Pick Up A Sondesh Issue

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Sukumar Ray's family’publishing business - U. Roy and Sons - used to publish Sondesh. The title is a clever play on the‘traditional Bengali sweet and the Bengali word for a 'message'. You can pick up a compilation of the best of Sondesh from Ananda bookstore and enjoy the cult mag all over again. Or pick up Abol Tabol and Ha Ja Ba Ra La  both of which have Ray's nonsense rhymes, limericks, his unique illustrations of fantastical creatures. Ray was influenced by Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. And did you know that he was not a trained artist?