গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories told here)
We read stories from Bengali ("bangla") literature, for our own pleasure and edification, and hopefully for your enjoyment as well! We share our readings as a podcast; please subscribe to it to check us out. And do leave your feedback and suggestions at our website, golpokotharasor.org; you can also find a complete episode guide there, as well as listen to the latest episodes, and the introductory episode of this podcast.
Episodes
581 episodes
মূল রামায়ণ - সীতা থেকে শুরু (পৌরাণিকী) ১ (How It Really Happened - Story 1 from "Let’s Start from Seeta: The Mythical Age")
In this episode: Swarnali introduces a landmark collection of stories by Nabanita Debsen that view the role played by women characters in literature and life in Bengali literature over the ages through a lens of modern realism and mordant humor...
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Season 7
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Episode 581
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35:43
কর্তার কীর্তি (The Stern Patriarch)
In this episode: Rudra reads a lighthearted story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay about a crotchety patriarch’s collision with an unfamiliar model of femininity.
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Season 7
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Episode 580
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28:08
স্বাদ (Taste)
In this episode: Rajib introduces the literature of Dibyendu Palit, and reads a story by him of the evolving position of women in the increasingsly complex society of Bengal in the latter twentieth century.
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Season 7
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Episode 579
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27:07
জটাধর বকশী (Jataadhar Bakshi)
In this episode: Rudra reads a lighthearted story by Parashuram of a clever storyteller.
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Season 7
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Episode 578
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16:30
বাতাসবাড়ি - ২ (The Castle in the Air - 2)
In this episode: Rudra reads the second of two parts of a ecologically conscious scifi story by Leela Majumder.
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Season 7
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Episode 577
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52:30
বাতাসবাড়ি - ১ (The Castle in the Air - 1)
In this episode: Rudra reads the first of two parts of a ecologically conscious scifi story by Leela Majumder.
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Season 7
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Episode 576
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44:54
বাড়ি (Dwelling Place)
In this episode: On this International Women’s Day, Swarnali introduces the literature of Suchitra Bhattacharya, and reads a story by her that revolves around a woman’s life, and the intertwined concepts of house and home.
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Season 7
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Episode 575
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23:41
স্ত্রীর পত্র (To My Husband: My First and Last Letter)
In this episode: On this International Women’s Day, Swarnali reads a story by Rabindranath Tagore of triumphant feminism and women’s empowerment, written at a time when the very concept was still completey foreign to Bengali literature.
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Season 7
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Episode 574
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49:58
মালকোষ (Ethereal Music)
In this episode: Rudra reads an offbeat, atmospheric story of the supernatural by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
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Season 7
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Episode 573
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11:52
শবনম (Like a Soothing Dewdrop)
In this episode: Rajib introduces the literature of Nimai Bhattacharya, and reads a story of the underdog by him,
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Season 7
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Episode 572
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47:52
মুখোশের মুখ (The Face of the Mask)
In this episode: Rajib introduces the literature of Syed Mustafa Siraj, and reads a story by him starring his ex-army mystery buster.
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Season 7
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Episode 571
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48:41
একটি মোটরযাত্রা - তপন-চরিত ৬ (A Motoring Trip - Tales of Tapan 6)
In this episode: Rudra reads the sixth of a series of stories by Narayan Gangopadhyay starring a unque character.
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Season 7
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Episode 570
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21:38
মনের মানুষ (My Mentor, My Friend)
In this episode: Rudra pays respect to the recently departed iconic litterateur Shankar, briefly discussing his literature, and reads a story by him.
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Season 7
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Episode 569
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46:27
রসময়ীর রসিকতা (A Shrewish Jest)
In this episode: Rajib reads a story from a hundred years ago about a woman with a love/hate relationship with her husband, unwilling to share him with another woman even over her dead body, by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay.
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Season 7
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Episode 568
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1:01:54
বালিকা বধূ - ৪ (Childhood Sweetheart - 4)
In this episode: Rudra reads the fourth and final part of a classic story of childhood romance blossoming in an arranged marriage, in a society of a hundred years past, by Bimal Kar.
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Season 7
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Episode 567
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47:44
বালিকা বধূ - ৩ (Childhood Sweetheart - 3)
In this episode: Rudra reads the third part of a classic story of childhood romance blossoming in an arranged marriage, in a society of a hundred years past, by Bimal Kar.
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Season 7
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Episode 566
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50:51
বালিকা বধূ - ২ (Childhood Sweetheart - 2)
In this episode: Rudra reads the second part of a classic story of childhood romance blossoming in an arranged marriage, in a society of a hundred years past, by Bimal Kar.
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Season 7
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Episode 565
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40:34
বালিকা বধূ - ১ (Childhood Sweetheart - 1)
In this episode: Rudra reads the first part of a classic story of childhood romance blossoming in an arranged marriage, in a society of a hundred years past, by Bimal Kar.
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Season 7
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Episode 564
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49:31
শঙ্কুর শনির দশা (Shonku and His Nemesis)
In this episode: Rudra reads another story by Satyajit Ray starring Professor Shonku.
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Season 7
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Episode 563
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53:49
ফাঁদ (The Snare)
In this episode: Rajib reads a story by Gajendrakumar Mitra.
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Season 7
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Episode 562
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25:56
প্রেতিনী কন্যার কাহিনী (A Phantom Woman’s Tale)
In this episode: Rajib reads a story by Adrish Bardhan starring his fictional detective.
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Season 7
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Episode 561
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1:04:29
ঘনাদার পিসতুতো ভাই (Ghanada’s Younger Cousin)
In this episode: Rudra reads a story of contemporary science by Enakshi Chattopadhyay that is a tribute to the iconic character created by Premendra Mitra.
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Season 7
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Episode 560
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19:22
তিন বিধাতা (The Council of the Gods)
In this episode: Rudra reads a story by Parashuram.
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Season 7
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Episode 559
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30:09
