\u27Pragati\u27 magazine on Buddhadeb Bose\u27s memoirs/ বুদ্ধদেব বসুর স্মৃতিকথায় ‘প্রগতি’ পত্রিকা

Abstract

Buddhadev Basu himself became an \u27institution\u27, and the reason behind this \u27institution\u27 was editing the magazine. Although he had been involved in magazine editing since childhood, it was \u27Pragati\u27 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\u27s poetry, waged a kind of war in \u27Pragati\u27 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\u27s life. And he looks back on this chapter in the twilight of his life, and has retained it in his memoirs for future readers