Historically, golpo was the primary popular media before film and television fragmented the audience.

Perhaps the most authentic evolution of Bengali Golpo is happening in audio. Historically, Bengal was a culture of listening—from Jatra (folk theatre) to Gramophone records of Munshee stories.

Some notable examples of Bengali literature include Rabindranath Tagore's "Gitanjali", Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's "Anandmath", and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's "Devdas". These works have not only been widely read and studied but have also been adapted into films, plays, and other forms of creative expression.