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Potluck — Omkar Gupta
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY MANJIRA MAJUMDAR It’s been two weeks since Bimanesh Majumdar has arrived in America. With him is his wife. Bimanesh has come on a 4-month tour of the Unites States. They…...
A Sunny Memory — B Ajay Prasad
TRANSLATED FROM THE TELUGU BY D V SUBHASHRI A Sunny Memory Telugu original story “Eṇḍagurtu” by B Ajay Prasad Translated by D V Subhashri Several years after moving to the city, wandering its…...
The Game — Tamal Bandyopadhyay
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY ALOK BISWAS If god exists man is nothing. If man exists god does not exist (Lucifer and the Lord) - Jean Paul…...
Trees Leaning against the Roof— Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty
TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY K.M. AJIR KUTTY I hardly slept after the incident. Whenever sleep begins to settle in my eyes, a man drenched in blood rushes toward me, pointing a…...
Love in the Time of Typhoid or the Sprite that Loved the Fisherman — K. Rekha
TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY K. M. AJIR KUTTY LOVE IN THE TIME OF TYPHOID or THE SPRITE THAT LOVED THE FISHERMAN - K. REKHA Translated from the Malayalam by K.M. Ajir Kutty As…...
Curfew— Vandana Yadav
TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY SHIVANI YADAV Girls are as delicate as a piece of cotton. They are taught domestic chores early on in life so that they remain inside the house. Just like…...
Day Care Centre for the Elderly— Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty
TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY K.M. AJIR KUTTY When he heard about the Day Care Centre for the Elderly, the Pakalveedu, father’s expression made it clear that he didn’t like it. His naturally…...
Bohni, The First Earning— Chitra Mudgal
TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY ANURADHA DOSAD Crossing that bridge had become something of a habit. Whatever smallest coin I got out of the change, I would toss it onto the checkered towel…...
The Only Way Out— U. K. Kumaran
TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY K. M. AJIR KUTTY It happened at the beginning of another dream. Somebody shook me violently to wake me up. I felt someone’s hands fall heavily on my neck…...