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Punyalata Chakrabortry

Punyalata Chakraborty, পুণ্যলতা চক্রবর্তী, (1888-1974) is the second daughter of Upendrakishore Raychaudhury She has written stories and articles that were mostly published in Sandesh. Her memoir of her chilhood "Chhelebelar Dinguli" (ছেলেবেলার দিনগুলি) is a highly readable account of life in the Raybari in early twentieth century. Her other writings have been collected in two anthologies "Chhotto Chhotto Galpa" (ছোট্ট ছোট্ট গল্প) and "Rajbari O Ananya Lekha" (রাজবাড়ি ও অন্যান্য লেখা).

When Satyajit Ray, Upendrakishore's grandson and her nephew relaunched Sandesh Punyalata started to write again. In 1963, when the management of the magazine was transferred to a non-profit literary Co-operative Soceity, Sukumar Sahitya Samavaya Samity Ltd., she became one of the first shareholders. In end-1964, when the Sandesh magazine faced a financial crisis, Punyalata offered Sandesh rent-free accomodation at her own house.