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The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told

Written by: Arunava Sinha
Narrated by: Swetanshu Bora
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Some of the world's finest short fiction has originated in and continues to flow from the cities, villages, rivers, forests and plains of Bengal. This selection features 21 of the very best stories from the region.

Here, the listener will find one of Rabindranath Tagore's most revered stories, 'The Kabuliwallah', in a new translation; memorable studies of ordinary people from Tarashankar and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay; the iconic Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's wrenching study of Bengali society, 'Mahesh'; as well as over a dozen other astounding stories by some of the greatest practitioners of the form - Buddhadeva Bose, Ashapurna Debi, Premendra Mitra, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mahasweta Devi, Sunil Gangopadhyay and Nabarun Bhattacharya, among others. These are stories of anger, loss, grief, disillusionment, magic, politics, trickery, humour and the darkness of mind and heart. They reimagine life in ways that make them unforgettable.

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This collection of terrific short stories by great Bangla writers like Tagore, Satyajit Ray, Mahasweta Devi and Sunil Gangopadhyay takes you to Bengal and immerse you in Bengali culture and rituals.

Excellent Bengali Short Stories

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Great selection of stories and very good narration as well.Narration transcends emotions in most part.

Great collection and narration

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If you have a little knowledge of Bengali cinema and literature, then the first few stories would be known to you. The rest are an interesting mix. Something for everybody.
Mr. Sinha either struggled with the few Bengali words scattered throughout the narrative. It was sometimes jarring and sometimes funny.
Pretty decent translation. In one or two stories the beauty of the original seemed to be lost. Overall I would recommend it as a good starter for introduction to Bengali literature.

A good mix of stories

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I wish the stories had been read by a native Bengali speaker. The narrator Mis-pronounced up a lot of Bengali names and terms. For example, in the story “The Music Room”, the term “Ginni” (with a hard emphasis on the double n) was consistently pronounced as “Guinea”. Errors such as these would not have occurred with someone who was a native Bengali speaker.

Decent stories, uneven narration

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Loved it. Had read many of them earlier but this compendium was an interesting one.

A repertoire of good short stories.

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