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Kolkata Lost Them In 2012

They're renowned in their respective fields - literature, music,
poetry, play, sports. They're veterans and lived in the city. But the
year 2012 claimed their lives. They're:
1) Shailen Manna - the footballer
2) Joydeb Basu - the poet
3) Himanish Goswami - the writer & essayist
4) Chhabi Bandyopadhyay - the singer (kirtania)
5) Humayun Ahmed - the writer
6) Syed Mustafa Siraj - the writer
7) Sunil Gangopadhyay - the writer
8) Shanti Gopal - the 'jatra' actor
9) Mohit Chattopadhyay - the playwright
10) Pandit Manas Chakraborty - theke vocalist
11) Surya Chattopadhyay - the art director actor.



--
A. B.

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