Lesson 3: Flash back

Partha Pratim Majumder was born in 1954 in Pabna to a family of artistes. He spent
most of his early years in his ancestral home, one of the biggest houses, situated in a
small locality known as Kalachandpara. At that time Kalachandpara was well known
for its cultural activities. There were festivals and various types of cultural shows
round the year. Majumder’s father, a photographer by profession was an art lover. He
taught and inspired his son to appreciate different forms of art.
Majumder went to live with his aunt in Chandernagar, 30 kilometres away from
Kolkata in 1966. It was there that he first came across a mime artiste named Jogesh
Dutta. The way Dutta narrated stories without uttering a single word, left Majumder
spellbound. He took lessons on mime from Dutta in Jogesh Dutta's mime academy in
Kolkata from 1966 to 1972.