Book Excerpt from The One Legged— Sakyajit Bhattacharya
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY RITUPARNA MUKHERJEE On a particularly cool, dewy dawn, waking up in his room on the second floor, Tunu heard Biswa Mama pulling water from the well and splashing as…...
Book Review: ‘Windborne: Contemporary Assamese Fictions in Translation’— Yashodhara Gupta
BOOK REVIEW BY YASHODHARA GUPTA “Where did we come from? Why did we come? Why do storms happen? What is death? And life?” When the children in Bipasha Bora’s ‘The People Have Forgotten Thaulipling’…...
Book excerpt from Windborne— Sanjib Pol Deka
TRANSLATED FROM THE ASSAMESE BY DARADI PATAR December, 1973 Walking under the straw-knit bamboo archway, he entered Purna Sharma’s home. Purna Sharma sat in his rocking chair on the verandah of…...
Listening to The Women of Manipur by Their Voice— Suranjana Paul
A BOOK REVIEW BY SURANJANA PAUL The day after the Cricket World Cup final, I was scrolling through my phone and saw people criticizing Harbhajan Singh’s sexist comments about Anushka Sharma and Athiya…...
Book Review of Meraki— Amanita Sen
A BOOK REVIEW BY AMANITA SEN The back cover page of her book “Meraki“ has these words on it.” I hope you liked the book and I hope you felt the hug I sent you.“ As if…...
Urdu: The Best Stories of Our Times— A Book Review by Yashodhara Gupta
REVIEWED BY YASHODHARA GUPTA “But because stereotypes have greater reach and penetration than ground reality, not many are able to shake Urdu loose from the escapist fantasy of popular perception; the few…...
A Literary Review Of ‘A Cry In The Snow’ By Stella Vinitchi Radulescu— Shrestha Mukherjee
A BOOK REVIEW BY SHRESTHA MUKHERJEE Can the art of poetry stand out to be the subsidiary to the art of living? Keeping aside the words and the symbolic pleasures of the…...
Book Excerpt of Chandaneshwar Junction— Shyamal Gangopadhyay
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY CHAITI MITRA Bustling eight o’clock morning bazaar. Three local trains have already passed by. Settled on the floor cushions in his pawn shop, Nadu Shee was scanning the Property…...
Of Whom Shall I be Afraid—Saugata Roybarman
A BOOK REVIEW BY DEBRAJ MOULICK “Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The…...
Excellent translation doing full justice to the essence of the original poems
Excellent rendering.
Simply beautiful 😍
Noise
The storyteller masterfully delves into the complexities of women's empowerment in village settings, offering a nuanced portrayal of how societal…
Fantastic dear sir. Your work leads the reader to the the native soil.