saradindu bandyopadhyay ghost stories pdf

This study aims to provide a critical response to the antithetical treatment on part of the author where neither scientific rationality nor supernatural theories achieve predominance. However, in another story “Shailarahasya”, Byomkesh succumbs to Baroda’s notion of ghost as he himself experiences the existence of ghost or unearthly spirit, which becomes a crucial factor in solving the crime. In the story “Byomkesh O Baroda” the detective Byomkesh Bakshi is able to outwit Baroda proving his explanation of paranormal activities as vague and irrational. My paper entitled “When Detective seeks the Ghost: Exploring the Paranormal in Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s Baroda and Byomkesh Stories” is a modest attempt to explore the intricate structure of both detective fictions and ghost stories of Saradindu Bandyopadhyay. Nevertheless, the author presents a unique glimpse when these two fictional characters confront each other attempting to establish the supremacy of their respective ideas and thinking processes. Whereas Byomkesh Bakshi, being the detective uses his scientific and logical reasoning faculty to search the truth and solve the case Baroda encounters supernatural events in his life and proceeds to narrate his occult experiences which are devoid of any apparent rationality. However, the frameworks within which these two figures operate are entirely different from each other. The eminent Bengali litterateur Saradindu Bandyopadhyay is famous for his two extremely popular characters, notably Baroda, the bhutanweshi or the ghost-hunter and Byomkesh Bakshi, the satyanweshi or the truth-seeker.

Saradindu bandyopadhyay ghost stories pdf