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Book Excerpt From No One as Rano Biswas— Alokparna
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY BISHNUPRIYA CHOWDHURI I know I am going to kill myself. Maybe tomorrow. Or the day after. One of these days. Some day. Why? Why not? What do you think…...
Giyas Ali’s Love and his Alone Time (Part II)— Sadique Hossain
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY NANDINI GUPTA Part II Giyas Ali is unable to sleep that night. He keeps peeping out of his door to look for the man. But he is…...
Please, Take me Away, Away!— Khadija Mastoor
TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU BY AYUSHEE ARORA The narrow drain was overflowing with water, and the soapy foam was floating on the water's surface like a blanket. He had just come out of the…...
Giyas Ali’s Love and his Alone Time— Sadique Hossain
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY NANDINI GUPTA Part 1 Squatting by Kalam Molla’s pond to clean himself before Iftar, a recently -aged Giyas Ali, sees Kalam Molla’s seven-year-old daughter, Yasmin run through the…...
The Golden Stairs— Kakali Debnath
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY ANANYA SASARU 1 Rusha was watching them through the window. Like two playful swans, they stretch their necks while swimming in the pond. Every so often, the girl…...
Infidel— Dr. Kamal Kumar
TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY ANURADHA DOSAD On this day, Javed was also on duty along with Kareem. They met after many years, Javed eager to catch up on the stories of the intervening…...
Like a Pearl Necklace: For Sabrina Mezzaqui— Franca Mancinelli
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY JOHN TAYLOR I have never worn a necklace. Any ornament weighs down on me, perhaps because I sense the one made of the bones entrusted to us. A…...
Something… a Little Like This (Part 1)— Neelakshi Singh
TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY RITUPARNA MUKHERJEE PART 1 The girl was quite dark. Frustrated with her complexion, she brought back a fairness cream from the market that would work wonders in three…...
Tape Recorder— Swapnamoy Chakraborty
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY REBA RANI BANERJEE When Ratna wrote her name in Bengali, she would spell out all the letters that formed her name, the vowel sound in place. However, she ended…...
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…
Good job to ensure the preservation of a legacy.👍
Thanks Mohul