How Samik Bandyopadhyay built a collection of 40,000 books that he’s donating to create a library
‘There are the books and my bed. That’s it.’ Samik Bandyopadhyay. | Anchita Ghatak
Samik Bandyopadhyay, teacher, publisher, writer, translator, and commentator on art, theatre, literature and politics, and of course, an avid reader, has recently donated his immense collection of more than 40,000 books to Boi Baibhav Foundation to create a library that will be a repository of much literary and cultural heritage. Scroll met the octogenarian Bandyopadhyay at his temporary lodgings in Lake Gardens in Kolkata, where he was recuperating after surgery. Excerpts from the interview:
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