Insider view of the world of Bengali magazines

While Mashik Romancho was handled by a single individual who had people around him to carry out the numerous activities associated with the publication of a monthly magazine, the setup in Mashik Rahasya was totally different.
It was more or less a one man show – there was a man who did the type setting but, the editor himself was the proof reader. He was a middle aged bachelor and cooked his own meals.
I first met him when I located the office of the magazine – it was a single room on the main road and opposite the Scottish Church College. The clanging of trams and they trudged along the road and the smoke belched out by the buses kept the atmosphere polluted. And, in the midst of it all, the editor would be seen either poring over some manuscripts or busy correcting first-off prints in the role of a proof reader.
When I introduced myself, he was happy. He was familiar with my writings and now it was time to take the familiarity to the next level. He invited me to his home for lunch. Since I had no other work planned, I agreed and we walked down lanes and by-lanes to reach his house. The location was in north Kolkata and narrow lanes and by-lanes gave it a distinctive look.
I was surprised when he took a key from his pocket and opened the lock – it was then that I realized that he lived alone. Later I came to know that he was a bachelor.
Anyway, he offered me a seat on the only wooden chair in the room and then lit the kerosene stove and cooked up a meal of sorts. Finding the door open, his pet cat entered, looked at me and then curled up in a corner of the room – it was its lunch time. (to be continued …)


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