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Professor Shonku is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Satyajit Ray featuring the fictional scientist-inventor Professor Shonku. The collection was first published in 1965 by Calcutta publisher NewScript Publications.
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The introduction to the first story, Byomjaatrir Diary, goes: Professor Shonku is a reputed scientist, who has not been heard of for a while. Some say that he has died while attempting a scientific experiment. Others say that he has gone incognito, and is continuing his scientific researches and experiments at some unknown corner of the earth. He w...
Byomjatrir Diary
The story begins as a poor man approaches the editor of Sandesh with a journal by Professor Shanku, a scientist who was disappeared 15 years ago. The editor learned from the diary that the scientist, despite being mocked by his neighbour Abinashbabuwas getting prepared for a voyage to Mars. He also invented a robot that he called Bidhushekhar. Later the Professor, along with Bidhushekhar, his servant Prahlad and his pet cat Newton, landed in Mars, where they were attacked by an army of Martia...
Professor Shonku o Harh
Professor Shonku had once, at the insistence of Avinash-babu, visited a sadhu in Giridih. The sadhu (who was always seen hanging upside-down from a tree) was supposed to have the ability to bring dead animals back to life through the power of his spells. When skeletons of dead animals were brought to him, by chanting his spells, he was supposed to get the flesh and blood back on the bones, and then bring the animal to life. Being a scientist, Prof. Shonku was sure there was hypnotisminvolved,...
Professor Shonku o Macaw
Prof. Shonku has a guest at his home and laboratory in Giridih. The scientist Prof. Gajanan Tarafdar, Shonku mentions, is quite average in his skills, but has the habit of asking very inquisitive questions about the inventions Prof Shonku is working on currently, trying to find out as many details as he can. Also, he has the habit of looking around the lab trying to get in as much information as he can. In fact, when Prof Shonku had to attend to the door for a mail and leave Prof Tarafdar for...
Professor Shonku was translated to English by Sukanya Jhaveri in 1981. Many stories of Professor Shonku were part of the collection The Diary of a Space Traveller and other stories, translated by Satyajit Ray and Gopa Majumdar, and published by Puffin Classics, in 2004.
The story follows Professor Trilokeshwar Shonku, a Bengali scientist and inventor, who travelled to Mars and after being attacked by the Martians, fled to a planet named Tafa, where the inhabitants welcomed him and made him a citizen of their planet.
The list of Professor Shonku adventures include 38 stories of Professor Shonku adventures written by Satyajit Ray. The first "Shonku" story Byomjatrir Diary ( An Astronaut's Diary ) was published in the Sandesh in 1965.
The story follows Professor Trilokeshwar Shonku, a scientist and inventor, who voyaged to Mars and after being attacked by the Martians, fled to a planet named Tafa, where the inhabitants welcomed him and made him a citizen of their planet.
28 de jan. de 2004 · All the stories in this collection are fantastic adventurous tales of Professor Shonku. The themes of these adventures vary from space travel to hypnotism, from an ancient Egyptian projector to a sage that rejuvenates the dead.
1 de jan. de 2002 · Created by the literary genius Satyajit Ray, Professor Shonku is primarily an inventor rather than a scientist engaged in a specific field (much like Edison). He is quite a prodigy, having a double honours in Physicss and Chemistry, and being able to fluently converse in 69 languages.
