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গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories told here)

Rajib Ghosh and Rudra Dutta

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.

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35:43

মূল রামায়ণ - সীতা থেকে শুরু (পৌরাণিকী) ১ (How It...

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/28

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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, and reads the first story of the collection. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyr...

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28:08

কর্তার কীর্তি (The Stern Patriarch)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/28

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra reads a lighthearted story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay about a crotchety patriarch’s collision with an unfamiliar model of femininity. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyri...

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27:07

স্বাদ (Taste)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/21

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-profession...

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16:30

জটাধর বকশী (Jataadhar Bakshi)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/21

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra reads a lighthearted story by Parashuram of a clever storyteller. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act and Rules, see https...

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52:30

বাতাসবাড়ি - ২ (The Castle in the Air - 2)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/14

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra reads the second of two parts of a ecologically conscious scifi story by Leela Majumder. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act and...

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44:54

বাতাসবাড়ি - ১ (The Castle in the Air - 1)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/14

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra reads the first of two parts of a ecologically conscious scifi story by Leela Majumder. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act and ...

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23:41

বাড়ি (Dwelling Place)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/07

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-...

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49:58

স্ত্রীর পত্র (To My Husband: My First and Last Letter)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/03/07

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective...

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11:52

মালকোষ (Ethereal Music)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/28

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra reads an offbeat, atmospheric story of the supernatural by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act and Rul...

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47:52

শবনম (Like a Soothing Dewdrop)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/28

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rajib introduces the literature of Nimai Bhattacharya, and reads a story of the underdog by him, Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act a...

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48:41

মুখোশের মুখ (The Face of the Mask)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/21

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rajib introduces the literature of Syed Mustafa Siraj, and reads a story by him starring his ex-army mystery buster. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by In...

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21:38

একটি মোটরযাত্রা - তপন-চরিত ৬ (A Motoring Trip - Tales...

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/21

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra reads the sixth of a series of stories by Narayan Gangopadhyay starring a unque character. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act a...

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46:27

মনের মানুষ (My Mentor, My Friend)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/20

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra pays respect to the recently departed iconic litterateur Shankar, briefly discussing his literature, and reads a story by him. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material...

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61:54

রসময়ীর রসিকতা (A Shrewish Jest)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/14

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-p...

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47:44

বালিকা বধূ - ৪ (Childhood Sweetheart - 4)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/14

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed...

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50:51

বালিকা বধূ - ৩ (Childhood Sweetheart - 3)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/13

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings o...

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40:34

বালিকা বধূ - ২ (Childhood Sweetheart - 2)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/13

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings ...

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49:31

বালিকা বধূ - ১ (Childhood Sweetheart - 1)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/12

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! 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. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings o...

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53:49

শঙ্কুর শনির দশা (Shonku and His Nemesis)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/07

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rudra reads another story by Satyajit Ray starring Professor Shonku. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act and Rules, see https://copyri...

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25:56

ফাঁদ (The Snare)

গল্প-কথার আসর ("Golpo Kothar Asor" - Bengali Stories... ·

2026/02/07

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Rajib reads a story by Gajendrakumar Mitra. Explore, comment, listen, subscribe at: http://golpokotharasor.org/ . © All episodes copyright held in perpetuity by Golpo-Kothar Asor, and respective readers. Copyright of source texts remain the property of respective holders. Non-professionally performed and distributed readings of copyrighted material permitted by Indian Copyright Act and Rules, see https://copyright.gov.in/documents/hand...

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