Nashik gets its first printed Bengali magazine

A beginning had certainly been made but a desire to see their names printed in magazines had been worrying all the new found talents. Therefore, when one of them went to Kolkata for vacations, he took special interest to locate a printing press who agreed to get the magazines printed.
His requirements were not very many – he wanted the complete matter to be dispatched to him by post or sent across through someone who would come down for vacations. In those days, courier service had not really taken off and one had to rely on the Post and Telegraph department. The press owner agreed to do the type setting, layout, proof reading and finally print, bind and send back the complete magazines to us in Nashik.

As can be understood, there were many uncertainties in the project – there would be a need to have a rigorous follow-up and that could happen only via letters or the telephone. Since mobile phones were unheard of in those days, the next best option was to go in for STD calls after 11pm – to get the advantage of low tariffs. And, with the lines busy eve at that late hour, one had to wait to get the connection.
Anyway, there did come a day when the first printed copy of ‘Nalanda’ arrived by post from Kolkata to Nashik. It was a day for celebrations.(to be continued …)

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