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Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake in Braille
William Blake (1757-1827) wrote Songs of Innocence in 1789. Five years later he wrote Songs of Experience perhaps as a sequel. The titles of these two series cannot escape the reader’s notice. The poems in both these series have the unique tone of rhymes. The transition from innocence to experience […]
Free Download of Audio Book – Madhabi Kankan by Ramesh Chandra Dutta
Madhabi Kankan is the story of a tripartite love written against a historical background. Narendra and Hemnalini love each other. But she is married to Shrish Chandra and Narendra has to leave his home and hearth. He joins the Mughal army as a mercenary and goes through a variety of […]
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 […]
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Another Sherlock Holmes Novel in Braille
Sherlock Holmes comes back in Braille again, this time hunting for the hound of the Baskerville. We are proud to announce the release in Braille this wonderful detective novel, “The Hound of the Baskerville”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930). This is perhaps the most famous of the […]
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 […]
Confusion with Coins and Notes
We, the blind people, are often asked how we identify currency notes and coins. Perhaps all of us have faced this question from our colleagues, vendors and fellow-passengers. This is a universal curiosity. Everybody wants to keep count of his own money. And this is a problem we, the blind […]
BPA Receives Braille Printer from Oriental Insurance
Oriental Insurance Company, a Government of India undertaking, has donated a Braille printer to Blind Persons’ Association of Kolkata. The Swedish machine, purchased at a cost of Rs. 2.8 lakh, will increase the production capacity of the Braille printing facility of the organisation at Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia. The printer […]
Kamalendu Bhattacharya Memorial Scholarship 2017 for Blind Students
Applications are invited for Kamalendu Bhatacharya Memorial Scholarship of Rs. 3,600 in two annual installments. applicants who pass the secondary examination (Madhyamik Pariksa) in West Bengal in 2017 are eligible for this scholarship. This is a merit-cum-means scholarship, i.e., the results and the circumstances of the students are taken into […]
BPA’s Podcasts (Volume VI) by Various Authors
Volume VI of BPA’s Podcasts is ready for distribution. It contains fourteen new short stories which you heard during October 2016 to September 2017. This collection does not include Ajeya Ray’s Jamon Ichha Sajo, as it was previously included in the compilation “Chotoder Galpa”. The stories you will find in […]
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 […]
