Satyajit Ray home saved from land sharks

Satyajit Ray home saved from land sharks
Thursday, August 30, 2007 15:48 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
The house in north Kolkata where film maestro Satyajit Ray grew up has been saved from land sharks, thanks to the efforts of the city civic body.

Land sharks had been targeting the prime north Kolkata plot on Garfa Road for over a decade, notwithstanding the heritage status accorded to it. Their efforts were thwarted after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities went all out to save the building.

The ownership has now passed into the hands of Atheneum Institute, which had bought the building for Rs.2.5 billion, of which the KMC paid the lion's share of Rs.1.5 billion from the heritage fund.

The Atheneum Institute plans to open a gallery to display the literary genius of three generations of Rays - Satyajit Ray, his father Sukumar, and his grandfather Upendrakishore.

Expressing his happiness at saving the 'historic building', KMC mayor Bikash Bhattacharya said the civic body would continue its endeavour to save the city's heritage.

The house finds mention in Satyajit Ray's book "Jokhon Chhoto Chilum" (When I Was Young). Ray had written vividly about the house, the Atheneum Institute, which was run on rent then, and a large mango tree, which still exists.
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