Leaning against the two motorcycles, we chat for hours. Just like the old days. The masks are a...
Under the Old Banyan Tree, We Meet – Marzia Rahman
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The Floral Coronets – Dr. Gourahari Das
Translated from the Odia by Dr. Snehaprava Das“Are you there, bhauja?”Nilamber called from...
The Progenitor – Zakir Talukder
Translated from the Bengali by Masrufa Ayesha Nusrat Shortlisted for the Tagore Award for...
Loner – Rituparna Mukherjee
Loner!He hurls the word across the room at you, his eyes see it travel across the room, expecting...
Sound and Light – Dr. Bharatibalan
Translated from the Tamil by Dr. S. Vincent “What, you have started?”“We have to do what we are...
Tale of a Christmas Day – Tanwi Haldar
Translated from the Bengali by Archi Chakraborty I am—I mean my name is Swarna Ghosal. My husband...
The Abandoned House – Marzia Rahman
Every house has chests. Secrets folded under the stacks of silks and starched cotton. Some houses...
Beef Festival – Sheeba E. K.
Translated from the Malayalam by K. M. Ajir Kutty Joemon tarried a while before opening the packet...
Blindness – Prasanta Kumar Das
Translated from the Assamese by Anindita Kar In the beginning, was the music, and the music was...
Malti – Marzia Rahman
My name is Malti. I was named after a flower, my grandmother told me, but she couldn’t tell my...