Abol Tabol
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Abol tabol; (listen: ); (literally translates as "weird and random") is a collection of Bengali children's poems and rhymes composed by Sukumar Ray
, first published on 19 September 1923 by U. Ray and Sons
. It consists of 43 named and 7 unnamed short rhymes, all considered to be in the genre of literary nonsense
.
readers were exposed to a new nonsense
fantasy world by the poems in Abol Tabol. This selection offers the best of Sukumar Ray's world of pun-riddled poetry.
literature and culture. Some characters even have found idiomatic usage in the language.
Some of the most famous characters in "Abol tabol" are:
Sukumar Ray
Sukumar Ray , , was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright who mainly wrote for children. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of literary nonsense, he is often compared to Lewis Carroll...
, first published on 19 September 1923 by U. Ray and Sons
U. Ray and Sons
U. Ray and Sons was a privately held printing and publishing firm in Calcutta founded by Upendrakishore Ray in 1895. At its inception the firm was christened U. Ray after its owner. The epithet Sons was added in 1900 when his son Sukumar Ray joined the firm. The family ownership of the firm...
. It consists of 43 named and 7 unnamed short rhymes, all considered to be in the genre of literary nonsense
Literary nonsense
Literary nonsense is a broad categorization of literature that uses sensical and nonsensical elements to defy language conventions or logical reasoning...
.
Significance
The BengaliBengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
readers were exposed to a new nonsense
Literary nonsense
Literary nonsense is a broad categorization of literature that uses sensical and nonsensical elements to defy language conventions or logical reasoning...
fantasy world by the poems in Abol Tabol. This selection offers the best of Sukumar Ray's world of pun-riddled poetry.
Characters
His collection had several characters which became legendary in BengaliBengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
literature and culture. Some characters even have found idiomatic usage in the language.
Some of the most famous characters in "Abol tabol" are:
- Kath Buro (Poetry: Kath Buro)
- Head Officer Burrobabu (Poetry: Gnof Churi)
- Kumro Potash (Poetry: Gnof Churi)
- Sat Patro (Poetry: Sat Patra)
- Chandidaser Khuroe (Poetry: Khuror Kal)
- Bombagarher Raja (Poetry: Bombagorer Raja)
- Hunkumukho Hyangla (Poetry: Hunkumukho Hyangla)
- Ramgorurer Chhana (Poetry: Ramgorurer Chhana)
- Tyansh Goru (Poetry: Tyansh Goru)
- Shashthi Charan (Poetry: Palowan)
- Panto Bhoot (Poetry: Bhuture Kando)
- Nera (Poetry: Nera Beltolay Jay Kobar)
- Katukutu Buro (Poetry: Katukutu Buro)