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In this episode, Swarnali reads the fourth story from a collection that examines women's roles in Bengali literature through modern realism and humor.

Share your thoughts with গল্প-কথার আসর ! In this episode: Swarnali reads the fourth of 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. 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 prop...

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Hosts: Rajib Ghosh, Rudra Dutta

Guest: Swarnali

Topics covered

• Bengali literature
• women in literature
• modern realism
• mythology
• storytelling

Keywords

• Bengali stories
• women characters
• literature
• mythical age
• modern realism
• Nabanita Debsen

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Organizations: Golpo-Kothar Asor

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