Santanu Mitra has had been the subject of an obsessive passion of Teesta right from their college days. In Santanu, Teesta would search for her celluloid dream Ranjan – Rabindranath’s protagonist in Rakta Karobi. Yet, destiny pulled them apart, and each of them carved out a respectable niche in their career, separated by the distance, unknown to each other.Teesta is now happily married to Sumeet, and the couple maintains absolute transparency in confiding to each other about their ...

Every human journey from its infancy to teenage is an exploration of emotions, curiosity, and imagination. This impressionable age holds the casting stone of human character and integrity, not to mention its indelible mark in molding future minds.This treatise of 13 wholesome children's tales encapsulates the glorious tradition of Bengali juvenile storytelling, comprising children's fantasies, fairy tales, ghost stories, child escapades, and mythology-based fictional adventures - a...

One of the leading lights among the Bengal intellectuals of that era, Rajshekhar Basu alias Parashuram (or, Parashurama / Parshuram), served us well with his characteristic humor-coated sarcasm that made fun of the irrationality and deep superstitions that were plaguing the Bengali society of the yore and its people. Yet his writings ring as foresight even in this age of information overflow.This collection of 12 of Parashuram's greatest short stories is a veritable collector's ite...

The audiobook features a wholesome teenage tale that encapsulates the glorious tradition of Bengali juvenile storytelling, comprising fun-filled banter and caricatured adaptation of pseudo mythology - a perfect gift for the sprouting imaginative minds in their early teens. The title presents the third episode in the pseudo-mythology collection titled 'Nutaan Puraan' from the mighty pen of the literary master and scholar - Manoranjan Bhattacharya. The notab...

The story amply showcases the versatility of the literary genius of the late Suchitra Bhattacharya, whose literary repertoire covers a swathe of genres, from social drama, detective thrillers, belles-lettres, social comedies & dark sarcasm. This story, in particular, revolves around a comic stratagem centered on youthful romantic afflictions and zest to try to make things happen.Rediscover the youthfulness of your restless twenties and flex your humor muscles in this comic conflict...

Aalok and Akash – the idealist sons of Dr. Anadarup and Ms. Bani, got consumed in the fire of student agitation centered around the utopian ideals of the Naxal uprising against capitalist exploitation of resources and the associated income divides of the early '70s. Two brilliant and sensitive young minds that cared about the impoverished and the marginalized, atypical of the movement, was lost to the nation, leaving their parents in a time loop of despair and memories. The parents could n...

Laxmi is working at the urban nuclear family household of Sujit and Mitu as their domestic help. Living in a city and managing errands within challenging deadlines keep modern nuclear families on their toes; in that context, our friendly neighborhood domestic helps (endearingly referred to as the bai) often assume the position of Man-Fridays for the urban settlers. Keeping the helper in good humor often becomes a matter of life and death and, our urban households subscribe to this legend i...

"Minoti" and "Kakuli" are the sisters-in-law of a broken household whose men have deserted them in their prime. Undaunted, they strive for a living and started home delivery of food from their kitchen to the dwellings of the neighborhood. Their life is hard; their mind is full of painful memories as they vent their frustrations on each other in routine domestic altercations over trivial as part of their daily chores. Their support is a local goon, a local tea vendor, and the myriad flat ow...

Kirankona – the grandmother of Ushri, who lived, away from the hustle-bustle of the urban city, in a secluded patch of green countryside, had lovingly gifted all her valuables to her adorable grand-daughter, who was then in her late teens. Curious eyes of Ushri caught the sight of her grandmother tucking away a longish wooden case as an exception. Ushri lovingly teased her grandmother with a childish grin and asked about the secret contents of that box.Kirankona – betrayed no signs...

Suku was very good in academics and had a curious mind that prompted him to explore unknowns with enthusiasm. Once, he got attracted to his fathers' beaming Parker pen that he found in his father's desk drawer and became tempted to take it to his school to impress his friends. That very day, he also carried a live beetle to school, encased in a box to try studying its behavior through the day and perhaps to catch few bits of advice about the insect from his biology teacher - Father Dyson. ...

The story attempts a funny pot-shot at the polarization of two diametrically opposing political philosophies, namely, socialism and capitalism. The narrative of the plot, built around a humorous discord between these two seeming mutually exclusive but equally susceptible political tenets, is manifested in a verbal duel where each proponent lays bare the demerits of the opposing system.The icing on the cake is the witty social contextualization of the plot by the legendary humorist ...

Rachana is the busy housewife of the successful corporate executive Barun. Amid an affluent jet-set lifestyle, the middle-aged couple has been traveling around the world, across continents in their continuous push for greener pastures wherever work responsibilities have taken them to. Abundant financials have given them the confidence and the resource to managing every responsibility in life with elan. That includes arranging for caregiving to aged parents even from long distances or takin...