I wonder why you'd get downvoted. Once upon a time, our home always had Humayun Ahmed books scattered here and there - my mother and siblings were avid readers of Himu and Misir Ali. But eh.. as I mentioned elsewhere, I never used to read much.
Anyway, a couple of years ago, I went through Humayun Ahmed's "Akash Jora Megh" and it was refreshing.
Wait, am I gonna be downboo'd for discussing/admiring Humayun Ahmed books too?
Probably someone u had a beef with downvoted u and then other people follow the downvotes coz they apparently have the reddit hive mind syndrome. I also keep seeing a lot of my comments get downvoted for no reason recently. Bet this one will also get downvoted.
some really good recommendations here, esp by u/Iizsatan. Would like to add the following to the list of what would be called "classics" period of Bangla literature -
Chinna Patra, Shesher Kobita by Rabindranath Thakur,
if you have read/will read Pother Pachali follow up with Aparajito and Apur Shongshar,
Chourangi by Shongkor
works by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay and Sukumar Roy
Indeed. Even if someone's not interested in Feluda/Prof.Shanku, there's always those short stories with unassuming twists. His memoirs and critiques on filmmaking are also very popular if I'm not wrong. So there's variation for OP to choose from.
The characters were so realistic, right? One was too pissed off at class difference, another so humble at acknowledging and accepting the same discrimination... I've actually forgotten their names but the story is still so relevant!
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āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏā§āĻ āύāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ And you'll remember the plot if I just write the spoiler here but I'd rather not haha. Anyway, it's a beautiful, sad tale that I never want to revisit again.
Fav book is a very tough one. At the moment, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽā§ā§ā§ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžā§ āĻāϏāϞ⧠| But there are tons. Bangla literature is a gem mine
I like Humayun Ahmed's novels, but a few weeks ago I got downvoted here for saying that, for some reason.
I wonder why you'd get downvoted. Once upon a time, our home always had Humayun Ahmed books scattered here and there - my mother and siblings were avid readers of Himu and Misir Ali. But eh.. as I mentioned elsewhere, I never used to read much. Anyway, a couple of years ago, I went through Humayun Ahmed's "Akash Jora Megh" and it was refreshing. Wait, am I gonna be downboo'd for discussing/admiring Humayun Ahmed books too?
Hope not! đ No downvotes so far for either of us, so we're good this time, I think. đ
Probably someone u had a beef with downvoted u and then other people follow the downvotes coz they apparently have the reddit hive mind syndrome. I also keep seeing a lot of my comments get downvoted for no reason recently. Bet this one will also get downvoted.
I think I am going to start Pother Pachali, but would love some more recommendations!
Pother pachali is a great book to start with.
Adorsho hindu hotel, putulnacher itikotha, aronyok.
Purbo Poshchim, Prothom Alo and Shei Shomoi by Sunil Gangopodhay. May read Volga to Ganga too by Rahul Sankrityan
If you have read volga to ganga, try reading- āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§āώ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻāύ, āϰāĻšā§ āĻāύā§āĻĄāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ!
Thanks!
Would recommend Ahmed Sofa if you think you are matured enough for it.
What are his books like?
he was a genius. best public intellectual we ever had. you can try his novels or non fictions
Check out Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. His novel "Srikanto" is one of the best I have ever read. Also, check out "Kobi" by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay.
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āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻļāĻā§āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻž
some really good recommendations here, esp by u/Iizsatan. Would like to add the following to the list of what would be called "classics" period of Bangla literature - Chinna Patra, Shesher Kobita by Rabindranath Thakur, if you have read/will read Pother Pachali follow up with Aparajito and Apur Shongshar, Chourangi by Shongkor works by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay and Sukumar Roy
oooh you reminded me to add - OP could read some Satyajit Ray as well... especially his intruguing short stories.
and some Feluda!
Indeed. Even if someone's not interested in Feluda/Prof.Shanku, there's always those short stories with unassuming twists. His memoirs and critiques on filmmaking are also very popular if I'm not wrong. So there's variation for OP to choose from.
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āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻŋ āύāĻž āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻžā§āĻšāĻžāύā§āϰ "āĻŦāϰāĻĢ āĻāϞāĻž āύāĻĻā§" āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ - āϏā§āĻ āύāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
I loved it so much. I never found another writer portraying the life of the middle class/lower middle class people of Bangladeshis so poignantly.
The characters were so realistic, right? One was too pissed off at class difference, another so humble at acknowledging and accepting the same discrimination... I've actually forgotten their names but the story is still so relevant!
I'd def recommend Akhtaruzzaman Ilias' writings then
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Thank you!
Fav book is a very tough one. At the moment, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽā§ā§ā§ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžā§ āĻāϏāϞ⧠| But there are tons. Bangla literature is a gem mine
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You can start reading syed mujtoba ali, he's fun to read and easy to go on and on
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Ahmod Chofa is a must
Bibliophile here (also a collector with 700+ books): āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋā§ āϞā§āĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§ā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻ * āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§āϝā§āĻĒāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāϰāύā§āϝāĻ, āĻāĻĻāϰā§āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻšā§āĻā§āϞ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§, āĻāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāύāĻžāĻĨ āϤāĻžāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ āĻĒā§ āĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āϞāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ * āĻāĻšāĻŽāĻĻ āĻāĻĢāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻĒ, āĻŦā§āĻā§āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ, āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻžāύā§āϤ * āĻāĻšāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻžā§āĻšāĻžāύāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻ āĻĢāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āύ, āĻŦāϰāĻĢ āĻāϞāĻž āύāĻĻā§, āĻļā§āώ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧā§ * āϏā§ā§āĻĻ āĻŽā§āĻāϤāĻŦāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧠* āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻ āύā§āύā§āύā§āύā§āĻ... āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻžā§ā§āύ āĻāϝāĻžāĻĻāĻ āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§āĻŋ, āϤāϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āύāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋāύ āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§āĻŋ, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻžā§ā§āύ āĻāĻšāĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāĻĢāϰ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāϞāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻļāϰāϤ, āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϏā§/āĻā§āĻšāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϞ, āĻŦā§āĻāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāύ⧠āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϰāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ (āĻ āĻŋāĻ āύā§āĻāĻĢā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§āϏ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻž āύāϤā§āύ āĻāύāĻŋāĻŽā§/āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻāĻž/āĻĄāĻŋāϏāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤāύ) āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻā§ā§āĻžāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āĻŋ āĻšāĻž āĻšāĻžāĨ¤ **āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ-āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āĻ** āĻāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāϰ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻ āύāϤā§āύ āĻŦāĻ āύāĻŋāϤā§āϝāύāϤā§āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāύ āĻā§ā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻ * āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāύāϰāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāύ - āϤāĻžāύāĻā§āĻŽ āϰāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ * āĻĒāĻā§āĻļāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāύ - āϤāĻžāύāĻā§āĻŽ āϰāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ * āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĨā§āϰāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϞāĻā§āĻāϏā§āĻ - āĻŽāĻžāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϞ āĻšāĻ * āĻāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ - āϏā§ā§āĻĻ āĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖ * āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰâā§āϝāĻžāĻĢāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻšāϰāϰāĻ āĻāĻĨā§āϞāĻšā§ - āĻāϏāĻŋāĻĢ āϰā§āĻĄāϞāĻĢāĻžāϝ * āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĨā§āϰāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞāĻž - āĻļāϰāĻŋāĻĢā§āϞ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāύ * āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻ āύā§āύā§āύā§āύā§āĻ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
Golpogucho. It's a collection of short stories written by Robindronath Thakur and literally all of them are so good. Would recommend 100%.
I wish, but I can't read bangoli
Tahmina Anam is good start if you want English books by Bengali authors
Ever heard of Satyajit Ray he won a oscar
I would suggest Bibhutibhusan Bandhopadhay novels
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Shunil Gongopaddhay, Kakababu Shomogro