What's the best way to learn about new, popular Bangla music if you live abroad and are not on Facebook. Is there anything like Billboard Top Ten or something?

Hi! I’m learning Sanskrit and Persian. I would like to learn Bengali. I am very curious, is there some Sufi literature of Bengali (spoken or written) that is extra Persianized, to the degree of Urdu or close? I have heard of Dobhashi literature, is there Dobhashi literature written in the Sufi tradition?

I’m an Indian probashi Bangali who grew up in the south of India. I moved to Kolkata at the age of 13. My parents have been fairly progressive in my upbringing and never taught me the differences that religions, castes and communities bring and have always had a neutral standpoint to keep their kids as progressive as possible. It was only when I moved to Kolkata when I realized that there’s a divide between Indian Bengalis and Bangladeshi Bengalis (as a kid I was aware of the partition of bengal, but as I was never formally educated about it due to the region of where I studied and because of my parents neutral stance to not teach their kids anything negative , I never knew of this). Most of my absolutely closest friends are immigrants from BD, I love them to bits because I have never ever seen them from any other lens but as my closest loved ones. I’m 26 now and I’ve recently started following a lot of BD influencers and I’m stunned at how beautiful and polite they are. I could never believe that there would be a divide between two communities that speak the same language (although I’m assuming religion has something to do with it) I want to know 1) what is the hate all about 2) (kinda not related) but how do Bangladeshis have a better American accent 3) HOW ARE YALL SO SKILLED <3

I remember only a sequence of scenes in which a scientist or maybe a doctor sells some hair oil which can grow hairs. Someone buys it and complains that he used this but it didn't work, then the scientist says that you have used it wrongly. He then shows the customer that because of wrong use he has grown hairs on his back instead of scalp. We saw this movie on TV in perhaps 1980. It was a good comedy. Can anyone help me?

Exactly what the title says- I've been wanting to read Chuya-chandan for a while now, specially after listening to its audiobook. The thing is, I can barely read bengali. I can't seem to find any English translated version of the story anywhere. Does anyone have any leads, or preferably a direct link lol

This poem was about a boy who was very disciplined. He used to wake up on time, go to sleep on time and do everything with disclipline. This was a poem in a Banla language book which we used to study back in school (Maybe between class 2 or 4). I also maybe remember the word "অধ্যবসায়" being mentioned. Can anyone remember what the poem's name is? I also feel like the poem might have been named "SH... -something- chhele" (Basically it may have started with শ or স). Sorry I do not have any more information :(

Hi guys. Spoiler alert for Sharat Chandra Chattopadhay's "Pather Dabi". Please go back if you haven't read the novel.

I read Pather Dabi in its Hindi translation named "Path ke Daavedar" (I don't know Bangla). It was my first ever novel that I read in Hindi language.

The first half was great and I immensely loved it. But the second half went half over my head and half pierced my heart. But I couldn't understand it totally.

I went to Wikipedia page for the novel and read the "Synopsis" section there, so that I could understand what I've read better, but was shell shocked to find that there it's written that Apurva and Bharti went with the Doctor to China, but I nothing was written in the last pages of the novel that could indicate such. I'm now in brainfog since I can't understand what happens to Apurva-Bharti at the end.

I posted it here since I thought someone might have read the novel here. Please tell me what happened to Apurva-Bharti at the end? I know he returns to Burma, but did he marry Bharti? Also what the hell is the deal with Shashi? Why is Doctor shipping him with Bharti? Please help. Thanks a lot!

in my last post i might have created a confusion so let me clarify by giving proper examples . will also write in hinglish for better understanding

let it not rain today - aaj baarish na hone do

let the guests not come today - aaj meheman ko mat aane do

let no one get ill - koi bhi bimaar na hone do

pls help with these sentences

Please tell me how to say these sentences in another way like adding a no word to it..

সবার মঙ্গল হোক সবার সুস্থ থাকুক

How to say in negative way or How to add no

Like

Let nothing good happen to everyone or let nothing bad happen to anyone

Let nobody stay healthy or Let nobody fall sick

Bengali childhood and Anandamela magazine are practically inseparable. For the past so many years, Anandamela has undoubtedly been the companion of growing Bengali youngsters. Anandamela accompanies one on a mental journey to escape from the boredom of the mundane day to day life. It can also educate how to perceive reality from a different perspective. The pace of this well-known magazine that began in the seventies, still continues.

The readers who used to curl up with the magazine when it was first published, losing themselves in the world of brand-new tales and books, are most likely parents by now. Anandamela continues to routinely see their children now.

Anandamela has published a wide range of articles, but what is the source of the magazine's original richness? The story, of course! Young readers have been enthralled with stories of all kinds that have been written at various points of time. Fifty pieces from the collection of stories published in the first 26 years (1975-2000) of the Anandamela general issue have been published as part of the Anandamela story collection. There are biographies of contemporary writers in addition to those of deceased authors like Premendra Mitra, Sukumar Sen, Satyajit Roy, Shivaram Chakraborty, Niharranjan Gupta, and Bimal Mitra. Readers interested in bangla epub can visit the website www.anandapub.in and buy Anandamela Galpa Sankalan.

Hello people, I’m an Mbbs student in West Bengal and im looking for some good books to learn Bangla with special preferance to the medical side… Any recommendations for good books will be really useful to me…. Thx

(I can speak English and Telugu Well, Hindi a little bit)

Pretty much what the title says: if you had the chance to play one Bangla song for a non-Bengali audience, what song would you select?

Hello! There

I am a bengali who resides in the central northern region of India. It is my mother tongue. I have been speaking it at home for as long as I can remember. Both my parents are bengalis. My father can read and write but my mother, same as me can only read and write in English and Hindi.

Due to living in an area where Hindi and English are the only two languages which are taught and needed to navigate life, I have never had an urgency. My father has supported my wish to learn to read and write but has never found the time to teach it to me himself.
I am fluent in English, Hindi and Bengali.

I have searched Youtube but haven't found anything much useful
Is anybody here willing to teach me or atleast point me to some useful resources.
Thankssss

What are useful daily phrases which you use everyday in Bengali? It will be helpful for me since I will visit Bangladesh.

I am UK based and want to find some bengali books (poems, stories etc. - nothing too distressing or upsetting) for my grandma to read for herself and with the little ones in the family.

Her eyesight is not great, so I need large print books specifically. Any suggestions on where I might be able to find something like this?

Thanks in advance

A few days ago someone posted here asking why shows and movies aren't dubbed in Bangla.

Actually a good number of shows and movies from all over the world are dubbed in Bengali.

For example: If you want to watch such dubbed shows for free you can watch them on "Bongo" streaming service.
You can watch either on their website or mobile app.

Hi, can you all suggest some cute nicknames for my baby boy?