Blog Posts
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 […]
Mr. Rungta Explains How to Apply for Recently-Announced Railway Jobs
Mr. Rungta has explained the process of application for railway jobs for blind candidates on Radio Udaan. Listen to it on Radio Udaan’s YouTube channel and you will learn many details including distribution of 676 vacancies under different railway Recruitment Boards. We expressed our concern over insufficient number of vacancies […]
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. […]
Malgudi Days by R. K. Narayan in Braille
R. K. NARAYAN (October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001) won Indian readers’ heart in spite of his selection of English as his medium. The author did not avert his eyes from his Indian surroundings. Rather his novels and short stories teem with a multitude of characters whom we meet […]
Little Hope for the Visually Handicapped in the Biggest Railway Recruitment Drive
It is a big news item in all dailies in all languages all over India that about ninety thousand people will be employed under the Ministry of Railway. As usual, the visually handicapped expected new openings for them. After all, this is an unprecedented recruitment drive by the Government of […]
Sampratik Chhoto Galpa 3 by Various Authors
Sampratik Chhoto Galpa 3 is our new audio book containing twelve Bengali short stories by various authors. These stories have been carefully selected from different issues of the noted Bengali literary periodical Desh. These stories came out during last three years. Among the authors are renowned names like Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay […]
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 […]
Shrutikalpa, the Online Bengali Audio Magazine in CD
Online Bengali audio magazine, Shrutikalpa, has completed its first year. We have decided to bring out a collection in cd of all four issues released during this year. Although all these issues are available on line on our official Shrutikalpa magazine and on Shrutikalpa channel on YouTube, this compilation will […]
Budget Speech 2018 and the Disabled Persons
We have tried to focus on some of the features of budget speech of the Hon’be Finance minister Shri Arun Jaitley in the Lok-Sabha today for the year 2018-19 as far as it concerns the disabled community. We often receive telephone calls from members asking if the limit of Rs. […]
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 […]
