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Story of the week

Gaba-Da And Lights Camera Action!

by Gaurav Srivastav · 26 min read · Humor/Reference

What happens when a man with no money, no screenplay and absolutely no experience decides to make a blockbuster Bengali film? If you are Gobardhan Chatterjee, better known as Gaba-Da, you simply get on with it. Armed with an extraordinary talent for finding opportunities where ordinary people see obstacles, Gaba-Da has assembled everything a film producer could possibly need, apart from a story.

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November 2026 writing prompt

The last letter

A letter arrives that was never meant to be delivered. Who wrote it, and why now?

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