Reconsider demolition: India offers help to Bangladesh with repair & reconstruction of Satyajit Ray's ancestral property
'Given the building's landmark status, symbolising Bangla cultural renaissance, it would be preferable to reconsider the demolition and examine options for its repair and reconstruction as a museum of literature and a symbol of the shared culture of India and Bangladesh,' said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement.
The government expressed regret that Satyajit Ray's ancestral property, which belonged to his grandfather and eminent litterateur — Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhury — presently owned by the Bangladesh government, is being demolished.
"The Government of India would be willing to extend cooperation for this purpose," said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray was Upendra Kishore Ray Chowdhury's grandchild.
Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhury, was a renowned children's Bengali author, and the father of Sukumar Ray — the author of the iconic Bengali poem 'Abol Tabol' — which readers still cherish today.
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