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EAP127/5
- Record Id:
- 032-000209183
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000209183
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000055
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP127/5
- Title:
- Samantak Das Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [1990-2008]
- Scope & Content:
-
This fonds consists of 78 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material dates from 1990-2008.
The books cover a wide range of subjects typical of Bengali street publications, including: popular literature such as detective stories and ghost stories; books concerning religious practice and rites; teaching manuals and instructional guides; song books; puzzles and jokes; poems; language guides and primers; recipe books; books concerning health, medicine and homeopathy; legal guides; and books of general knowledge.
The books were produced by the following publishers:
abhik ray; akshay Library; Benimadhab Sil's Library; chaturbhuj pustakalay; General Library and Press; M G Publications; Orient Library; purbasha auddy; Raj Library; Rajendra Library; raju sachdeb Publications; Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; sachdeb prakashan; sajal pustakalay; saranam ashram; siksha niketan; sriguru pustakalay; subal mukhopadhyay; further unknown publishers.
The originals were collected by Samantak Das from hawkers and street sellers in the Birbhum, Burdwan and Bankura Districts of Kolkata, from 2007.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Archiving Popular Market Bengali Books
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-000209183", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP127/5: Samantak Das Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [1990-2008]" },{ "id" : "040-000341116", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/1: kālidāser heẏālī" },{ "id" : "040-000341121", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/2: nabadvīp dhāmer itihās o śrīcaitanyalīlā mādhurya" },{ "id" : "040-000341122", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/3: brāhmaṇ bhūt" },{ "id" : "040-000341123", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/4: byāṅgamā byāṅgamī" },{ "id" : "040-000341125", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/5: bisvabareṇẏa śrīrāmkṛshña" },{ "id" : "040-000341126", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/6: svāmījī o tār bāṇī" },{ "id" : "040-000341127", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/7: āmi mā sakaler mā" },{ "id" : "040-000341128", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/8: aṅke khelā" },{ "id" : "040-000341129", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/9: khunir khoje goẏendā" },{ "id" : "040-000341131", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/10: thakurmār jhuli" },{ "id" : "040-000341132", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/11: hāsir cuṭkī" },{ "id" : "040-000341133", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/12: rakamārī mācher rānnā" },{ "id" : "040-000341134", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/13: thākurdādār jhuli" },{ "id" : "040-000341135", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/14: e ṭu jeḍ aph beḍsāiḍ homiopyāthik meḍisin" },{ "id" : "040-000341136", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/15: leṭesṭ SMS hindī, bāṃlā, iṃrājī" },{ "id" : "040-000341138", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/16: dam phāṭāno hāsir cuṭki" },{ "id" : "040-000341139", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/17: 100 majār gopāl bhāṛ" },{ "id" : "040-000341140", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/18: gopāl bhāṛ rahasya" },{ "id" : "040-000341141", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/19: śesh pratiśodh" },{ "id" : "040-000341142", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/20: bhūter mukhe rāmnām" },{ "id" : "040-000341143", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/21: muṇḍahīn kaṅkāl" },{ "id" : "040-000341144", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/22: gopāl bhāṛer khaṭṭānga purāṇ" },{ "id" : "040-000341145", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/23: bhūture kaṅkāl" },{ "id" : "040-000341146", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/24: ādhinkā rojgere ginnī" },{ "id" : "040-000341147", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/25: śikshak-śikshikā nirbācan skul sārbhis kamiśan jenārel nalej" },{ "id" : "040-000341148", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/26: rakamārī nirāmish rānnā" },{ "id" : "040-000341149", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/27: alaukik rāter āgantuk" },{ "id" : "040-000341150", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/28: su-gṛhiṇīr 501 ṭips" },{ "id" : "040-000341151", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/29: rakamārī māṃser rānnā" },{ "id" : "040-000341152", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/30: rakamārī jal-khābār o binā teler rānnā" },{ "id" : "040-000341153", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/31: āin jānā darkār tatasaha bināmūlye natun bāri bhāṛā āin" },{ "id" : "040-000341154", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/32: rakamārī jyām jyelī ācār śarbat" },{ "id" : "040-000341155", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/33: inṭārnyāśānāl kārenṭ ayāfeẏārs 2004" },{ "id" : "040-000341156", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/34: PART 2 cāilḍ ayānd mādār keẏār" },{ "id" : "040-000341157", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/35: ājker nārīr rūpcarcā" },{ "id" : "040-000341158", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/36: golḍen hiṭs mānnā de" },{ "id" : "040-000341159", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/37: golḍen hiṭs maḥ raphi" },{ "id" : "040-000341160", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/38: gṛhinīr ṭukiṭāki" },{ "id" : "040-000341161", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/39: hemanta mukhopādhyāẏer bāṃlā gāner svaralipi" },{ "id" : "040-000341162", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/40: hermanta mukhopādhyāẏer gān o svaralipi" },{ "id" : "040-000341163", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/41: lokgīti svaralipi" },{ "id" : "040-000341164", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/42: mānnā de-r gān o svaralipi" },{ "id" : "040-000341165", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/43: maḍārn rānnā" },{ "id" : "040-000341166", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/44: praṇām bābā loknāth" },{ "id" : "040-000341167", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/45: rakamāri rannā" },{ "id" : "040-000341168", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/46: bāul samrāt pūrṇa dās bāul" },{ "id" : "040-000341169", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/47: bipattāriṇī bratakathā" },{ "id" : "040-000341171", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/48: phaṭikcād" },{ "id" : "040-000341172", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/49: gopāl bhāṛ rahasya" },{ "id" : "040-000341174", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/50: kālidāser heẏālī" },{ "id" : "040-000341175", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/51: kathāmālār galpa" },{ "id" : "040-000341176", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/52: lālan phakirer bāul sangīt" },{ "id" : "040-000341177", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/53: manośikshāmanośikshā" },{ "id" : "040-000341178", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/54: thākumār jhuli" },{ "id" : "040-000341179", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/55: 801 rakamārī rānnā" },{ "id" : "040-000341180", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/56: dāktār yakhan hāter kāche nei" },{ "id" : "040-000341181", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/57: āẏurbedik cikitsā śāstra" },{ "id" : "040-000341182", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/58: nānāraṅer SMS" },{ "id" : "040-000341183", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/59: petnīr khappare gopāl bhāṛ" },{ "id" : "040-000341184", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/60: ku-saṃskār banām bijñān cetanā" },{ "id" : "040-000341185", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/61: gopāl bhāṛer khaṭṭāṅga purāṇ" },{ "id" : "040-000341186", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/62: pratham premer śaẏerī" },{ "id" : "040-000341188", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/63: ṭhājurmār jhuli" },{ "id" : "040-000341189", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/64: sāheb bhūt" },{ "id" : "040-000341190", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/65: manmātāno śāẏerī" },{ "id" : "040-000341191", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/66: rabindra-bāṇī" },{ "id" : "040-000341194", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/67: dakshiṇ āphrikāẏ - gāndhījī" },{ "id" : "040-000341195", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/68: sūkti-muktābalī" },{ "id" : "040-000341196", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/69: cirāẏata" },{ "id" : "040-000341197", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/70: kalyāṇ-saṃgha" },{ "id" : "040-000341198", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/71: bijaẏkumār bhaṭṭācārya saṃkshipta jībankathā" },{ "id" : "040-000341199", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/72: śrāddha-anushṭhān-paddhati" },{ "id" : "040-000341200", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/73: satyāgraher pathe satīścandra sengupta o dāḥ āśutosh dāser sāhacarye" },{ "id" : "040-000341201", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/74: sekh kāllu" },{ "id" : "040-000341202", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/75: arabindaprakāś" },{ "id" : "040-000341203", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/76: śiśubodh ādarśa lipi" },{ "id" : "040-000341204", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/77: sahaj daśamik dhārāpāt" },{ "id" : "040-000341205", "parent" : "032-000209183", "text" : "EAP127/5/78: Children's ABC Word Book" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209183
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP127/5/1 : kālidāser heẏālī
EAP127/5/2 : nabadvīp dhāmer itihās o śrīcaitanyalīlā mādhurya
EAP127/5/3 : brāhmaṇ bhūt
EAP127/5/4 : byāṅgamā byāṅgamī
EAP127/5/5 : bisvabareṇẏa śrīrāmkṛshña
EAP127/5/6 : svāmījī o tār bāṇī
EAP127/5/7 : āmi mā sakaler mā
EAP127/5/8 : aṅke khelā
EAP127/5/9 : khunir khoje goẏendā
EAP127/5/10 : thakurmār jhuli
EAP127/5/11 : hāsir cuṭkī
EAP127/5/12 : rakamārī mācher rānnā
EAP127/5/13 : thākurdādār jhuli
EAP127/5/14 : e ṭu jeḍ aph beḍsāiḍ homiopyāthik meḍisin
EAP127/5/15 : leṭesṭ SMS hindī, bāṃlā, iṃrājī
EAP127/5/16 : dam phāṭāno hāsir cuṭki
EAP127/5/17 : 100 majār gopāl bhāṛ
EAP127/5/18 : gopāl bhāṛ rahasya
EAP127/5/19 : śesh pratiśodh
EAP127/5/20 : bhūter mukhe rāmnām
EAP127/5/21 : muṇḍahīn kaṅkāl
EAP127/5/22 : gopāl bhāṛer khaṭṭānga purāṇ
EAP127/5/23 : bhūture kaṅkāl
EAP127/5/24 : ādhinkā rojgere ginnī
EAP127/5/25 : śikshak-śikshikā nirbācan skul sārbhis kamiśan jenārel nalej
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP127/5 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209183
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP127/5
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 78 electronic folders comprised of 3,827 TIFF images. 36.9 gigabytes in total.
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP127-5⧉ (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Bengali
- Scripts:
- Bengali
- Start Date:
- 1990
- End Date:
- 2008
- Date Range:
- 1990-2008
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only.
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
These collections are not available to request in British Library Reading Rooms.
Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Images in this fonds were primarily captured through digital scanning. In some cases the original books were tightly bound, making scanning impractical; digital photography was used to capture these images. Images may not appear to be straight, due to the nature of the originals, which were often irregularly cut.
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP127 "Archiving Popular Market Bengali Books" project, with the permission of Samantak Das.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from the EAP127 project (Accession Record EAP127/1, EAP127/2, EAP127/3 and EAP127/4).
- Appraisal:
- Material in this fonds was selected for digitisation by the EAP127 project.
- Information About Copies:
- A set of digital copies is also held by the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is owned and held by Samantak Das. Access enquiries should be directed to Samantak Das via the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Das, Samantak, academic, b 1965 (Collector; Owner)
- Subjects:
- Cookbooks
Detective and mystery stories, Bengali
Folk songs, Bengali
Ghost stories, Bengali
Health advice
Hindu literature
Popular literature, Bengali
Puzzles
Teaching materials
Theatre, Bengali - Places:
- India, Asia
West Bengal, India - Related Material:
- Further examples of Bengali street books can be found in the collections held by the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
