#bengali kids stories

[jujustation]

Delightful Bengali Comedy Audio Story । মজার গল্প । Shroboni Birombona

A beautiful Bengali short story cartoon adaptation of small and harmless arguments between a woman and her loved ones. Ever wondered what happens when your loved ones become partially deaf, and miss understanding everything you say? 😆 This entertainment web series in Bangla is created to spread entertainment and fun, not to harm anyone’s emotion or feelings, so enjoy this lovely video with all your heart. Choose your favourite seat, get some snacks, and get ready to laugh until you snort with this comedy audio story in Bengali! 😂 Remember to subscribe to watch more funny family web series in Bangla, like, and comment on your best "What just happened?!" moment.

[audiostudios]

Golpokhuro |Chotoder Golpo | Kids Story

[schoolbuddies]

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[pixiedust111]

So, I finally watched Disney's "Wish". Here's my review on it:

Positive aspects —

1. I loved Asha's appearance and her name. She does have very pretty hair; whenever it was blowing in the wind, it gave me a feeling of some sort of refreshment (and reminded me of Pocahontas' hair). And her name? Well, it means "hope" in Bengali (my mother tongue) . I don't know where the name used in the movie originated from, but if it really means "hope", that makes it really meaningful and significant for the main protagonist. By the way, "Asha" is written as "আশা" in Bengali!

2. Movie setting: This movie was set around Mediterranean sea which was a delight to watch since it is enriched with a plenty of cultural variations.

3. Art style: The art style was real beautiful; I loved their using of vibrant colors and watercolor painting effects. If you've been following me for a long time, you may have already guessed that I am a huge fan of using vibrant colors (just like Rapunzel)!

4. Song: I wrote "song", 'cause I only enjoyed one song from it which is "This wish".

Negative aspects:

1. The story was pretty mediocre. Although they started it with a great potential, they messed at wrapping it up.

2. Story arcs of both the heroin and the villain were terribly weak. It felt like they themselves weren't even sure WHAT were they doing, WHY were they doing. It felt, somehow 'forced' for the sake of dragging their poor story to a conclusion.

3. Poor execution of easter eggs. I mean, seriously? If the entire plot was about making one's wishes all by oneself then what's the point of giving Asha the magic wand at the end? Just to reminisce Cinderella's fairy godmother? But didn't it ruin the actual story?

4. Bad jokes: I guess this movie's target audience were three years old kids, otherwise why all the comic reliefs felt so cliched and forced?

To wrap it up, it was a pretty mediocre movie. I enjoy every other movies of Disney's modern era from "Tangled" to "Strange World" (it was not that bad, to be honest). I enjoyed "Raya and the last dragon", it broke me emotionally with it's father-daughter storyline (just like Pixar's "Onwards" with Father-son storyline). I enjoyed Pixar's "Elemental", and "Turning Red". These movies represented asian cultures accurately, I watched them multiple times.

But, in case of Wish, I couldn't relate to the characters, I couldn't enjoy the story. It was indeed a very forgettable movie.

[cyberth0t]

Hey Sam!! I have a question about Ro's name. I remember back when I read your original sims 4 inheritance story his name was Rowan, but somewhere along the way it became Ro'onui (which I love btw) and I was just wondering what made you change it/why/when! Love your story/art btw 💖 also apologies if you've already answered this and I just couldn't find it 😭

I love this question! Also thank you!!!!!

This got long so I'm putting it under here, haha sorry in advance

Ro is Tahitian and black on his father's side--Falemalu, his surname, and Ro'onui, his forename, are both Tahitian in origin.

In the course of the "first draft" of Inheritance, Ro explains that he'd chosen to go by Rowan for a long time because it was easier for people to pronounce. This part of his backstory will still be true in the final iteration, but it will be something Ro has already grappled with sometime in his twenties, rather than in the course of the story. It comes up in dialogue though, somewhere in Book 2 or 3. I believe that by the time we meet Ro'onui in Inheritance, he will have taken back ownership of his name. Such is the nature of re-writes and editing! Our characters become clearer to us.

My best friend growing up went by a shortened version of her name, a common nickname white people could pronounce. Her full name, which her parents and Bengali friends all called her, wasn't something she bothered to teach everyone. I watched her hate her name, love it, hate it again, feel nothing for it, love it once more.

Ultimately, the path Ro'onui took with his name was likely similar to my friend's, but I am an outsider to his culture, doing the best I can to write a believable man on a hero's journey. I have to ask myself what was likely for someone like him--I know, from firsthand experience with someone I loved, how hard it was for a brown kid with a long name to try to fit in with everyone else in the early 2000's. For the record, in case anyone reading along doesn't know, his name is pronounced ROH-OH-NOO-EE, with a slightly more pronounced stop between ROH and OH, where the special apostrophe (called an 'eta in Tahitian and an 'okina in Hawaiian) is located.

Also, please enjoy the notion that Ro chose "Rowan" as his name in like, the seventh grade, roughly in 2002, because he thought it was cool and edgy (he was an emo kid, the kind with the hair in front of one eye and a studded belt and those parachute pants with all the straps hanging off of them).

[yeona-blackpink]

Stage Name: Yeona (연아)

Birth Name: Yang Yeona (양연아)

English Name: Yelena Yang

Nicknames: Yuyu, The 'Y' Girl, Human Versace

Position: Main Vocalist, Main Dancer, Sub Rapper, Songwriter, Producer, Maknae

Birthday: June 2, 1997

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Height: 1.67 m (5'6'')

Weight: 44 kg (96 lbs)

Blood Type: B

MBTI Type: ISFP (Her previous results were INFJ, ESFP & INTP)

Instagram: tell.me.yyy_.

Weibo: yyy.2697

Youtube: yeona.yelana.yang OFFICIAL

Spotify: YEONA'S FAVORITES

Representative Animal: CAT

Yeona Facts :

-She has an older sister (Ahn-jeong) a video game developer

-Her favorite color is black

-She is the first GLOBAL AMBASSADOR for VERSACE

-She debuted on 3rd February 2022 with the single 'Vengeance'

-She is known as 'THE LETHAL WEAPON OF YG' due to her being an extraordinary ace

-She has awesome fashion and is considered to be A fashion icon

-She has many colabs

-Her favorite fourth gen group Is STRAY KIDS since they worked together numerous times

-She was the last member to be revealed

-According to Rosé, Yeona is the most Fluent in English

-Lisa and Yeona are the most closest

-She is a polygot since she can speak Mandarin, Japanese, Thai, English, Spanish, Korean, Latin and Bengali mixed with Hindi.

-She was really weak in studies in Middle school

-If she was not a kpop idol, she would've become a Lawyer

-She debuted in acting with the drama 'Vincenzo' (2021)

-She has 2 dogs (Boots & Rocket), 4 cats (Mili, Bella, Minni & Bibi) and a snake (Levi)

-She is an MC with Stray Kid's Lee Know and Jung-woo of NCT

-She has a Black belt in Karate and A brown in Jujutsu

-She is currently learning boxing

-She is going to star in Squid Game (season 2)

-She loves to eat

-She likes surfing, even though she almost drowned once

-She cried when she got to know TITANIC wasn't based on a real story

-She can play the Drums, Guitar, Violin, Flute and Piano

-She loves anime

-She is known as the 'CF QUEEN'

-Ranked 31st on TC Candler’s “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2020”.

-Ranked 21th on TC Candler’s “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2021”.

-Ranked 12th TC Candler’s “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2022”.

-She is the most followed person on Instagram with followers of 104 million

-YEONA'S IDEAL TYPE : "Someone who can cook, but loves to eat too. Overall prioritize the free time we have together, has to be someone passionate and keeps up with my Princess behavior"

Show more fun facts about YEONA...

[that-mad-indian-woman]

I haath been sent from beyond to enquire as to what you actually do on Mahalaya...

(Definitely not a bangali wanting you to infodump)

So before I go into what I MYSELF do in mahalaya, I will pretext it by giving some context into what mahalaya actually is.

So. What is mahalaya?

Mahalaya is typically known as the beginning of devipaksha. These "pakshas" Are usually demarcated by the movements of the moon. One fortnight from one full moon to the next is one "paksha". This one is particularly known as " Devipaksha " Because the Mythological story goes as follows(which we grew up listening to from our grandpas)

So when the earth was created, it was believed to be a huge great sea and Vishnu laid at its depths, deep in sleep. Then from his earlobe emerged two demons, madhu and kaitav who wreaked havoc on earth. Lord brahma emerged from vishnu's navel and pleaded the Lord to wake and destroy the evils. After months of meditation, vishnu woke finally. What followed was a war over 5000 years and at the end, when vishnu was exhausted and the demons still remained, he pleaded to Goddess Adishakti who emerged and charmed the demons with her beauty. Vishnu took the chance and killed the demons. Mahalaya is believed to be the day The devi helped in this destruction of evil, so the following fourteen days are said to be "Devi" Paksha.

Now, there's another side of this story. To us bengalis, mahalaya is also believed to be the time devi parvati comes back to her father's house with all her children. Parvati is considered as "barir meye" (Daughter of the house) by almost all bengalis, so pujo is technically a celebration of parvati's homecoming.

To the general kolkata-citizens however; mahalaya implies pujos are close, so celebrations and planning have to be started soon;)

SO, WHAT DO PEOPLE DO IN MAHALAYA?

If one fine day in october, you see your bengali friend wake up at 4am and go up to the terrace; check the dates. Cause it might be mahalaya.

To be completely honest here, not much happens on mahalaya. But it's the time when the clouds are clear, the sun is red in the horizon and Our own daughter is coming back home. Which is why the traditional way of celebrating mahalaya iss waking up when there are still twinkling stars in the sky and watch sunrise. this is usually followed by listening to agomoni songs (agomon=arrival in bengali) and mahalaya recited by one legendary man. We have all listened to the exact same version of mahalaya over the years. My grandpa listened to it as a kid, my father listened to it as a kid, and i myself listen to it every year now. It's mahalaya recited by birendra kishore bhodro. There's a certain spirituality in listening to the fables of destruction of evil by a supreme power while watching the red sun lick the skies and the morning light come to being. for any of you interested, here's the link:

Anyway, there are also TV shows during mahalaya, that show the stories behind the various forms of durga that is worshipped all over bengal in sort of a theatrical manner. As far as i remember, there are 108 forms, all of the same goddess, banishing different evils.

To sum it up, mahalaya for us(or atleast me) is a day to get slightly in contact with the spiritual side of the pujos that follow. Because in the hocus-pocus of all the fun and plans that usually signify pujo, it's usually extremely easy to lose track of what it is actually all about-the victory of good over evil, and ceelbrating women-power through femininity.

@vellibandi @pinkpdf @dhuup

[rockislandadultreads]

Libby eBook Spotlight: 2023 Debut Authors

Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

Each spring, Ithaca condemns twelve maidens to the noose. This is the price vengeful Poseidon demands for the lives of Queen Penelope’s twelve maids, hanged and cast into the depths centuries ago.

But when that fate comes for Leto, death is not what she thought it would be. Instead, she wakes on a mysterious island and meets a girl with green eyes and the power to command the sea. A girl named Melantho, who says one more death can stop a thousand.

The prince of Ithaca must die - or the tides of fate will drown them all.

Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

Always a matchmaker, never a match...

Olivia Huang Christenson is excited-slash-terrified to be taking over her grandmother’s matchmaking business. But when she learns that a new dating app has made her Pó Po’s traditional Chinese zodiac approach all about “animal attraction,” her emotions skew more toward furious-slash-outraged. Especially when L.A.’s most-eligible bachelor Bennett O’Brien is behind the app that could destroy her family’s legacy...

Liv knows better than to fall for any guy, let alone an infuriatingly handsome one who believes that traditions are meant to be broken. As the two businesses go head to head, Bennett and Liv make a deal: they’ll find a match for each other - and whoever falls in love loses. But Liv is dealing with someone who’s already adept at stealing business ideas... so what’s stopping him from stealing her heart too?

River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs.

Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children - the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children...and her freedom.

The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson, New Jersey. While Zahra’s plans for financial security this summer involve working long hours at Chai Ho and saving up for college writing courses, Amma is convinced that all Zahra needs is a “good match,” Jane Austen-style.

Enter Harun Emon, who’s wealthy, devastatingly handsome, and... aloof. As soon as Zahra meets him, she knows it’s a bad match. It’s nothing like the connection she has with Nayim Aktar, the new dishwasher at the tea shop, who just gets Zahra in a way no one has before.

So, when Zahra finds out that Harun is just as uninterested in this match as she is, they decide to slowly sabotage their parents’ plans. And for once in Zahra’s life, she can have her rossomalai and eat it: “dating” Harun and keeping Amma happy while catching real feelings for Nayim.

But life - and boys - can be more complicated than Zahra realizes. With her feelings all mixed up, Zahra discovers that sometimes being a good Bengali kid can be a royal pain.

[schoolbuddies]

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[laughingemojis]

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[tarnished-butsogrand]

oops i thought i had haha well hi again!

lol that’s why i can’t listen to regular music, i get distracted singing along! video game soundtracks are good too they’re def designed to make you zone out and focus on what you’re doing. pfff i can’t read or write with music either, unless it’s lofi. also weirdly i love boba shop asmr of them making drinks.

ooo i like a lot of music! i listen to a lot of rock, alt rock, lot of 90s singer/songwriter, but i’m also a huge kpop stan so i listen to a lot of that. big david bowie fan, norah jones, but also bts, txt, stray kids, and a bunch of others. what about you?

ooo that’s so interesting, i’m sending holiday pal messages to another person too and she’s also indian! i love how much im learning about your holiday celebrations! i know a little bit about Kali but not much. what do u like best about her?? and what do u do to celebrate? that sounds so cool! i wish we had festivals for goddesses! for christmas we do a lot of decorating, baking, watching christmas films, making cozy foods, lots of chocolate, of course gifts we open on christmas morning. we’re always gifted new pajamas that we’re supposed to open on christmas eve, but me and my sister really wanted to wear them leading up to christmas so my mom let us open them early this year haha.

does it get cold where u live? 🌸❄️

Hello friend!

Ahh, I never realised that about video game music, it actually makes a lot of sense? I need to try it out. Maybe it can be my secret weapon because I desperately need one right now. 😭 ASMR is so relaxing to me, it really puts me at ease, so I totally understand where you're coming from.

I used to(still) have a Queen sideblog, and I religiously listened to Queen music for quite some time, and I got introduced to a lot of rock music back then. But I'm a pop girlie at heart, I think, even though I am not choosey about what I listen to. I remember watching BTS music videos back in 2017- there's a song called Save Me, right? There are unreal - the choreography and the music, the song still plays in my ears. Absolutely breathtaking.

So, there's this one fact about her, if you've seen any of her pictures, you'll see she has her tongue out, and there's Lord Shiva underneath her feet. Lord Shiva, who's supposed to be her husband. I always used to wonder why and then I learned that she went on a rampage killing demons ("rakshasa"). She was causing so much bloodshed, but the other gods didn't know how to stop her, so they asked Lord Shiva to intervene. He lay down on the battlefield, and she was so blinded with rage that she didn't notice and stepped on him. And took out her tongue as an expression of "Oops" (it's a gesture that is quite commonplace here, but it might not be elsewhere). So that's the story. She is actually a form of Goddess Parvati, and the reason I like her so much is she represents to me, the inherent strength of being a woman. We are not all dainty and pretty, there's a side to us that's not to be messed with. She's also dark skinned, and there's a lot of colorism that happens in India (read:most of the other goddesses are portrayed as fair). Hence, I have always looked up to her.

She's so revered (you could say for the wrong reasons in this example) that robbers used to pray to her to not get caught. There's something about violent men praying to a Goddess for mercy that is kind of intriguing and ironic. The days leading up to it, have Bhoot Chaturdashi ( which is kind of like the Bengali Halloween) where we light fourteen diyas and place them all around our houses to ward off evil spirits that we believe roam freely that night. We personally don't celebrate Kali Pujo at our house (it's a big ceremony and needs people and space) but there are a lot of other idols that are put up around the city and we visit them. Also it coincides with Diwali, so there's a lot of lights and fireworks as well even though our family doesn't burst firecrackers anymore.

Sorry it got so long 😭 Thank you for showing interest, I really appreciate it a lot. ❤️

Your Christmas Pyjamas tradition sounds so cute! What all do you bake? What's your fave thing to bake? Have you put up your tree yet? What Christmas movie is your favourite to watch? I have lots of questions!

It doesn't snow here, of course, but it can get quite chilly. One winter, it went down to 5 degrees Celsius. How cold does it get where you live? Does it snow?

[jalebi-likes]

Heya my fellow Bengali mjht fan. I was rewatching the show for the hundredth time and had a few questions

1-why Gunjan was so against Samrat lung to her but helped Nupur lie to Mayank? Is that not hypocrisy?

2-Why Diya and Benji were given a open ended ending? Is that cz they wanted to keep it realistic and show not all college couples end up together?

3-Why was babuji so harsh on Nupur Mayank? He was always shown as the more understanding chilld one while Buinis the uptight strict one. But after the marriage even Bui wanted Nupur and mayank to be accepted and begged to their father ki yelog kaha jayege plz man jao.

4-Who falling in love track was handled best as per you opinion? I feel Mayank and Samrat's was handled best,while Gunjan and Nupur's being kind of rushed.

5-What was the point of Adhiraj and Suhani? They came and left within few episodes. Their love story was so rushed and they ven got engaged so quicklym and we never ever hear fromSamrat's sister Suhani while he's going through so much troubles after the leap.

Hello my fellow Bengali <3

Rewatching MJHT just gives me all the fuzzy feels *dance*

But yes, let's get to answering all the questions :)

1 ) Because Nupur is her sister.

You always bend rules, and are a little hypocritical for your own family. And there's a difference between lying and being lied to. Gunjan is always uneasy when she has to partake in a lie or assist any of her near or dear one in lying, but she has zero tolerance when she's being lied to. She even snaps at Nupur when she learns that Nupur lied to Gunjan to take her audio for the talent contest.

2) Yes! Not all college couples end up together!

College is a bubble, real life is not. You meet so many more people - your priorities shape your personality and there's so many future goals and ideologies that affect your life post college. Be it finance, religion, career, children, responsibilities - so many things can make/break a relationship. So, in fact, their ending is the most realistic one. An ex-couple meet again at a mutual friend's wedding. There are sparks, but that's their own story to have.

3) Oh Babuji was COMPLETELY RIGHT. Oh Babuji was incredibly understanding. Imagine, he had told his children to keep his name, his honor, and continue the upbringing he had given as a single parent. His kids are his pride and he must have faced a lot being a single dad. He loves and trusts his kid intensely. At no point was he ever the father to whom Nupur could not communicate that she would like to marry someone else.

And coming from the small town, Shashi must have faced a lot of criticism for sending his kids outside to Mumbai. They would blame him for ruining his kids cause they wouldn't go and study there, rather they'd begin lying, have an affair, etc.

And what happens? Exactly that.

Yes, Nupur does become a brilliant student thanks to Mayank, but how does Shashi even learn about Mayank? That Nupur duped a family friend's son with a false identity, have him date another girl altogether, because she was have an affair with another boy.

That's the worst situation possible. And even then, when Nupur cries to him how great Mayank is, Shashi is ready to put aside his own hurt and his sister's multiple warnings about the situation and meet Mayank.

However, luck is truly against them because he oversees Mayank convincing Nupur to run away with him.

Just why wouldn't he dislike Mayank and Nupur's relationship?

And Shashi isn't really conservation because when he sees how much Samrat cares for Gunjan, he instantly approves of them being a pair - to the point that he's surprised when Gunjan is resistant to that (because she's in a wheelchair).

4) Ok, my favorite falling in love goes to Mayank-Nupur. I loved the contrast of how the practical Mayank does start feeling a lot of filmy things. It was really well balanced in him. And Nupur was so caught in the fancy of it that she didn't know what to do when she actually fell in love? And their confession was gorgeous as well. Samrat's falling in love was STUNNING, Gunjan's was cute - but neither's appealed to me when it came to confession. I felt they dragged it too much. Like Gunjan, I get they were going once bitten twice shy but, for God's sake, her reciprocity in everything just died with the confession and omg that one day that took a whole WEEK with just them doing ping pong over saying emotions? I had a FAB time editing most of it out cause the scenes were repetitive AS HELL.

Falling in love - Gunjan's was the cutest and best (like low-key Valentine's was perfect, you SAW her falling).

Realizing love - Samrat's was best (I get goosebumps with the whole Khabar Nahi and Khuda Jaane moment).

The whole love track - Mayank Nupur (from resistance to confession, perfect)

Staying in love - Mayank Nupur (their in-couple dynamics was the best)

5) To be honest, I kinda did like them, lol. I know it's an unpopular opinion! But it got the plot forward for me.

I've seen a lot of random people in many shows come in and I think Adhiraj Suhani are the only entries in a show that didn't hurt a show as badly as other characters do (cough Bubbly in IPK cough Komal in Begusarai cough Sheetal Aarav in IPK cough Jyoti Prakash Preeti in CJL)

I found it very interesting on how they tied MayUr and SaJan together with this one pair. Like bringing Bablu back? Great idea! I do find it very odd that they're never mentioned again, not even in words. I do think they suffered issues with allotting screen time to which couple on screen. And I think they were spot on with MayUr and I get where they were trying to go with SuRaj, but they started writing SaJan off character.

Like I hated how dismissive Gunjan was of Samrat's trauma. She has NO idea of his past, she was really let off the hook very easily for a grave error. She is in no position to dictate that Samrat should reconcile with his mother/sister. There was also a lot of unnecessary scenes and comedy as well...

I do like them as a track.

And they also knew how to keep SuRaj different from the rest of the pairs. These are the love at first sight type of people. They both think they're the heroes. They both fall in love hard. They're both ready to instantly marry. They're both dramatic. They're just the same person in many ways. Getting to know each other though? That's something that takes time with them.

Which isn't the case for MayUr and SaJan.

However, this point is also the beginning of writing Gunjan off key. Like I start to dislike Gunjan from hereon and I don't quite recover my initial love for her. It's also a place where Samrat and Gunjan's relationship start getting very very imbalanced. He keeps viewing her as perfect and she as 'sigh, Samrat always needs help' mode.

And for how much time SuRaj existed, I'd easily write Samrat having lived in London those three years with his family and only returning to Excel upon his mum's wish because she realized that even in London with his family next to him, Samrat was getting wasted away.

And I'd easily keep SuRaj in mention through a dialogue or two - because they expand Samrat's universe in a sense.

I just don't think Adhiraj and Suhani were as well executed as they could be. They were introduced brilliantly. And I don't think they were a problem to me as much as SaJan became an issue. I LOVED Samrat. I loved the idea of him just not being the only cool person out there cause dude that's what real life looks like.

Gunjan, my love and soul... was a little too unrecognizable. I don't even know why she loved Suhani so much? I'd have a hard time bonding with someone with whom my partner has trauma with!

I hope you like these overtly detailed answers, lol.

Keep hulchuling,

S

[giantjupiter]

Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, a Bengali writer, lived in his own native land, yet he could describe places in quite a picturesque manner. He did work as a forest officer though.

For those who are getting to know him for the first time, I'd really recommend watching the film Chander Pahar with English subtitles. It's quite a family-friendly movie, if your kids can handle gore and action scenes. I'd rather say that it's better for teenagers though because of all the adventure through the mountains of Africa.

One of his stories I'm listening to is called "Moroner Donka Baje" (The Death Knell Resounds; the pronounciation is quite different from the word "moron," the first o in that word sounds more like 'a' from "ball").

A short synopsis: The story is set in the 1930s. It is from the POV of a medicine-seller and a doctor, who were trying to earn money by going overseas. Soon, they reach Rangoon and then to Singapore. From there, the two 'are (secretly) asked' if they could go as medical professionals to help the Chinese people and the soldiers against the Japanese invasion. From there, using a junk (a kind of boat), they try to reach Shanghai. What happens to them next?

One more thing I'd like to repeat: he neither visited Africa nor Shanghai. This 20th century writer relied solely upon the writings of others, including geographical/travel magazines.

If you're not much repulsed by research papers, you may read this one, because this is one of the only things written in English pertaining to this:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156606