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শিব্রামের সেরা হাসির গল্প
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Shibram Chakraborty
145 books128 followersShibram Chakraborty (Bangla: শিবরাম চক্রবর্তী) was a popular Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary who is best known for his humorous stories. His best known short stories and novels are renowned for their unique use of pun, alliteration, play of words and ironic humor. He was a prolific author who also wrote poems, plays, non-fiction and novels for mature audiences in his long career.He worked as a volunteer in the Swadeshi movement and came under the affection of Chittaranjan Das [চিত্তরঞ্জন দাস]. During this time he became involved with the magazine Bijli [বিজলী] and Forward as a journalist. He later became the publisher of a magazine called Jugantar [যুগান্তর].
His initial foray into literature was as a poet. His first book of poems was called Manush (Man). He worked as a feature writer in daily newspapers and magazines such as Basumati [বসুমতী], Ananda Bazar Patrika [আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা] and Desh [দেশ]. These were tinged with humor and got him notice in the public eye. Subsequently he started writing stories and novels.
His writing is noted for use of literary puns as a key story vehicle – speculated to be a first in Bengali literature. He is also noted for his self-deprecating humor. An example of this is the convoluted way in which he would spell his name in Bangla in his stories: শিব্রাম চকরবরতি (Shee-bram Cho-ko-ro-bo-ro-ty). He would often put himself into his stories amongst fictional characters. The most famous and recurring characters in his stories are the brothers Harshabardhan [হর্ষবর্ধন] and Gobardhan [গোবর্ধন] and his sister Bini. Advertisements for his books often bill him as the King of Laughter. Aside from funny stories, his other notable writings include the dramatization of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Dena Paona (দেনা পাওনা) under the title Shoroshi [ষোড়শী] (Sixteen Year Old Girl), the political work Moscow bonam Pondicheri [মস্কো বনাম পন্ডিচেরি] (Moscow Versus Pondicheri; ) and the play Jokhon Tara Kotha Bolbe [যখন তারা কথা বলবে] (When They Will Speak). His (so called) autobiography Eeshwar Prithibee Valobasa (ঈশ্বর পৃথিবী ভালবাসা) (God Earth Love) is also regarded as one of his best works. During his 60-year career he authored more than 150 books.
His initial foray into literature was as a poet. His first book of poems was called Manush (Man). He worked as a feature writer in daily newspapers and magazines such as Basumati [বসুমতী], Ananda Bazar Patrika [আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা] and Desh [দেশ]. These were tinged with humor and got him notice in the public eye. Subsequently he started writing stories and novels.
His writing is noted for use of literary puns as a key story vehicle – speculated to be a first in Bengali literature. He is also noted for his self-deprecating humor. An example of this is the convoluted way in which he would spell his name in Bangla in his stories: শিব্রাম চকরবরতি (Shee-bram Cho-ko-ro-bo-ro-ty). He would often put himself into his stories amongst fictional characters. The most famous and recurring characters in his stories are the brothers Harshabardhan [হর্ষবর্ধন] and Gobardhan [গোবর্ধন] and his sister Bini. Advertisements for his books often bill him as the King of Laughter. Aside from funny stories, his other notable writings include the dramatization of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Dena Paona (দেনা পাওনা) under the title Shoroshi [ষোড়শী] (Sixteen Year Old Girl), the political work Moscow bonam Pondicheri [মস্কো বনাম পন্ডিচেরি] (Moscow Versus Pondicheri; ) and the play Jokhon Tara Kotha Bolbe [যখন তারা কথা বলবে] (When They Will Speak). His (so called) autobiography Eeshwar Prithibee Valobasa (ঈশ্বর পৃথিবী ভালবাসা) (God Earth Love) is also regarded as one of his best works. During his 60-year career he authored more than 150 books.
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March 16, 2024
শেষ গল্পটা বাদে সবগুলো পড়েই হাসলাম। এখনো অবশ্য বাংলার উদার মানসে ‘ওয়াইফ জোক’ হাসির উৎস। সুতরাং, বাসর রাতে বিড়াল মারার গল্পে এখনো সবার হাসিই পাবে।
December 5, 2022
শিব্রামের চেয়ে রসিক মানুষ আমি বাংলা সাহিত্যে আর পাইনি । পেটে খিল লাগানো সব কথা ।
November 25, 2024
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰—𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞? 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲.
Before we dive in, 𝐐𝐎𝐓𝐃: 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑? 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤!
Anyway, when I was in class five at Malotinagar Government Primary School (মালতীনগর সরকারি প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়), my choto mami gifted me two books for my birthday:
1. শিব্রামের সেরা হাসির গল্প/ Shibram’s Best Satire (funny story) by শিবরাম চক্রবর্তী/ Shibram Chakraborty. ISBN: 55006000000047 | Publisher: আজকাল প্রকাশনী (Ajkal Prokashoni).
2. বিশ্বসেরা সায়েন্স ফিকশন/ World’s Best Science Fiction, whose details are now lost in my memory's Bermuda Triangle.
Let’s talk Shibram—born December 13, 1903, a legendary Bengali humorist from India whose life was more unpredictable than his satires. Politics? Been there. Jail time? Done that. Selling newspapers and sleeping on footpaths? Of course. Journalism? Yep. Marriage? Nope, never—guess he thought life was funny enough without adding that subplot!
Back to the story: me being 11 years old at the time, শিব্রামের সেরা হাসির গল্প didn’t strike me as funny at all. The language felt too hard, and the humor? Completely over my head, I couldn’t figure out why it was called Hashir Golpo. Fast forward to class 8/9 at Bogra Cantonment Public School & College (বগুড়া ক্যান্টনমেন্ট পাবলিক স্কুল ও কলেজ): I saw my Boppa (short form of Boro Apa/ Eldest sister; she was the eldest cousin on my mom’s side) reading the same book. She wasn’t just laughing—she was having a full-on 𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐋-𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐎 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Shocked, I decided to give the book another go. And 𝐎𝐌𝐆 — 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏! I had no idea this book could be so hilarious. I joined the 𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐎-𝐖-𝐑𝐎𝐋 (Laughing My Ass Out While Rolling On The Floor) 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 and couldn’t stop laughing. [𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄]
Sadly, my school-friend Anu (a he, by the way) stole 40 of my books-including these two- in 2005. I couldn’t find another copy until 2014, when I took my cousin @kamruljim and friend Mithila to the Bangla Book Fair (অমর একুশে বইমেলা), and Mithila gifted me another copy of Shibram’s classic. Since then, I’ve bought and gifted this book countless times because joy, my friends, is meant to be shared.
As for বিশ্বসেরা সায়েন্স ফিকশন, I vaguely remember a story titled ছোট্ট মেয়ে অ্যান/অ্যানী (or something similar). Details have sadly evaporated into the mists of time.
Oh, and 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱—my primary school (School Code: 110072222), established in 1942, saw only two students ever earn a merit scholarship in class five till 1999. I was the second. The first one? Two decades before me. Not that I’m bragging… okay, maybe just a little 😉.
💬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧!
📖 Ever reread a book years later and fell in love? Share your experience!
📚 Got a favorite funny book? Let me know in the comments!
👍 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝐢𝐭 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹? 𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ❤️, 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝!
🔔 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝙂𝑶𝙊𝑫𝙍𝑬𝘼𝑫𝙎: Nazmus Sadat ( goodreads.com/dsony7 )
𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴: @dshadowcatreads
Before we dive in, 𝐐𝐎𝐓𝐃: 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑? 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤!
Anyway, when I was in class five at Malotinagar Government Primary School (মালতীনগর সরকারি প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়), my choto mami gifted me two books for my birthday:
1. শিব্রামের সেরা হাসির গল্প/ Shibram’s Best Satire (funny story) by শিবরাম চক্রবর্তী/ Shibram Chakraborty. ISBN: 55006000000047 | Publisher: আজকাল প্রকাশনী (Ajkal Prokashoni).
2. বিশ্বসেরা সায়েন্স ফিকশন/ World’s Best Science Fiction, whose details are now lost in my memory's Bermuda Triangle.
Let’s talk Shibram—born December 13, 1903, a legendary Bengali humorist from India whose life was more unpredictable than his satires. Politics? Been there. Jail time? Done that. Selling newspapers and sleeping on footpaths? Of course. Journalism? Yep. Marriage? Nope, never—guess he thought life was funny enough without adding that subplot!
Back to the story: me being 11 years old at the time, শিব্রামের সেরা হাসির গল্প didn’t strike me as funny at all. The language felt too hard, and the humor? Completely over my head, I couldn’t figure out why it was called Hashir Golpo. Fast forward to class 8/9 at Bogra Cantonment Public School & College (বগুড়া ক্যান্টনমেন্ট পাবলিক স্কুল ও কলেজ): I saw my Boppa (short form of Boro Apa/ Eldest sister; she was the eldest cousin on my mom’s side) reading the same book. She wasn’t just laughing—she was having a full-on 𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐋-𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐎 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Shocked, I decided to give the book another go. And 𝐎𝐌𝐆 — 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏! I had no idea this book could be so hilarious. I joined the 𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐎-𝐖-𝐑𝐎𝐋 (Laughing My Ass Out While Rolling On The Floor) 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 and couldn’t stop laughing. [𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄]
Sadly, my school-friend Anu (a he, by the way) stole 40 of my books-including these two- in 2005. I couldn’t find another copy until 2014, when I took my cousin @kamruljim and friend Mithila to the Bangla Book Fair (অমর একুশে বইমেলা), and Mithila gifted me another copy of Shibram’s classic. Since then, I’ve bought and gifted this book countless times because joy, my friends, is meant to be shared.
As for বিশ্বসেরা সায়েন্স ফিকশন, I vaguely remember a story titled ছোট্ট মেয়ে অ্যান/অ্যানী (or something similar). Details have sadly evaporated into the mists of time.
Oh, and 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱—my primary school (School Code: 110072222), established in 1942, saw only two students ever earn a merit scholarship in class five till 1999. I was the second. The first one? Two decades before me. Not that I’m bragging… okay, maybe just a little 😉.
💬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧!
📖 Ever reread a book years later and fell in love? Share your experience!
📚 Got a favorite funny book? Let me know in the comments!
👍 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝐢𝐭 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹? 𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ❤️, 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝!
🔔 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝙂𝑶𝙊𝑫𝙍𝑬𝘼𝑫𝙎: Nazmus Sadat ( goodreads.com/dsony7 )
𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴: @dshadowcatreads
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