• ISBN13: 9789389136555
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook
• Publication Date: March 11, 2020
• Pages: 92
• Original Price: INR 250.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 600 grams

Quiet Flows The River Jhelum

‘Jajabor’ was the pen name of the author Binoy Mukhopadhyay (1909– 2002). Born in East Bengal (presently Bangladesh), he completed his Masters in Commerce from Calcutta University. He started his career as a journalist in a number of Bengali dailies, and subsequently joined the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He was the Deputy Secretary of the British Press Information Bureau when his first novel Drishtipath (1946) burst into the literary scene to the wide acclaim of the readers. It was followed by several other novels, short stories, essays and dramas, including Janantik and Laghukaran. He has also written two books on cricket, which was another of his passions besides Rabindra Sangeet. Jhelum Nodir Tirey, a politico-historical novelette on the transfer of power in Kashmir, was published in May 1954. TRANSLATOR Sujit Kumar Das graduated in Arts from the University of Calcutta and joined the West Bengal Civil Service. At present, he works as the Joint Commissioner of Revenue, Government of West Bengal. Apart from reading, his other hobbies include travel to the mountains and jungles, especially if it’s on a driving holiday. The present translation of Jajabor’s Jhelum Nodir Tirey is a labour of love, meant to bring readers of the new generation in touch with an old favourite, and to rehash the memory of those who have been through the classic.