লোহার বিস্কুট

ব্যোমকেশ #32

by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

Genres: Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Mystery, Short Stories, Classics

10 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: শরদিন্দু বন্দোপাধ্যায়; 30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was a well-known literary figure of Bengal. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. His most famous creation is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi.
He wrote different forms of prose: novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. However, his forte was short stories and novels. He wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, GourMollar (initially named as Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere (all novels), Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made into a Hindi film named Trishangni) and stories of the unnatural with the recurring character Baroda. Besides, he wrote many songs and poems.

Awards: 'Rabindra Puraskar' in 1967 for the novel 'Tungabhadrar Tirey'. 'Sarat Smriti Purashkar' in 1967 by Calcutta University.

Reviews

[Shariful Sadaf · Rating 4 out of 5]

সোনার বিস্কুট থেকে হয়ে গেলো ''লোহার বিস্কুট''।
ছোট গল্প হলেও বেশ বুদ্ধিদীপ্ত কাহিনী ছিলো।

[Tamanna Binte Rahman · Rating 4 out of 5]

খুব ভাল গল্প। এটাও ছোট, লেখাও খুব ঝরঝরে এবং বেশ রহস্যময় ছিল। পড়তেও ভাল লেগেছে।

[Fahad Ahammed · Rating 3 out of 5]

অজিৎ কে হটাৎ না পেয়ে অবাক হলাম। ছোট গল্প ইন্টারেস্টিং

[Omar Faruk · Rating 3 out of 5]

ছোটগল্প, ঘোর রহস্য ছিল বলা যাবেনা। তবে অল্প পরিসরে বেশ লাগলো।

[সালমান হক · Rating 3 out of 5]

গল্পের ব্যাপ্তি ছোট হলেও এনজয়েবল ছিল ^_^

[Israt Sharmin · Rating 3 out of 5]

বক্সীর ছাতা আমার খুবই মনে ধরেছে 🤭🤭
গল্পটাও ভালো ছিল।

[Anjum Haz · Rating 3 out of 5]

ব্যোমকেশ সিরিজের শেষের দিকের একটি গল্প "লোহার বিস্কুট"। ছোট্ট একটি কেইস। সমাধানটাও পরিপাটি। এক বসায় পড়ে ফেলার মতোন।

[Sukarna Majumder · Rating 3 out of 5]

ছোট ব্যাপ্তির একটি গল্প, যেখানে রহস্যের গভীরতা তেমন নেই। গল্পের ধারণা আকর্ষণীয় হলেও, একটি বিষয় অস্পষ্ট থেকে যায়। যখন চরিত্রটিকে আবার নিজ গৃহে ফিরতেই হতো, তখন সে কেন গৃহের দায়িত্ব অন্য একজনের কাছে হস্তান্তর করে যাবে? আবার এর পরক্ষণেই সেই মানুষটিকে বাড়ি ছেড়ে যাওয়ার জন্য হুমকি দেবে?

[Kishore · Rating 3 out of 5]

A man named Kamalbabu came to Byomkesh's house. He’s a bank cashier. He said that his tenant, Akshay Mandal, had told him that if he didn't come back within a month, Kamalbabu could use Mandal's room as well. However, He did not give the key to the room. He was so happy because now he could bring his entire family to Kolkata.

But three days later, a stench was coming from Akshay Mandal's room. The police came, broke the lock, and discovered a body. The body was later identified as Harihar Singh's.

After this incident, Kamalbabu lived happily with his family until a middle-aged man came with a woman and told Kamalbabu to leave the room because the woman, who was allegedly Akshay Mandal's wife, would live there. Kamalbabu did not agree and told them to prove it. They left. Then he received a threatening letter telling him to leave the house. Even then, he didn't move. The police provided protection at Kamalbabu's house.

Now, Kamalbabu wants to go on a pilgrimage for a month with a clerk from his bank, but he's afraid that the woman would come and take over his room. Byomkesh investigated the house and found a horseshoe and a small biscuit-like container. The terrace was also fully cordoned off with iron rods.

After Kamalbabu went on his pilgrimage, Byomkesh told police officer Rakhal to remove the protection. Byomkesh hid with Rakhal one night. Then he saw Akshay come with a stick and a fishing net. He attached the horseshoe to it and climbed up onto the water tank. He was using the magnetized horseshoe to pick up the biscuit-like containers from the tank.

Byomkesh caught him. Akshay revealed that he was a gold smuggler and that Harihar Singh was killed because of a fight between them. The man with the woman was sent by Akshay, who then wrote a threatening letter to remove Kamalbabu from the house. When those plans failed, he paid the clerk to convince Kamalbabu to go on the pilgrimage.

[Shreyashree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the other Byomkesh stories, this one revolves around a mysterious murder and subsequent escape of the perpetrator who traded biscuits of gold wrapped in iron foils. The culprit is caught and the mystery solved when Byomkesh Bakshi intervenes.

[Jahangir Alam · Rating 5 out of 5]

ভাল ছিল গল্পটা।

[Masfiq Reza · Rating 5 out of 5]

গল্পের নাম যথার্থই হয়েছে। তবে সোনার বিস্কুট ও রাখা যেত ।

[Alamgir Baidya · Rating 4 out of 5]

ছোটো গল্পই বলা যায়। দিব্যি। সেই স্কুলজীবনে পাঠ্যপুস্তকে পড়েছিলাম।

[আহসানুল শোভন · Rating 2 out of 5]

অন্যের হাতে নিজের বাড়ির দায়িত্ব বুঝিয়ে দিয়ে লাপাত্তা বাড়ির মালিক। দিন কয়েক যেতে না যেতেই ওপরতলার বন্ধ ঘর থেকে গন্ধ ছোটায় দরজা খুলে দেখা গেলো ভেতরে একজন মরে পড়ে আছে। নাহ, তেমন জমেনি।

[Owlseer · Rating 2 out of 5]

২.৫/৫

[Shihab Uddin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sin by greed is death by sin.....

[Fariha Rahman Bonhi · Rating 5 out of 5]

❝ শূন্যতাই হয়তো অর্থবহ হয়ে উঠতে পারে। ❞

[maisha. ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

average comparing to other masterpieces

[Yeasmin Nargis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple but Aesthetic