Sukh-Shari

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An imaginary pair of birds who appears in Bangla Rupkatha.

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Sukh-Shari, literal translation of the words stands for 'Happiness-Song', are one imaginary pair of birds who appears in Bangla fairy tales Rupkatha at random. They have the capability to talk like human. Sukh is the male bird and Shari is the female bird. They are wise and well-informed about story secrets. They usually sings about good deeds of people, answers questions in riddles and usually converse in rhyme. Printed citation can be found in the books Thakurmar Jhuli (Grandmom's bag, 1907) and Thakurdadar Jhuli (Grandad's bag, 1909) written by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder (1877-1957).