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Gorosthane Sabdhan- a short review (গোরস্থানে সাবধান)

I have been holding off on commenting on Sandip Ray’s cinematic adaptation of Satyajit Ray’s Gorosthaney Shabdhan! for a over a month now. I first read the book fifteen years ago. It was one of the first novellas I read … Continue reading

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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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Feluda Quiz 6 – Gorosthane Shabdhan! (গোরস্থানে সাবধান!)

This is the sixth part of a series of trivia quizzes on Feluda films and stories.  If you’ve read the book, Gorosthane Shabdhan!, you should be able to answer most of the questions in this quiz. Questions: 1. What were … 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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