Hawa Nanjobe Kimbugwe, Young Ugandan Poet and Activist in conversation with Poulomi Roy
Poulomi Roy from The Antonym caught up with Hawa over a virtual conversation, the poet and the feminist, the performer and the activist came out in full glow...
“Windows”: Pondering collaborative translation of Julio Monteiro Martins with Donald Stang and Helen Wickes – Bishnupriya Chowdhuri
A prominent writer and cultural figure in Brazil, where he lived for the first part of his life, and in Italy, where he lived until his death, Julio Monteiro Martins’ final poetry collection, La grazia di casa mia (The Grace of My Home), was published in Italian in 2013 (Rediviva...
Becoming and Belonging – Confluence of East and West Shaped by Carola Eijsenring’s Poetic Journey
The immigrants carry home, history and heritage inside through all their movements. This memory at times remains personal, but if articulated well transcends personal boundary. Memoirs of immigrants have revealed personal, social and cultural ties they missed or felt…...
Indian Science Fiction Examined with Utmost Care – Sreya Sarkar
This work starts the important journey of examining Indian SF from multiple angles and will inspire many chroniclers and SF enthusiasts to take this research further...
Talaash and Beyond – the Trauma, the Craft and the Ongoing Journey : Delving deeper with Shaheen Akhtar
Nahar Trina from The Antonym caught up with Shaheen Akhter , an aclaimed writer from Bangladesh, recently and engaged her with a wide ranging conversations about her inspiration, craft and general take on literature while delving deep into some of her characters in Talaash and beyond...
Standing on the bridge: The lights, shades and learnings from the craft of Translation: In Conversation with Prof. Arunava Sinha
This week, to honor the languages and the magic they are capable of as they shape-shift one onto another, we have had ARUNAVA SINHA, a prolific translator and teacher of Creative writing from India bare his heart about the process...
Freedom, Defiance, and Anger: Understanding Art with Hisham Bustani – Bishnupriya Chowdhuri
Hisham Bustani is an award-winning Jordanian author of five collections of short fiction and poetry. He is acclaimed for his bold style and unique narrative voice, and often experiments with the boundaries of short fiction and prose poetry. In this candid conversation with The Antonym, he opens his heart about writing, about...
Archeology of Land, History, Self and Love: In Conversation with Nandini Bhattacharya – Bishnupriya Chowdhuri
So far they’ve lived across continents and worlds and mentalities. I suppose all my protagonists are also me, in some sense, or having an animated argument with me. So far, though, none of them have lived on other planets or galaxies, and so on. I guess I love this planet...
Simply beautiful 😍
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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.
Rizwan Akhtar has successfully and artistically transferred the lyrical musicality of great Urdu poetry into the English language. Of the…
Rizwan Akhtar is an established name in the domain of English poetry in Pakistan. Now he has published translation of…