{"id":15918,"date":"2022-02-09T22:34:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/?p=15918"},"modified":"2022-02-09T22:34:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:04:23","slug":"narayan-debnath-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-childhood-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/narayan-debnath-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-childhood-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Narayan Debnath leaves behind a legacy of childhood memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15918\" class=\"elementor elementor-15918\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a365683 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a365683\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2598ca2d\" data-id=\"2598ca2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782a8873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782a8873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Legendary Bengali comic book artist and writer Narayan Debnath bid adieu to a rich legacy on 18th January 2022 after prolonged ailment. He was 96. The story of his life and works traces the rise of comic book culture and the subtle art of sketching and storytelling that contributed immensely to Bengali literature.<\/p><p>Bengal is artistically plural with hues of literature, art, music and intellectual expressions. The \u2018Para\u2019 (Lane) culture led to the evolution of many a literary \u2018Adda\u2019 that shaped new imaginations and milestones of creativity.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15920\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15920\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ani.jpg 275w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ani-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Narayan Debnath<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>One such lane of Shibpur, Howrah witnessed the birth of Bantul the Great created by Narayan Debnath with board brush strokes and black ink. Debnath ignited the imagination of young Bengali readers with a bald, barefoot hulk wearing a pink vest and a black half pant. That world lacked luster, glamour or any female character but brimmed with slapstick antics of <em>hawai<\/em> chappal wearing boys who enjoyed a hearty meal and harmless misadventures on scruffy lanes in small towns of Bengal.<\/p><p>Another lane of 3 lake Temple Road gave birth to Detective Paradosh Chandra Mitter alias Feluda by Satyajit Ray. Feluda accompanied his cousin and assistant -Topesh explored all shades of crime-thrill. Glimpses of these were first seen in the children&#8217;s magazine named \u2018Sandesh\u2019. The year was 1965.<\/p><p>It was in the same year that Bantul the Great first appeared in \u2018Shuktara\u2019 &#8211; another children\u2019s magazine.<\/p><p>Illustrator and book cover designer Pronobesh Maity points out &#8211; \u201cDebnath hails from East Bengal, and then settled at Howrah \u2013 Shibpur, where he was involved in body building in Friends club. Bantul was born somewhere in that gym in a satirical format.\u201dDebnath\u2019s subtle creation also includes iconic characters such as Handa-Bhonda. Next Debnath amazed us with this master creation of Nonte-Phonte \u2013 here these two boys were depicted trying to get through with their hostel life and evade or overcome tormentors in a comical format. His creation also includes Black Diamond Indrajit Roy, Patolchand The Magician, Detective Koushik Roy, Baahadur Beral, Daanpite Khandu Aar Tar Chemical Dadu, Petuk Master Batuklal, Sutki-Mutki, Hasir Atom Bomb. However, these later creations had not become popular.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15919\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15919 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/anitweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/anitweet.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/anitweet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/anitweet-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/anitweet-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/anitweet-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Twitter @ANI<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_15924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15924\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15924 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pronobesh-Maity-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pronobesh-Maity-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pronobesh-Maity-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pronobesh-Maity-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pronobesh-Maity.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pronobesh Maity<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong>Maity says<\/strong>, \u201c<em><strong>It\u2019s all about consistency. There are many other brilliant illustrators and cartoonists like Kafi Khan, Sailo Chakraborty, Sarbajit Sen and so on. Ain\u2019t they drawing your attention? They too exist but it is Narayan Debnath\u2019s consistent and lucid creations on Bantul, Handa Bhonda and Nonte Phonte that made him popular.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15927\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15927 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/httpswww.smplazza.comfighting-friend-handa-bhonda.html_-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/httpswww.smplazza.comfighting-friend-handa-bhonda.html_-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/httpswww.smplazza.comfighting-friend-handa-bhonda.html_-150x230.png 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/httpswww.smplazza.comfighting-friend-handa-bhonda.html_.png 308w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: www.smplazza.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>These comic strips were created to delight young hearts with a fun filled humorous roller coaster ride. Debnath portrayed Bantul in a contemporary style.<\/p><p>\u00a0In later editions, Debnath sent Bantul to war during the Indo-Pak war in 1971 (Bangladesh liberation war) spreading the smell of gunpowder in the air. Bantul was seen hurling tanks at the Pakistani army and ridiculing enemy firepower as bullets bounced off his 40 inch chest.<\/p><p>Debnath covered bloodshed in his comic episode for the first time inducing nationalistic sentiments in the minds of common people. Debnath also got Bantul involved in Kargil war&#8217;s Operation Vijay. The variety and topicality of his comic books and the involvement of his endearing creations in day to day situations as well as current affairs led young readers to wait for the next edition of his comic book with bated breath.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15929\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15929 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/g-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dhiman Dasgupta<\/dd><dd><\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong>Script writer and guest lecturer Dhiman Dasgupta explains<\/strong>\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cComic book is a pictorial language of disseminating ideas and thoughts. That can be humorous or serious. Mao Tse Tung\u2019s Red book is one such ubiquitous symbol of 20th century radicalism to unleash China\u2019s Cultural Revolution. During the Second World War too comics were used as propaganda against Hitler. Even to promote Jesus&#8217; belief or introducing Einstein, Marxism or Post modernism. In India too, Ramayana and Mahabharata were introduced in pictorial form.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_16020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16020\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16020 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1632732445_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1632732445_2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1632732445_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1632732445_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1632732445_2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1632732445_2-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: www.telegraphindia.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"MessageList custom-scroll no-avatars scrolled\" data-normal-height=\"449\"><div class=\"messages-container\"><div class=\"message-date-group\"><div id=\"message95768\" class=\"Message message-list-item last-in-group last-in-list own open shown\" data-message-id=\"95768\"><div class=\"message-content-wrapper can-select-text\"><div class=\"message-content text has-shadow has-solid-background has-appendix\" dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"content-inner\" dir=\"auto\"><p class=\"text-content with-meta with-outgoing-icon\" dir=\"auto\">Those were the times when on one hand Feluda&#8217;s victories in &#8216;Sandesh&#8217; magazine, and on the other hand Bantul the Great trampled army troops on the cover pages of &#8216;Shukatara&#8217; , kept children hooked to their comic books.<\/p><p class=\"text-content with-meta with-outgoing-icon\" dir=\"auto\">Later, master filmmaker Satyajit Ray breathed life into the comic creations from the silent pages of the book. After his passing away, Satyajit Ray\u2019s son Sandip Ray carried forward the legacy and filled the vacuum. Feluda never faded from public memory.<\/p><p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Edited by Prem Shankar<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Bengali comic book artist and writer Narayan Debnath bid adieu to a rich legacy on 18th January 2022 after prolonged ailment. He was 96. The story of his life and works traces the rise of comic book culture and the subtle art of sketching and storytelling that contributed immensely to Bengali literature. 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