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Dhorai Charit Manas in Audio
About Dhorai Charit Manas Dhorai Charit Manas is our new audio book. Dhorai Charit Manas is one of those masterpieces in Bengali literature which are not really read by common people. However, the entire story is about common people, Dhorai and his neighbours from the Tatma (weavers) and Dhangar (sweepers) […]
Domer Chita by Ramesh Chandra Sen, Read by Supriya Majumdar
Our story for this month, Domer Chita by Ramesh Chandra Sen, is an archetypal story straight from the Kallol Age. Flourishing in the 1920s and 1930s, writers of Kallol Age succeeded in introducing a marked shift in Bengali literature. Influenced by Freud and Marx and disturbed by the deteriorating socioeconomic […]
Korbani by Mahbub Ul Alam, Read by Shila Biswas
Mahbub Ul Alam (1 May, 1898 – 7 August, 1981) is one of very few Bengali Muslim writers who have shocked the conservative Muslim society with his pen. Two of his fictional writings, Mofizon and Momener Jabanbandi, reflect the boldness with which he put into moral and religious attitudes. Our […]
Moi by Smaranjit Chakraborty, Read by Shila Biswas
Gatu passed the Higher Secondary Examination on second attempt and there he had to stop. He has one consolation though; he passed the exam, many did not. He left home with a classical artist. As ill luck would have it, he died. The artist gave him an aluminum foldable ladder. […]
Sarbapeksha Sankatmay Shikar by Syed Mujtaba Ali, Read by Shila Biswas
What is sport to one may be fatal to another. And if this sport is hunting and if that turns out to be an addiction, sport no longer remains a mere sport. This addiction of General Zaroff is no more slaked by natural games. He wants to play with someone […]
Atasikaya by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Read by Shila Biswas
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (born on November 2, 1935) has developed a unique prose style of his own for his stories. In recent stories he has polished this dialogue-oriented style with elements of satire and humour. Our story for this month has just two characters talking and revealing a complete story. You […]
Atashimami by Manik Bandyopadhyay, Read by Dipankar Deb
Manik Bandyopadhyay (May 29, 1908 – December 3, 1956) marked a special place for himself in Bengali literature. His stories brought a psychological insight into human characters in Bengali fiction otherwise dominated by romantic and social themes. We have recorded for this month one of his masterpieces, Atashimami which represents […]
Sangsar Simante by Premendra Mitra, Read by Shila Biswas
Premendra Mitra (September, 1904 – May 3, 1988) tried several trades for his livelihood. He worked as a sales representative as well as a professor. None of these could satisfy this man of a truant nature. But it furnished him with huge experience of human life, a wealth he spent […]
Khanankari by Mainul Ahasan Sabir, Read by Shila Biswas
Rahmat Sheikh is a grave-digger at a suburban cemetery. The town is advancing towards this graveyard. New houses are being built; number of dead bodies is increasing. But Rahmat Sheikh cares little for all this. He is a digging machine. He does not understand why people are so sensitive to […]