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
583 episodes
রঙীন কাচের জঙ্গল (The Forest of Scintillating Crystal)
In this episode: Rudra reads a sci-fi story by Adrish Bardhan starring his idiosyncratic character Professor Nut-Boltu-Chakra.
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Season 7
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Episode 583
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30:50
গণৎকার তারিণীখুড়ো (Tarinikhuro’s Palmistry)
In this episode: Rudra reads a story by Satyajit Ray.
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Season 7
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Episode 582
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13:53
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
