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Gorosthane Shabdhan – the graves of Park Street Cemetery

In a post I wrote over a year ago, I introduced readers to many aspects of Victorian Calcutta, a major “character” in Gorosthaney Sabdhan! In the interim, Sandip Ray’s film based on the novella has been released. I thought it … Continue reading

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Sidhujyatha.com – the dangers of modernizing Feluda’s world

In an earlier review of how Sandip Ray’s cinematic version of Tintorettor Jishu stacks up against the book, I pointed out the extensive  makeover that Feluda has undergone since the Seventies. In Sandip Ray’s Feluda films, Lalmohan Ganguly’s green Ambassador … Continue reading

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Gorosthane Sabdhan- a walk through Victorian Calcutta (গোরস্থানে সাবধান)

When Satyajit Ray wrote the Feluda novel, Gorosthane Shabdhan! (গোরস্থানে সাবধান) in 1977, the process of renaming streets and locations in Calcutta had already started. Of course, this reached a frenzied pace in recent years with the renaming of the … Continue reading

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Feluda on Kindle and other e-book readers – a Christmas wish

Let’s face it, as the world moves, so do we. And frankly many of us to do not find the time to sit down to read the Feluda books any more since we are constantly on the move. E-book readers … Continue reading

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References to Sukumar Ray in Satyajit Ray’s Feluda movies – সোনার কেল্লা এবং জয় বাবা ফেলুনাথে ‘হ য ব র ল’

You may already know that many Hollywood blockbuster film dvds contain hidden features that are known as Easter eggs. As far as I know, the dvds of the Feluda films of Satyajit Ray, Sonar Kella (সোনার কেল্লা) and Joi Baba … Continue reading

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