EP 185: Bengal- The Indigent Brahman (Day)

#bengal #folklore In this story, a faithful brahman makes a plea to the goddess Durga to help him make a good life for his wife and kids. He is gifted a magic bowl that gives unending food. He loses it to a shop keeper, but Durga gives him a back up that gives unlimited demons. Can he make things right? Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: রয় যে কাঙাল শূন্য হাতে । Roy Je Kangal Sunya Haate - Rezwana Choudhury Bannya Rabindra Sangeet Sound Effects: XC324155 · Black-rumped Flameback · Dinopium benghalense, XC642138 · Jerdon's Nightjar · Caprimulgus atripennis, Crickets by Dustin Steichmann Podcast Shoutout: Because Language- A PODCAST ABOUT LINGUISTICS, THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE. Listener Shoutout: Detroit, Michigan Much love to the 313 248 586 and 734 Photo Credit: "Durga Puja" by Matthias Rosenkranz is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Video by Headliner Music Suggestion: Otyken - Legend