Spooky tales a hit on Clubhouse

Bengalis bond over ghost stories and more on the latest virtual-adda zone   |   Published 23.06.21, 10:38 PM Early this month, a friend put up her monthly ‘looking for recommendations’ post on Facebook: “Who’s binge-watching what?” Curious, I started glancing through the comments only to stop at one. It said: “Not watching. Only listening. Bhooter golpo whole night. On Clubhouse.”Spooky, spine-chilling tales at the dead of the night — that’s what keeping Bengalis across the globe wide, wide awake these days, err… nights — all thanks to the latest virtual-adda zone on the digital space, the Clubhouse app. For the uninitiated, it’s a social media platform where users can connect with each other in voice chat rooms. It’s an audio-only app where one can create chat rooms, follow clubs on different themes (or even create one), and host live discussions, where you can drop in just as a listener, or speak if the hosts (called moderators) allow you to. And this is where adda-loving Bangalis from near and far are flocking and bonding together over hair-raising, eerie and quite addictive stories of paranormal experiences, all shared in the Bengali language.Rising gloryThe popularity of this room — aptly named Golpo Holeo Shotti…
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