Finchu Mama

Finchu Mama was just three months my senior. He was very simple at heart and relied on my judgement in many matters. He was an average student like us but had the unique talent in acting in school days. He was also very good at recitation of poems and every year participated at the "Kala Protiyogita" held at Arya Natya Samaj and earned prizes. I still remember his acting in the role of villain in a drama on the life of Maharaj Nanda Kumar enacted by the students at Zilla School. He was possibly a student of class V or Vi at that time. It was so good that everybody appreciated it. Our friend Gora (brother of Left Front minister and Forward Bloc leader Late Nirmal Bose, our beloved Badal Da.) was Nanda Kumar and another boy did Warren Hastings. Finch Mama's role was comparatively very small as a witness in the case against Nanda Kumar. But he did a wonderful job. In later years, however, he did not persue this line. In fact he never persued those points where he had a talent. There was a time when he started wrting short stories and those were really something wonderful. He became very popular as a story writer, particularly among the girls and ladies. I do not know whether any of his stories have been preserved. Those were mostly published in the magazine published by Danpiteder Ashar and edited by Dr. Sarajit Bagchi. (More on Finch Mama...to follow).