Question
An author used this language for science fiction stories including "The Pebble" and "The Insect," which feature the recurring character Ghanada. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this language of the short story "The Beggar Woman." A madman cries out, "Keep away! All is false" in a story in this language in which a tax collector is haunted by the ghost of a slave girl, "The Hungry Stones."
ANSWER: Bengali [or Bangla; the science fiction author is Premendra Mitra]
[10e] "The Hungry Stones" and "The Runaway" were written by this Bengali author, who included the line "Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure" in his Gitanjali.
ANSWER: Rabindranath Tagore [or Robindronath Thakur]
[10m] A fruit seller from this country develops a connection to Mini in a Tagore story. Sea Prayer is by an author from this country, who wrote a novel in which Mariam helps Leila escape her abusive husband Rasheed.
ANSWER: Afghanistan [or Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; that novel is A Thousand Splendid Suns]
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