Shivaram Chakraborty
Though equally famous as a children's writer, Amlamadhur was also skilled in writing Tikatippani and Gurugambhir. He introduced the pun style of writing in Bengali literature which is known as Shivarami style.
The well-known Shivram was connected by birth with the Chanchal royal family of Malda. Ancestral residence was Zarurbakna of Murshidabad. Born at Matulaloy in Calcutta on 13th December 1903 AD. Father's name is Shivprasad Chakraborty. He was a spiritual man. As house arrest could not be tolerated for a long time, he sometimes went out without purpose. This vagabond home-keeping nature of his father was also present in Shivaram.
Adolescence was spent first in Paharpur and later in Chanchal. At that age he left home penniless and had strange experiences in life gained. On the basis of this experience, he later wrote "Run away from home". The story was filmed.
While still in school, he joined the Swadeshi movement and served jail time.
Traditional education has not progressed far. But studied a lot and in different subjects. He got close proximity to Deshbandhu as a volunteer by joining Swadeshi work. He has done journalism by being associated with Bijli and Forward newspapers. Later he published a magazine called Jugantar.
Entered the field of literature as a poet. The first book of poems is called “Man”. Later “Basumati”, “Anandabazar”, “Desh” etc. got popularity by regularly writing features of Amlamadhur Tikatippani.
Shivram used to write jokes about himself under the name Chakarbarti. Such examples are rare in Bengali literature.
His 'paan' rich compositions for young and old gained special appreciation. His memorable work in Bengali literature is the comedy “Harshvardhan Govardhan” “Dui Bhai and Bini”.
The incident of laughter The words of laughter enriched his writing. Shivram is the king of laughter
His name was announced.
He spent his whole life in a house in the messbari of Muktarambabu Street. He himself used to say that he is comfortable eating Shuktoram on the throne of Muktaram. Dilkhola, the ever-smiling Shivram was often spotted strolling the streets of Calcutta in a flamboyant punjabi. Whenever he met his fans, he used to take chocolates out of his pocket with a smile.
He wrote with both hands in his long 60-year life. He made comic stories and feature writing the main means of literary writing. He has written more than 150 books including children and adults. Saratchandra's Denapaona novel was dramatized as “Shorshi”. His famous play “When They Talk” is written by him. “Moscow vs Pondicherry” is a famous book on politics.
“Ishwar” is the famous autobiographical book of Shivram. In this book, many characters and events of his contemporary times have been described in an inimitably juicy manner.
In his last years, he was overwhelmed by financial hardship. The West Bengal government arranged a monthly allowance for him.
On August 28, 1980 AD, Muktaram left Taktaram was writer passed away.
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