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.
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 even solve a serious mystery while reading out his nonsense poems.
Books and stories
Premendra Mitra wrote a good number of
Detective fiction
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s of Parashor Barma, some of are:
* ''Goyenda Kobi Parashor'' (Detective-Poet Parashor)
* ''Hippie Songe Parashor Barma'' (Parashor Barma in
Hippie
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Company)
* ''Cluber naam kumati'' (The Club named Kumati)
* ''Nilem daklo parashor Barma'' (Parashor Called an Auction)
* ''Premer Chokhe Parashor'' (Parashor in the Eye of Love)
* ''Haar manlen Parashor Barma''
* ''Parashor Barma O Bhanga Radio'' (Parashor Barma and the Broken Radio)
* ''Parashor Barma O Ashlil Boi'' (Parashor Barma and a Obscene Book)
* ''Parashor Ebar Johuri'' (Parashor the Jeweler)
* ''Anke kancha Parashor Barma''(Parashor Barma's math is poor)
* ''Wrong number''
Two
GhanaDa tales also include Parashar Barma :
* ''Parasharey Ghanaday''
* ''Ghanada Phirlen''
* ''Ghanada O Dui Doshor Mamababu O Parashar''(1989)
Anthology
* ''Parashor Samagra''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barma, Parashor
Fictional Bengali people
Culture of Kolkata
Fictional Hindus
Fictional private investigators
Fictional Indian detectives
Fictional Indian people in literature
Fictional amateur detectives
Male characters in literature