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Ep 631 - The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

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The Horny Ghost Ant and Bengali Honorifics

The speakers discuss a three-star Goodreads review of a book that mentions a character called the horny ghost ant. They then delve into the use of honorifics in Bengali and how they contribute to the worldbuilding and relationships in the story. The conversation also touches on the challenges of translating the character of the ghost aunt and draws a comparison to the character Deadpool.

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