Here, translation unlocks stories from languages afar, people unknown yet familiar in voices that stun you and resonate with you. Here is your book of world stories
Canada – Peter Ngila Njeri
Peter Ngila Njeri is a Kenyan writer. He is the author of Changing the World While Changing Diapers (co-written with Isabell Kempf). Peter’s short stories have been published in several countries across the world...
Skyward – Wasi Ahmed
Wasi Ahmed is an acclaimed short story writer and novelist from Bangladesh. He has published nine collections of short stories and six novels...
Vermilion Daze – Estabraq Ahmad
In your stained dishdasha, drooping collar, and sneakers with grimy laces, you stand waiting. You see him poring over a faded paper, its lines glowing red with numbers and scribbles. The paper yells: Overdue payment! Staggered, the grocer asks, “When did you come?” “A few minutes ago.” “I didn’t notice.”...
Immersion – Arupa Patangia Kalita
We spent our working lives in a hill town. It was only last year when we commenced our careers we bade goodbye to the highlands. We lived joyfully, in a little house that we built on a small hillock in this lush green land. We dispensed our social obligations pretty...
A Cinderella Story – Avishek Parui
I am in the staff room. In my school. It’s a cold convent full of stones. There’s no window here. I have failed. On my math test. I need one more mark. To pass overall. I am crying. I am pleading. The Sister laughs. She walks away. Others laugh too...
The Surrender of Yashwant, the Guerilla – Anita Agnihotri
Translated from the Bengali by Mahasweta Ray “You thought I would never find you again?” asked Yashwant Sinha. I did but I could not say the same straight on his face, so I stared in the distance for a few seconds. The path had taken a mild curve and ended...
Sunflower – Syed Mustafa Siraj
This is the girl. Nabin recognized her pretty well. A pretty face in a noon crowd of pretty little faces walking along village paths. Nabin has a whole slew of names for them. He calls them by these names. The girl retorts: ` “This clothes-seller fella seems to have a...
Excellent translation doing full justice to the essence of the original poems
Excellent rendering.
Simply beautiful 😍
Noise
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.