‘In his youth, he [Chattopahdyay] was part of a group of young men in Calcutta which included Samar Sen, the poet, Debiprosad Chattopadhyaya, the commentator on the atheist tradition in Indian philosophy, and his brother Kamakshi, poet, Jyotirindra Moitra, poet and singer, and Asok Mitra, the bureaucrat. Inspiring and guiding this circle of literary-minded young men was the poet Bishnu Dey, and further afield, the Parichay group. In the Thirties, apart from literature, it was opposition to fascism which inspired these young men as it did many others…’

Obituary written by Rudrangshu Mukherjee, 2004

Chanchalkumar Chattopadhyay (1915-2004) was a prominent left-wing poet and translator and part of the intellectual community in Calcutta in the 1930s. These three paintings were acquired directly from the Artist and have been in the family's collection since then. Chattopadhyay was introduced to Jamini Roy by the poet, writer and academic Bishnu Dey (1909-1982).