Translated from the Bengali by Dr. Barnali Saha I am a detective employed by the police force. Two...
Detective – Rabindranath Tagore
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Translated from the Bengali by Dr. Barnali Saha I am a detective employed by the police force. Two...
Shyamal Gangopadhyay (1933 – 2001) was a renowned Bengali novelist and editor. He received Sahitya Academy Award in 1993 for the novel of Shahjada Darasukoh, based on the life of Mughal Emperor Dara Shukoh.
Romel Rahman is a poet, writer and playwright from Khulna, Bangladesh.The story is translated from the Bengali by Chirayata Chakrabarty.
Maushumi is a composer, storyteller, translator, online activist and one of the editors of ‘Galpapath’ webzine.
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta “Do you know why the parrots are green?”Ma...
Sakyajit Bhattacharya is a prominent contemporary writer of Bengali short story. The story is translated by Shamita Das Dasgupta.
She suddenly sat bolt upright, pointed to a corner and screamed, “Look Khadu, look at that hideous black cat glaring at me. Drive it away, I am scared stiff!” The visitors were shocked no end.
Bereavement and belonging – memories of people banished from the land they love, play at the heart of the story
The shopkeeper shut his open eye this time. I knew he was watching me through the magnifier lens attached to his eyepiece. I felt quite uncomfortable, like I was a damaged clock. He was unscrewing all the nuts and bolts of my body, turning them over and over. Behind the eyepiece, his eye narrowed. It was glowing.
A feeling of outrage was growing inside. It was getting bigger and bigger till it clamped his entire chest. It was a terrible pain. This pain hid among his personal matters only to come out and claw him time and again.