Thema Books , Memoirs and Cartoons

Memoirs, Cartoons:

	Years of Laughter: Reminiscences of a Cartoonist Kutty (P K S Kutty)
	Hb. 18.5 x 24.5 cm. xii+296 pp. Illustrated throughout. Rs 500. ISBN 978-81-86017-63-0
	An outstanding cartoonist offers his view of caricature from the final phase of colonial rule in India to the present, with a rare selection of his political cartoons and sketches.

Mother of My Heart: The Story of Bivabati Bose by Chitra Ghosh
Hb. 18.5 x 24.5 cm. x + 114 pp. 45 rare b/w photographs. Rs 250 ISBN 978-81-86017-71-5
A daughter’s memoir of her mother laced with sensitively recollected situation and episodes of life at home, grows into something larger and momentous, when the author happens to be the daughter of Sarat Chandra Bose, elder brother and political comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose, and Bivabati Bose, all
three of them actors in their own ways in India’s struggle for freedom, and development of socialist politics in the country. The personal and political camaraderie of the Bose brothers, and how the homely Bivabati took on their mantle and come to find her own niche in politics constitute the drama at the core of the work.

	Torur Shwasurbadi Jyotsna Devi
	Hb. 13 x 18.5 cm. 144 pp. Rs 100 ISBN 978-81-86017-69-2
	A semi–autobiographical novelette with an accounts book from 1948-49 and a couple of stories from the same time. Rare family photographs by Parimal Goswami. A collector’s item.

Ketaki Dutta: Nijer Kathay, Tukro Lekhay [Ketaki Dutta: in her own words and fragmentary pieces] Compiled by Samik Bandyopadhyay
Pb. 14 x 21.5 cm. 128pp. More than 30 rare b/w stills. Rs 100 ISBN 81-86017-62-3.
Ketaki Dutta reveals in her candid reminiscences her training in the theatre under the legendary Sisirkumar Bhaduri and Prova Devi; while reflecting on later acting techniques and recollecting the day to day struggles of being a performer on stage and screen.

	Bado Badir Chhoto Smriti Smriti Mitra
	Pb. 14 x 21.5 cm. xii + 108 pp. 16 rare b/w photos. Rs 100 ISBN 978-81-86017-59-3
	Reminiscences of life in two of the most illustrious houses of North Calcutta, bringing in rare insights into a life and world of the elite that has faded into the past.