Banglar Kingbadanti by Shila Basak [Hardcover]

Folktales that take the form of secular fiction are called legends, a mixture of history and fantasy. The author of the legend cannot be traced. It spreads through word of mouth or belief. Where the history is silent, where the legend is, I will spread the wings of imagination with pleasant stories. There are many legends about place names, person names and material names, water bodies, Dihi-danga, gods and goddesses and worship festivals, fairs and festivals, trees and forests etc. History smells good, but legend is not a document. Sheela Basak's extraordinary book 'Legends of Bengal' has been published with various events and stories behind the legends. The painstaking efforts of prominent folklorists have brought before the reader a holistic identity of Bengali legends.