Click to play videoKolkata: Bengal's home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray has added a feather in his cap.
The state's senior bureaucrat has co-edited a book, which talks about legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's contribution to Sandesh - the monthly children's magazine he edited.
Ray revived the magazine, which bore the legacy of his father and grandfather, in 1961 and it was an instant hit amongst Bengalis of all ages. And the bureaucrat feels his book would help reveal the unknown Ray.
"Young people today have not seen Sandesh in its full glory. They may have watched his movies but they do not know what a versatile kind of a person he was,” said Prasad Ranjan Ray
There's hardly a decline in the popularity of Ray's films, especially those he made for children.
But time has obfuscated the genius of Ray as an illustrator, cover designer and calligrapher.
Some the best examples of that could be found in Sandesh, which came out during Ray's tenure.
The literary cooperative, which runs Sandesh, is planning to make fresh attempts to cure the amnesia.
"We are targeting a informative-cum-literary quality magazine. It does not need to have a large, mass circulation,” said Secretary, Sukumar Sahitya Samavay Samiti, Amitananda Das.
Some of the most lasting impressions left by Ray are the ones he made on print, that too for children.
But there's little doubt that reviving the tradition is no child's play. The great tradition of the Ray family's involvement in literary pursuits still lives within these four walls of 172/3, Rashbehari Avenue.
And with a little more effort from the magazine's editorial board, Sandesh could well regain its lost popularity amongst die-hard Satyajit Ray fans.
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