GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Aranyak composed between 1937-39 is a famous Bengali novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay based on his long and arduous years in northern Bihar, where he came into contact with a part of the world, that, even now, remains unknown to most of us. Aranyak literally means Of the Forest.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is known for his autobiographical novel “Pather Panchali", which got incorporated into ‘Apu Trilogy’ films by Satyajit Ray. Bibhutibhushan was a man of simple living and simple words and his ideologies were very visible in his writings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aranyak is based on a Bengali novel of the same name by the celebrated Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. The novel was written over a period of 2 years, between 1937 and 1939, when Bandopadhyay had spent his life in the woods of northern Bihar.