Reading and Resistance in the Works of Nabarun Bhattacharya

Authors

  • Aritra Chakraborti

Keywords:

Nabarun Bhattacharya, reading, resistance, subversive literature, cultural memory

Abstract

This paper looks into the ways in which eminent Bengali writer Nabarun Bhattacharya used reading as a tool of resistance. Examining his novels, short stories, essays and short journal entries, it attempts to highlight how Bhattacharya used his vast and varied reading as a source of his radical political stance.

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Author Biography

Aritra Chakraborti

Aritra Chakraborti is a PhD student at the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is currently working on the history of printing, with a special emphasis on the news-pamphlet industry in colonial Bengal.

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Published

2021-11-15

How to Cite

Chakraborti , A. . (2021). Reading and Resistance in the Works of Nabarun Bhattacharya. Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry, 2(1Supplement), 16–32. Retrieved from http://sanglap-journal.in/index.php/sanglap/article/view/149

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1Supplement (2015): Nabarun Bhattacharya: Supplement

Section

Articles