India Offers To Restore Satyajit Ray’s Ancestral Home After Demolition Order In Bangladesh | News18

The Indian government reminded the Bangladesh interim government led by Muhammad Yunus that renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s home, whose demolition Yunus’ team ordered, is a symbol of Bangla Renaissance and offered help to repair, restore and reconstruct the landmark.The historic landmark and the century-old property in Dhaka’s Horikishore Ray Chowdhury Road belonged to Ray’s grandfather, the renowned litterateur Upendra Kishore Ray Chowdhury, whose poems and short stories are taught to children in schools in India’s West Benga Benga Bengal, Assam and Tripura and also in Bangladesh, making it an intrinsic part of Bengali culture.

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