Eshita Ghosh

Eshita Ghosh writes about Bengali books, their detectives and ghosts, and the audio stories made from them.

Posts

1. Books

   Ghanada: who he is, and which of his stories to hear first

   Premendra Mitra's Ghanada has told tall tales from a Kolkata mess since the Puja of 1945. Who he is, why his lies hold up, and the order we would play his three audio stories in.20 Oct 2026
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   Bengal's ghost stories, place by place: where each is set, and what to hear

   Dow Hill in Kurseong, the Sundarbans, Bishnupur, Begunkodar and a Sealdah local at eleven at night: the places Bengal's ghost stories are set, what is really there, and an audio story to play for each.16 Oct 2026
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   Pujo listening: stories for a lazy Saptami and an Ashtami adda

   Eleven Bengali audio stories for the two moments of the Pujo when people actually sit down to listen, the Saptami afternoon after the morning's pandals and the Ashtami night after the late ones, and one for Dashami.13 Oct 2026
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   Stories you can finish this Puja: long listens for the five Puja days

   The five Puja days, Shashthi to Dashami: novels in long audio versions and Sunday Suspense dramatisations to finish, sorted by how much time you have, with the real running time of each.7 Oct 2026
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   Taranath Tantrik stories: where to start, and who wrote which

   Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay wrote only two Taranath stories; his son and grandsons wrote the rest of the books. Here is which audio story comes from whom, and the order we would play them in.1 Oct 2026
6. Books

   Spivak at JNU, May 2024: the name was corrected, the question went unanswered

   In May 2024 Gayatri Spivak corrected a Dalit student's pronunciation of Du Bois at JNU; she was right about the name, and his question on class went unanswered.29 Sep 2026