Leela majumdar biography in bengali meaning

Lila Majumdar was born on February 26, 1908 in Kolkata. Her parents were Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray, who was the younger brother of Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri. The latter was an eminent Bengali litterateur, and in turn the father of Sukumar Ray. The three generations of Ray, including Sukumar’s son Satyajit were ‘renaissance men’ noted for their interest in the arts and culture. Sukumar Ray died young but he was a noted and much loved author and poet of children’s works; his Abol Tabol remains eternally popular and has been translated into various languages including English.

Lila Majumdar received her early education in Shillong, a British hill station and now capital of the state of Meghalaya in the northeast. She moved to Kolkata with her parents and passed her class X exams where she stood second among girl candidates. This was in the year 1924. Later, she enrolled in Calcutta University, for a degree in English Literature. She stood first in Calcutta University at both the graduation and post-graduation level, at a time when Literature was a sought after and very competitive subject.

She began teaching, working first in Darjeeling and then moving to Shantiniketan, where she was specially invited to teach in the educational institution set up there by Rab