Sukumar Ray's 'Monday Club' comes alive

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jan 18 2014 | 7:56 PM IST
On the 90th birth anniversary of Sukumar Ray, his 'Monday Club' came alive in the city in a gourmet-themed show 'Nale Jhole.'
As the lines of 'Khai Khai karo keno eso baso ahare' by the versatile littereteur rent the air, children thronged the stalls peddling 'Ajwab Khaoa.'
Reciting the nonsense rhymes of ever-green 'Abol Tabol' by the poet-playwright-essayist-short story teller, academician-MP Sougata Roy said from 'Ajob Khaoa' comprising near-extinct dishes to contemporary cuisine tickling the taste buds of Bengalees, the event was a perfect tribute to the humourist that was Sukumar Ray.
'Nale Jhole', indicating the Bengali 'Bhadralok's irresistible appetite for fabled and not so fabled street cuisine, from Brain Chop in British-era Mitra Cafe to 'Shaktigarer Langcha', having also created buzz in social network sites, will become an annual affair, playwright-actor-Higher Education minister Bratya basu said.
The festival, taking place with the advent of the month of 'Magh', would bring back the near forgotten 'pithas' memorised in the verses of Sukumar and Iswar Chadra Gupta, an organiser said.
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First Published: Jan 18 2014 | 7:56 PM IST