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Ghost Stories

  • ‘The Phantom’s Howl’: A nifty little trove of emotionally complex, modern Bengali ghost stories

    ‘The Phantom’s Howl’: A nifty little trove of emotionally complex, modern Bengali ghost stories

    Projit Bihari Mukharji
    · May 03, 2025 · 03:30 pm
  • Fiction: Mamta learns of the bloodthirsty dakini while investigating mysterious deaths in a village

    Fiction: Mamta learns of the bloodthirsty dakini while investigating mysterious deaths in a village

    K Hari Kumar
    · Oct 23, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • A new book brings spooky stories from Madras Christian College and other ‘haunted’ places in India

    A new book brings spooky stories from Madras Christian College and other ‘haunted’ places in India

    Riksundar Banerjee
    · Apr 18, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • Here’s what Gulshan Devaiah is doing about being ‘underrated and underutilised’

    Here’s what Gulshan Devaiah is doing about being ‘underrated and underutilised’

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Feb 06, 2020 · 02:00 pm
  • Dibakar Banerjee interview: ‘Ghost Stories’ film takes the audience to ‘a primitive kind of society’

    Dibakar Banerjee interview: ‘Ghost Stories’ film takes the audience to ‘a primitive kind of society’

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Dec 26, 2019 · 10:00 am
  • ‘Ghost Stories’ trailer: The ‘Lust Stories’ quartet brings a series of horror short films

    ‘Ghost Stories’ trailer: The ‘Lust Stories’ quartet brings a series of horror short films

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 13, 2019 · 05:38 pm
  • Janhvi Kapoor joins cast of Netflix film ‘Ghost Stories’

    Janhvi Kapoor joins cast of Netflix film ‘Ghost Stories’

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 19, 2019 · 01:27 pm
  • Netflix ties up with Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan, Shashanka Ghosh and more for 10 new Indian films

    Netflix ties up with Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan, Shashanka Ghosh and more for 10 new Indian films

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 15, 2019 · 04:05 pm
  • Haunted trains and railway stations have a long history in Bengal – and its literature

    Haunted trains and railway stations have a long history in Bengal – and its literature

    Arup K Chatterjee
    · Jan 26, 2018 · 11:30 am