TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY NANDINI GUPTA Part 1 Squatting by Kalam Molla’s pond to clean...
Giyas Ali’s Love and his Alone Time— Sadique Hossain
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Bengali fiction
The Golden Stairs— Kakali Debnath
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY ANANYA SASARU 1 Rusha was watching them through the window....
Tape Recorder— Swapnamoy Chakraborty
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY REBA RANI BANERJEE When Ratna wrote her name in Bengali, she...
Any Day Now, Syeda— Abhijit Sen
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY SARBAN BANDYOPADHYAY Only a single tree stands in this...
Book Excerpt from The One Legged— Sakyajit Bhattacharya
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY RITUPARNA MUKHERJEE On a particularly cool, dewy dawn,...
Raghunandan’s Death Report— Soham Das
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMITAVA SEN Raghunandan died, defeating the hour-long effort of the...
Of Whom Shall I be Afraid—Saugata Roybarman
A BOOK REVIEW BY DEBRAJ MOULICK “Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear...
Jackfruit— Shahnaz Munni
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY RITUPARNA MUKHERJEE A pregnant woman’s tongue is like the...
White Rice in the Kitchen— Jhareshwar Chattopadhyay
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY PRITHA BANERJEE Served on a four-seater table, Pritimoy has...
Everyone’s Mother— Sukanta Gangopadhyay
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY NANDINI GUPTA It was two in the afternoon. The local to Bardhaman...