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Satyajit Ray, who achieved extraordinary fame all over the world through his films, also gained immense popularity through his writings. Despite his busy schedule, the enormous amount of literature he wrote in Bengali language can amaze anyone. Carrying forward the tradition of creating literature for teenagers like his grandfather Upendra Kishore Raychaudhuri and father Sukumar Ray, he gave life to unique characters like detective Feluda, scientist Professor Shanku and talkative Tarini Chacha. By combining reality and imagination and the mundane and the supernatural, he brought to life dozens of such characters and incidents in his stories, which are impossible to forget. Satyajit Ray's stories are full of unimaginable suspense and thrill, but these stories introduce us to a new emotional ground, a new world, completely different from the traditional suspense and thriller stories. Most of his stories reveal something from among our familiar places and people that thrills us and gives new impetus to our imagination. ‘Kul Barah’ contains a dozen selected stories showcasing all shades of Satyajit Ray’s writing, reading which will surely be an unforgettable experience.