Kahaaniyaan Nai Purani/ Nana Ronger Golpo
Summary: This is a bilingual podcast in Hindi and Bangla for those interested in short stories in the two languages. The Hindi pieces are my own translations from the Bangla originals. Hope you like them! :)
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- Artist: Shritama bose
- Copyright: Copyright 2020 Shritama bose
Podcasts:
A simple, beautiful meditation on the quiet joys of music and a life among the trees. One of Bengal's foremost poets neatly weaves in his tribute to the works of poet-composers who preceded him.
The crown jewel among Manik's short stories is simple yet layered, smooth yet coarse. Listen in to this piece where the author is a man full of faith in the ability of people to become something greater than themselves.
An eminently successful experiment with the short story form by one of its finest practitioners in Bangla. I love the tricks he plays on our minds with language as his sole device. Hope you enjoy listening to this story as much as I enjoyed discovering it.
The father of the Bangla novel here gives us a day out with the delightful opium-addled clerk Kamalakanta. Listen in to this lively debate between the clerk and his visitor.
A translation of the Byomkesh creator's fascinating work of speculative fiction. Hope you enjoy listening!
A sublime piece by Bangla's writer's writer. Every movement here sparkles with his brilliance and his gift for the written word. Happy listening!
A witty and sharply self-reflective story where the author takes a hard look at her own community. Happy listening!
A complex story about trying to be who you are in a milieu that always resists it.
A poet and his meanderings among all he loves and some he doesn't. Hope you enjoy listening!
A story about the tugs and pulls of being a bureaucrat in a country that is itself torn between priorities. Hope you like it.
A simple yet moving story about loss and its realisation. Come join Sudharani in her journey!
Sharadindu was a writer of style and he gives you a flavour of it in this short piece. Happy listening!
A suffocating tale that speaks of how the times once twisted women out of their heads. Happy listening!
The master chronicler of twentieth-century urban life is here with a peculiar, twisted tale. Sit back and enjoy!
The most successful writer of narrative fiction in Bangla is at his best here. This is the kind of story where Sharatchandra shows you why he has been the reigning king of hearts through the ages.
