Parashor Barma

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Parashor Barma
Parashor character
First appearanceGoyenda Kobi Parashor (1932)
Last appearanceGhanada O Dui Doshor Mamababu O Parashar(1989)
Created by Premendra Mitra
Height?
Friend(s)
  • Krittibas Bhadra
Age?
In-universe information
NicknameParashor
GenderMale
TitleBarma
Occupation Detective, Poet
Religion Hindu
NationalityIndian

Parashor Barma is a fictional detective character made by Bengali writer Premendra Mitra. First Parashor story is Goyenda Kobi Parashor (Parashor, the Poet-Detective) and was published in 1932. [1]

Contents

Character

Although Parashor is a detective, his passion is poetry. Parashor never identifies himself as an investigator. The narrator of Parashor stories, Krittibas Bhadra, the editor of a magazine, is the friend of Parashor. According to Krittibas, Parashar is moody, jovial, little eccentric and a horrible poet, but a true genius. Although his actions seem capricious and pointless to the reader (and even to Krittibas who often feels disgusted with his genius friend's caprices) at the beginning, he comes up with an unexpected solution at the end of each mystery. He can solve a serious mystery while reading out his nonsense poems. [2]

Books and Stories

Premendra Mitra wrote a good number of Detective fictions of Parashor Barma, some of are:

Two GhanaDa tales also include Parashar Barma : [6] [1]

Anthology

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References

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  2. Shamik Bag. "Calcutta noir". livemint.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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