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Book Excerpt of Chandaneshwar Junctionβ€” 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 Afraidβ€”Saugata Roybarman

A BOOK REVIEW BY DEBRAJ MOULICK β€œTurning 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 everywhereΒ Β The…...
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A Review of ‘The Grace of My Home’ by Julio Monteiro Martinsβ€” Amanita Sen and Barid Baran

The Grace of My Home Julio Monteiro MartinsTranslated from the Italian by Donald Stang and Helen WickesPublished by The Antonym CollectionsFirst Edition, 2023Hard Cover#Pages 136ISBN 139788196395926       https://youtu.be/kz0f4LkcYzU     Β Also,…...
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Book Excerptβ€” Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid

An excerpt from β€˜of Whom Shall I Be Afraid’, by Sougata Roybarman, translated from the Bengali by Subhadeep Palit The parapet of this high-rise building was different from the others. It was not lonely. On many a…...
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A Review of Chandrakanta Murasingh’s Memoirs of the Woodsβ€” Oudarjya Pramanik

Book review by Oudarjya Pramanik   In the contemplative realm of literature, one often encounters works that evoke a profound connection between the written word and the recesses of one's memory. As I delved into the…...
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Between Longings for what was and the Epiphanies of the Beyond: A Review of HΓ©lΓ¨ne Cardona’s Life in Suspension

A BOOK REVIEW BY HIRANYA MUKHERJEE     As one sifts through the pages of HΓ©lΓ¨ne Cardona’s Life in Suspension, one is welcomed at the doorway in the first section of the collection by…...

Book review of Ramesh Karthik Nayak’s Chakmakβ€” Owshnik Ghosh

A BOOK REVIEW BY OWSHNIK GHOSH   β€œBanjara" is an indigenous ethnic tribe of India. Banjara were historically nomads... Generally known as Gor-Banjara, they are also called Lambadis in Telangana, or Banjaras collectively across…...

Literary Review of Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s Anthology, β€œBook of Rahim and Other Poems”— Shrestha Mukherjee

A LITERARY REVIEW BY SHRESTHA MUKHERJEE BOOK OF RAHIM AND OTHER POEMS   It is dubiously strange how our recollection of thoughts functions within us. We see a folded page inside an old book that once…...

The Smell of Manβ€” book review by Oudarjya Pramanik

Β A BOOK REVIEW BY OUDARJYA PRAMANIK   "The Smell of Man - Selected Poems" is an extraordinary anthology that introduces English-speaking readers to the mesmerising world of Manipuri poetry through the lens of Thangjam Ibopishak. This…...