Armed with these ‘weapons’, he can travel to any new strange world or even time zones. Ray’s hero Shanku is an absent-minded and eccentric genius.Īmong his imaginary medical inventions is a wonder drug called ‘Miracure-all’ - which can cure any disease, ‘Remembrance’ - for restoring a failing memory, and his most powerful weapon ‘Annihilin’ - which can destroy anything without leaving any evidence. He undertakes several journeys, including one to Mars. The hero of the book, Shanku, portrays the character of a Bengali scientist, who is driven by an insatiable appetite for scientific adventures. The volume, Shanku Samagra, brings together all the Shanku series published over a period of time and is read by all age groups. The Bengali scientific fiction story book Shanku Samagra by Satyajit Ray is a collection of the famous children’s series created by this gifted writer and is about the comic and heroic exploits and ‘travels’ of its hero Professor Shanku.
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