many sides, larger images of large men.
On his last trip on Monday, a lot of describing it as king of his famous story for teenagers, ‘Steel Tora King Jae’.
Guha, who was 85 years old, died of post-covid complications at the hospital on Sunday.
After a short recovery from Covid, he was at home but began to complain of breath and kidney disorders, which took him back to the hospital, where he died.
“But not before he said goodbye,” said Bamacharan Mukhopadhyay, his friend for more than 30 years editing several books in Guha.
He and the doctor Kaushik Kaushik Lahiri is a constant friend of Guha.
Both at McCluskieganj, Palamu, Sunderbans or North Bengal Forest, sketches found in Guha’s stories for children and adults, Mukhopadhyay and Lahiri followed shadows.
“The last few years when poor health and vision have limited him in the room and he can’t write, the chest dictates the story,” Lahiri said.
The creator of ‘Rijuda’ and ‘Ribhu’ which is very popular is deft with the paint brush as a questioner.
“Sometimes I lose the trail of my words and see it turned into a picture and then, the pen automatically turns into a brush,” Guha once said at his biallygunge house, while accepting an invitation for a burning time.
Guha was trained at Rabindraset in Dakshini, where he met his wife, Guha, a Tagore musician, who had approached him.
He was also trained in classical music and old kolkata music topped under Ramkumar Chattopadhyay and Chandidas Mall.
“Music is very close to his heart as a writing and he is ready to sing, with or without asking.
One time when we were in Jalpaiguri tea park, he was missing.
After almost an hour of searches, found it on the Coolie line, singing the toppa, ‘Kichhui to Holo Na ‘, For park workers.
They don’t understand a word but sit in front of Regal’s entertainer, “said the writer Samaresh Majumdar.
A similar story was shared by the author of Amar Mitra, who was also close to Guha.
Friends for 60 years, the author Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay found the most handsome guy when they were 25.
“He was slim, height, handsome and always dressed clearly, according to his luxury background.
I used to say you were miles in front of us, “He laughed, tears fled.
“Until he was really close to the house, he would go home every winter, asking for my wife to make empul for him.
He also died yesterday,” he said.
Guha has entrusted by many collections of letters and paintings and an anthology is being prepared.
“He watched mostly and told me how he would want the book.
I will try our best to stick to the instructions.
Now he is physically here, instructions and advice he will continue to give me a harder ring,” Lahiri said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tweeted: “The writing of Guha Buddhadeb Shri is multifacetable and shows great sensitivity to the environment.
His works are enjoyed by cross-generation, especially among young people.
The saying is a big loss for the world of literature.” Chairman of the Minister of Mamata Banerjee Tweeted: “Very It hurts at the death of Buddhadeb Guha, one of the most famous Bengal writers.
He left a big vacuum in the Bengali literature.
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