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Begunkodar railway station in Purulia district of West Bengal came in Indian Railways records as one of its 10 'haunted' railway stations in 1967 after passengers deserted it when the station master reportedly died after seeing a white sari clad woman walking along the railway tracks. The railway station remained shut for 42 years until 2009 when Mamata Banerjee reopened it during her tenure as railways minister. However, nobody stayed back at the station after 5 pm every day. Listen to this mysterious story narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

Many migratory birds in Assam including tiger bittern, little egret, black bittern, pond heron, Indian pitta and kingfishers are affected by the mysterious phenomenon at Jatinga. Species of birds including black drone, hill partridge, green pigeon, emerald dove, and necklaced laughing thrush amongst others used to come to this place and mysteriously die by suicide in large numbers. Listen to this mysterious story narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

Nestled deep in the Himalayan mountains at 5029 m above sea level, Roopkund Lake is a small body of water (~40 m in diameter) that is colloquially referred to as Skeleton Lake due to the remains of several hundred ancient humans scattered around its shores. Little is known about the origin of these skeletons, as they have never been subjected to systematic anthropological or archaeological scrutiny. Let us find out about the reality of these 1200 yrs old skeletons, narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

Nathuram Vinayak Godse was a nationalist and editor of a newspaper who assassinated Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on January 30, 1948, when Gandhi Ji visited the then Birla House in New Delhi for a prayer meeting. Godse had fired three bullets at Gandhi’s chest from a close range, ensuring his demise. Godse chose not to escape, was arrested, tried and sentenced to death. Tonight we bring you the real story behind this assassination by Godse, narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

Sone Bhandar in translation means the store of gold and a legend goes saying that there is treasure hidden in its walls. On the wall of the cave, there is a trace of carving which resembles that of a doorway and next to it is a 'difficult to understand' inscription in the Sankhilpi or Shell script. It is said that this inscription is a password and the person who would read it could open the door and enter the passage. The same inscription has been found in Java and Burma and these too, have never been decoded. Tonight we bring you the story of a team that solved this 2500 years old riddle. Listen to the story now narrated by your host and dost, Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | https://dhaak.com

For centuries there have been rumors that there is a secret location in Himalayas called Gyanganj. A location where Yogis of very high caliber lived for hundreds of years. Siddhashrama is another name for Gyanganj. American President Franklin Roosevelt was determined to find the place which Americans called Sangri-La (Shambhala). Tonight ladies and gentlemen we unravel the story behind this mysterious hermit and give it a mathematical explanation. Listen to the story now narrated by your host and dost, Tushar Sen: https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

Tonight ladies and gentlemen we bring you the TRUE story of The Real Mowgli | कहानी असली मोगली की  .  Hold your breath, because you are about to witness something you must've never heard of. Rudyard Kipling was inspired by the story of Ramu, the Indian wolf boy who was found in the Jungles of Uttar Pradesh, India in 1976. Tune in to listen to this astonishing tale narrated by your host and dost Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com | www.dhaak.com

For over three decades, Malcha Mahal, a 14th-century hunting lodge in the middle of Delhi’s ridge forest, inhabited by the self-proclaimed royal family of Oudh, remained out of bounds for those uninvited. Until the afternoon of September 3, 2017, not many had entered the lodge. And then one afternoon, the palace’s last resident, Prince Ali Raza was found dead. For over three decades, Prince Ali Raza lived at the palace with his mother Wilayat and sister Sakina. Proclaiming themselves as descendants of the Oudh Royal family, the three had refused to leave the 14th-century hunting lodge until the government returned their ancestral property. A New York Times article recently suggested that the three may not have been related to the Royal family. The reporter interviewed Raza’s relatives who said Raza was no prince. They said Wilayat hallucinated. The three took the truth to their graves. Listen to this mysterious REAL story tonight narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

Meera broke many social norms of the time. She accepted Raidas (Ravidas), a Dalit by birth, as her guru ( Guru Miliyaa Raidasjee). It is believed that it was Raidas who had given her that statue of Krishna, all those years ago when she was a small girl. Choosing the language of the people, Meera wrote in Vrajbhasha, interspersed with Rajasthani. Around 1000 padas of Meera are available now. Around 500 more are attributed to her. Sadly, no attempt was made to preserve all that she composed. Tonight in our Shakti Series we bring you the story of the most enigmatic poetess of India. Listen and connect with me at https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen or www.dhaak.com

“Some of Rabindranath’s biographers have called Kadambari “the deepest female influence on Rabindranath’s youth”, “playmate and guardian angel”, “deepest heartfelt realisation in [Rabindranath’s] life”. But perhaps what she meant to Rabindranath is best expressed in his own words, even when Kadambari is not their explicit addressee: “The heart of human beings is like liquid, which changes shape if the containers are different. Very rarely it finds the ideal container where it will not feel the emptiness or constriction.” Kadambari was simply Rabi’s ideal container.” Listen to this ageless story about the legend we adore and admire, narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

A peaceful uprising against the president of Syria 10 years ago turned into a full-scale civil war. The conflict has left more than 380,000 people dead, devastated cities and drawn in other countries. We might be just vaguely aware of the civil unrest in Syria, to get you to understand the problem better we bring you an exclusive story about Moshe Farzat, an ex-Syrian-Army. Listen to this revelation tonight in a simple story, narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.com

Although most people believe that they are self-aware, true self-awareness is a rare quality. There are actually two distinct types of self-awareness, that experience and power can hinder self-awareness, and that introspection doesn’t always make you more self-aware. Understanding these key points can help leaders learn to see themselves more clearly.Listen to this ageless story about a peasant and the consequences of his lack of self-awareness, narrated by your dost and host Tushar Sen : https://instagram.com/tusharsarojsen | www.dhaak.co