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The Vicar’s Cows— Hjalmar Söderberg
Translated from the Swedish by Jolene Armstrong I had not seen my old fellow student, the vicar Torelius in Lerkila, for ten years, when recently, on a warm summer evening, we bumped into each other on…...
The Foreigner— Mamta Kalia
Translated from the Hindi by Rituparna Mukherjee We were a strange family indeed. Three brothers and a sister, settled in three different countries, who missed each other’s company dearly. When we pined for each…...
The Fairy— Shyamal Gangopadhyay
Translated from the Bengali by Chaiti Mitra Om Prize money of 4001 Within Bengal, or any other place, playing the violin with basic notes (swargram) and extensions (lahari) in the following ragas: 1) Behag,…...
Fig Nose— Giovanni Figueroa Torres
Translated from the Spanish by Leyre Villate Garcia We never knew his age. But he was older than all of us. That was evident. He was taller. Stronger. He was blond and curly, and his nose…...
Stalks Of Lotus— Indrani Datta
Translated from the Bengali by Ketaki Datta I Since the last monsoon, the door was giving Paritosh a hard time. He reached home before Malini, hence he was the one in for the trouble. Pulak, the…...
Gilbertson’s Feet— Anuradha Sharma Pujari
Translated from the Assamese by Harsita Hiya Sa... On arriving to meet with a prospective bride, Syamanta was left amazed by what he saw. The girl his parents had chosen for him was sitting on the…...
From Trash To Swish— Swapnamoy Chakraborty
Translated from the Bengali by Kathakali Jana When he was all of six months old, Panchanan had apparently spoken out the words 'piring piring' during a bout of wailing. He had really wanted to say 'ispiring',…...
Brightness— Indra Bahadur Rai
Translated from the Nepali by Banani Ghosh (in collaboration with Shradhanjali Tamang) Since the 28th of the month, electricity has invaded our house, and from that very moment, I could not write anything. Darkness…...
The Edges Of Love— Shaheen Akhtar
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta 1. All this happened several years ago. I can’t recall the date anymore. In the asphalt-melting midday heat of Bhadra, I watched Khalamma walk down the…...