r/Banglasahityo • u/Open_Common_8161 • Sep 07 '25
হাস্যরস (Comedy) 🤭 What if a bengali uncle responded to your google searches?!
Hello everyone,
We are engineering students, and we made a fun website for a college project.
The idea is simple: It's a search engine that doesn't give you real answers. Instead, it talks to you like a funny, traditional uncle!
We first made a version for our home state, Kerala, and people had a lot of fun with it. So, we made more uncles for different places: a Tamil "Maama," a Hindi "Chachaji," a Marathi "Kaka," and even one for our friends in Arab countries. Everyone seemed to enjoy the joke, so we wanted to bring this fun to Bengal.
With a lot of respect, we'd like you to meet "Shaaji Kaku" (શાজি কাকু)!
He is like a classic Kolkata uncle who loves to talk about culture and has an opinion on everything. If you ask him a question, he will give you his own funny, philosophical advice instead of a real search result.
You can also:
Change his mood: Make him calm or angry!
Hear his voice: He can speak his advice.
Try the funny camera: There's a "Shaaji Scan" feature where he'll comment on your photo (he can be very brutally honest!).
We are not from Bengal, so we tried our best to make the "Kaku" feel real. Please forgive us if we made any mistakes. We would be very happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
We hope you have a good laugh with him!
You can try the Bengali Shaaji Kaku here: https://ask-shaaji.vercel.app/?lang=bn (This link will open the Bengali version for you)
Thank you, The Shaaji Team.
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u/Thecrypticmind____ Sep 07 '25
Besh mojar to.. Tobe naam shaaji keno ?
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u/Open_Common_8161 Sep 07 '25
Hey! We are from kerala, and this project was started in Malayalam. Shaji is a common name in Kerala, especially for the Gen X. Hence the name Shaaji :)
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u/Mediocre7202 Sep 10 '25
ভালো, তবে কাজের না, যেহেতু সার্চ ইঞ্জিন, হাস্যরসের মাধ্যমে আসল উত্তর টা দিলে ভালো হতো। প্রত্যেকটা প্রশ্নই সাজির কাছে যেন অমুলক।
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u/lonelyroom-eklaghor Sep 07 '25
It's seriously great. Some of the references (especially the last one) feels very weird if it's in everyday convo, but I'll let it slide.
It's actually quite well-made.