Short Stories

Ashamanja Babu’s Dog: Satyajit Ray

Ashamanja babu fulfilled a long cherished dream when he went to a friend’s house in Hashimara…
Formula 16: Leela Majumdar

Although the conclusions of the extraordinary experiments conducted by Bhanu-da’s Dhon-kaka are not yet ready to…
Another: Tanmoy Mukherjee

Ashutosh-babu made his blunder as he was rushing to get on the tram at Ballygunge Phanri.…
Every Sunday: Binod Ghoshal

Oooh, how scared I was at first, god! Don’t blame me, OK? Isn’t everyone a little…
Mahesh: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

I The village was named Kashipur. An insignificant village, with an even more insignificant zamindar, but…
In Diamond Harbour with Ruby: Sandipan Chatterjee

For four years now Ruby has been asking to go to Diamond Harbour. And I’ve resisted.…
No Lies In Her Fire: Asha Naznin

01 ‘Ma, every time you tell me the ‘No Lies in Her Fire’ story you never…
A Life: Buddhadeva Bose

Gurudas Bhattacharya, Vachaspati, the seniormost teacher of Sanskrit at Khulna’s Jagattarini School, had an accident during…
Ten Days of the Strike: Sandipan Chattopadhyay

It was September 27, Thursday. The month, October. The toilet of Shubhobroto’s flat had now been…
Heeng Kochuri by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

We lived in a single room in Hari-babu’s bamboo-and-tile house. Several families lived in the same…