__NOTOC__ "Hungry Stones" ( bn, Kshudhita Pashan or Khudito Pashan) is a

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short story written by

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

in 1895. The story is about a tax collector, who is sent to a small town and stays at a former palace which is believed to be haunted. Every night, he becomes more consumed by the spirits of the inhabitants of the palace from the Mughal times and a beautiful Indian woman. Tagore was inspired to write this story after he had stayed in Shah Jahan's Moti Shahi Mahal palace

Shahibaug Shahibaug is a locality of the city of Ahmedabad. History Shahibaug or Shahibagh, or the Royal Garden palace, was built in 1622 by Shah Jahan then (1616-1622) Viceroy of Ahmedabad, to give work to the poor during a season of scarcity. The pa ...

, Ahmedabad,

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, situated near the Sabarmati River (in the story this became the Shusta River). This was where Tagore's elder brother, Satyendranath, was serving as a judge at the time.

Adaptations

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Kshudhita Pashan ''Kshudhita Pashan'' is a Bengali drama film directed by Tapan Sinha and produced by Hemen Ganguly based on an 1895 short story of Rabindranath Tagore in the same name (Eng: " Hungry Stones"). This film was released in 1960 and received National ...

'' by

Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...

, 1960 Bengali film *'' Lekin...'' by

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, 1991 Hindi film

References

1895 short stories Works by Rabindranath Tagore Indian short stories Ghosts in written fiction Short stories adapted into films {{1890s-horror-story-stub

Adaptations

Other ghost stories by Tagore

See also

References