Nalini Das

Professional career Das was a member of the faculty of the Department of Philosophy in the Victoria Institution immediately after her education. Later on she joined the Educational Service of the Bengal Government. In 1945, she was sent to England on a government scholarship for learning about school teachers' training. On return, she joined the newly established David Hare Training College. When a separate teachers' training college for women, the Institute of Education for Women, was set up, she became a senior member of its faculty. Later she became the principal of that Institute.

Later she was the principal (1968–1974) of Bethune College. An award honouring her is given for best all-round performance in the college.

Writer and editor

Along with her elder sister, Kalyani Karlekar, in the 1930s and 1940s she edited a Bengali a women's magazine Meyeder Katha. The Goenda Gondalu (translated into English as the Lu Quartet by Swapna Dutta), are four young schoolgirls who solve mysteries.

From 1964 till her death in 1993, she was one of the three editors of the Bengali children's magazine Sandesh, which operated out of her home. She wrote a book about the childhood days of her cousin Satyajit Ray, Shaat Rajar Dhon Ek Manik.

Personal life Nalini Das married Ashokananda Das, brother of Bengali poet Jibanananda Das. Writer and publisher Amitananda Das is their son.

Awards Nalini Das was awarded the Vidyasagar Memorial Award in 1990 by West Bengal Govt.

Published works Title Publisher Year Ra-Ka-Je-Te-Na-Pa New Script 1958 Rangangarer Rahashya Granthaprakash 1978 Madhyarater Ghorshoyar Ananda 1980 Oshoririr Ashor - Edited by Lila Majumdar, Nalini Das and Satyajit Ray New Script 1988 Hatighishar Hanabari New Script Saras Rahashya - Edited by Lila Majumdar, Nalini Das and Satyajit Ray New Script 1989 Shaat Rajar Dhon Ek Manik New Script 1993 Upendra Kishore Rochona Samagra Annapurna Prakashani Moruprasader Rahashya Ananda Publishers 1993 Goyenda Gondalu Samagra - I New Script 2009 Goyenda Gondalu Samagra - II New Script 2012 The Lu Quartet - Super sleuth and other stories Hachette India 2012 Galpa O Upanyas Samagra - III New Script 2014 Europer Chithi New Script 2016