Chander pahar in english
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Later, he takes up a job as station-master in a desolate station amidst the Veldts, where he narrowly escapes a deadly black mamba. By a stroke of luck, he gets a job as a clerk at the Uganda Railway and rushes to Africa without a second thought.Īfter a few months laying rail tracks, he encounters the first of many dangers in pre- World War I Africa: a man-eating lion. He wants to explore the wilderness, passionate for learning about African forests and animals.
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Shankar loves the subject of geography, he wants to follow the footsteps of renowned explorers like Livingstone, Mungo Park, and Marco Polo. After graduating from college at 20-years-old, his family's financial struggles almost force him take a job in a jute mill in Shyamnagar - a prospect he absolutely loathes. In the light of this fact, his mastery over prose and description of nature assumes greatness of a higher level.This novel tells the story of an ordinary young Bengali man, Shankar Roy Chowdhury, as he adventures in Africa in the years 19.
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His detailed and realistic portrayal of African grasslands and jungles is totally based on magazines and books about Africa that he had read. It is worthwhile mentioning here that Bibhutibhushan never travelled outside of India. 1879 but dies in a cave (later discovered by Shankar) on his way back. He discovers the diamond mine caves in c. Jim Carter - British explorer, Alvarez's companion in his previous expedition.Shankar- the hero of the story, a young Bengali man from a village in Bengal.He ends the book saying that he will return to that cave one day with a large team, and continue the legacy of Alvarez, Carter and Gatti.
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Fortunately he is rescued by a survey team, and taken to a hospital in Salisbury, Rhodesia, from where he sets sail for home. He becomes lost in the deserts of Kalahari and nearly dies of thirst. Shankar does so, and keeps the old diamonds. The note said that whoever reads the note can take the diamonds as long as he buries his skeleton, with Christian rites. Gatti, as Shankar learns from a note by him, had uncut diamonds in his boots. He finds the remains of the Italian explorer, Attilio Gatti, and learns that the cave he found earlier really was the diamond mine. With great difficulty, he gets out, marking his way with "pebbles" and taking some back with him as memento, not knowing each is a piece of uncut diamond. He enters the cave but eventually gets lost. He finds the Bunyip's cave and the diamond mines by accident. Eventually they get lost in the forests where Alvarez is killed by a mysterious monster, the same that had taken Carter’s life, the Bunyip. They meet with innumerable hardships, a raging volcano being the greatest challenge. Shankar gives up his job and accompanies Alvarez as he decides to venture out once more and find the mines again. However, they were thwarted by the legendary Bunyip, a mythical monster which guards the mines which killed Carter. Alavarez tells him of his earlier exploits and adventures, how he and his companion Jim Carter had braved deep jungles and mountains of Richtersveld to find the largest diamond mine. The encounter with Alavarez influences him deeply. He also rescues and looks after the middle-aged Portuguese explorer and gold prospector, Diego Alvarez. Here he encounters the another hazard in Africa: the poisonous black mamba. Later he takes up a job as station master in desolate station. There, he spends a few months laying rail tracks but soon encounters the first of many dangers of Pre- World War I Africa-man-eating lions. By a stroke of luck, he secures a job as a clerk in Uganda Railways through a fellow villager already working there and goes to Africa without a second thought. He wants to follow the footsteps of famous explorers like Livingstone, Mungo Park, Marco Polo, all of whom he has read about and idolizes. He yearns for adventure, wild lands, forests and animals. Shankar, the protagonist, is a 20 year old man, recently graduated from college and about to take up a job in a jute mill, a prospect he absolutely loathes. It is the story of a young Bengali man’s adventures in Africa in the years 1909-1910. It is considered to be one of the most important adventure novels written in the Bengali language. Chronicling the adventures of a Bengali boy in the forests of Africa. Chander Pahar ('Mountain of the Moon') is a famous Bengali novel written by Bibhutibhushan Banerjee in 1937.