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
541 episodes
লেখক (Author)
In this episode: Rudra reads a story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and manages to strike a heartfelt poignant note in a very short span.
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Season 6
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Episode 541
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15:24
ইন্দ্রতূলক (Dawn of the Indras: a Daydream of History)
In this episode: Rudra reads a story by Sharadindu Bandyoppadhyay that tells a tale of the distant past, with imagination coloring the gaps of history and anthropology.
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Season 6
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Episode 540
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24:15
পরাশর বর্মা ও বাঁধানো ছবি (Parashar Barma: The Case of the Fabulous Film)
In this episode: Rajib reads another story starring the unique Parashar Barma by Premendra Mitra.
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Season 6
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Episode 539
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47:21
ফাঁসির আগের দিন (The Day Before the Hanging)
In this episode: Rudra briefly introduces the literature of Ramanath Ray and his role as the leader of a surreal literary style, and reads a story by him.
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Season 6
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Episode 538
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29:58
বেড়াজালে ঘনাদা (Ghanaa-da Ensnared)
In this episode: Rudra reads a story of Ghanaa-da’s tall tales by Premendra Mitra.
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Season 6
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Episode 537
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45:13
প্রণয় পরিণাম (The Wages of Love)
In this episode: Rajib briefly introduces the literature of Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, and reads a story by him.
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Season 6
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Episode 536
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46:15
বন্দিনী (Prisoner and Guard)
In this episode: We introduce Swarnali, a new reader for this podcast; Swarnali reads a story by Ashapurna Devi.
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Season 6
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Episode 535
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29:19
অভ্যর্থনা (A Rousing Welcome)
In this episode: Rudra reads the fifth of a series of stories by Narayan Gangopadhyay starring a unque character.
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Season 6
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Episode 534
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19:53
কুমীর (Crocodile)
In this episode: Rajib reads a story by Narendranath Mitra.
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Season 6
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Episode 533
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17:11
নদী (The River’s Journey)
In this episode: Rudra reads a story by Rabindranath Tagore that is told as a poem - the first, but not last, such reading on this podcast.
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Season 6
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Episode 532
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28:47
তারসপ্তক (Rightful Heir)
In this episode: Rudra briefly introduces the author Enakshi Chattopadhyay, and reads a story by her.
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Season 6
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Episode 531
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52:41
চেঞ্জ-এ গেলেন পরাশর বর্মা (Parashar Barma Goes on a Rest Cure)
In this episode: Rajib reads another story starring the unique Parashar Barma by Premendra Mitra.
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Season 6
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Episode 530
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30:23
কান কাটা হচি (Hoichi the Earless: A Japanese Folktale)
In this episode: Rajib reads a story by Hemendrakumar Roy that is a retelling of a well-known tale from Japanese folklore.
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Season 6
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Episode 529
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14:41
মাথায় চন্দ্রবিন্দু (An Unusual Region)
In this episode: Rudra reads another story by Premendra Mitra starring his unique ghost-hunter character.
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Season 6
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Episode 528
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27:01
কমলাকান্তের জোবানবন্দী (Kamalakanta’s Testimony)
In this episode: Rudra reads the last of the series of stories by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay about Kamalaakaanta, a crotchety old good-for-nothing.
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Season 6
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Episode 527
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30:25
বিজয়ার প্রণাম (Season’s Benedictions)
In this episode: Rajib reads a story by Hemendrakumar Roy that relates both to Durga Puja and Bhutchaturdashi, two nearby events on the traditional Bengali calendar.
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Season 6
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Episode 526
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14:23
রুদ্র-রোষ - ৪ (The Fury in the Valley of Ice - 4)
In this episode: Rudra reads the final of four parts of a sci-fi story by Adrish Bardhan starring his idiosyncratic character Professor Nut-Boltu-Chakra.
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Season 6
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Episode 525
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1:07:47
রুদ্র-রোষ - ৩ (The Fury in the Valley of Ice - 3)
In this episode: Rudra reads the third of four parts of a sci-fi story by Adrish Bardhan starring his idiosyncratic character Professor Nut-Boltu-Chakra.
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Season 6
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Episode 524
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49:05
রুদ্র-রোষ - ২ (The Fury in the Valley of Ice - 2)
In this episode: Rudra reads the second of four parts of a sci-fi story by Adrish Bardhan starring his idiosyncratic character Professor Nut-Boltu-Chakra.
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Season 6
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Episode 523
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39:36
রুদ্র-রোষ - ১ (The Fury in the Valley of Ice - 1)
In this episode: Rudra reads the first of four parts of a sci-fi story by Adrish Bardhan starring his idiosyncratic character Professor Nut-Boltu-Chakra.
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Season 6
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Episode 522
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36:11
পরাশর বর্মা ও অশ্লীল বই (Parashar Barma: The Case of the Bawdy Book)
In this episode: Rajib reads another story starring the unique Parashar Barma by Premendra Mitra.
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Season 6
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Episode 521
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47:08
মাৎস্যন্যায় (A Fishy Tale)
In this episode: Rudra reads the fourth of a series of stories by Narayan Gangopadhyay starring a unque character.
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Season 6
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Episode 520
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20:31
ননী-দা - ২ (Nani-da - 2)
In this episode: Rajib reads the second part of a story by Mati Nandy.
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Season 6
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Episode 519
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33:23
