Odia | The Antonym

Quietness— Suryasnata Tripathy

Apr 9, 2024 | Poetry | 0 |

TRANSLATED FROM THE ODIA BY AGNIVESH MAHAPATRA Quietness There’s already quite a bit...

The Newspaper and Other Poems— Nikhilesh Mishra

Aug 17, 2023 | Poetry | 0 |

TRANSLATED FROM ODIA BY THE POET A poem can’t do a damn thing Maybe,...

Let’s Take a Selfie with Time and Other Poems – Saroj Bal

Jul 17, 2022 | Poetry | 1 |

Translated from the Odia by Dr. Snehaprava Das Let’s Take a Selfie with Time Come, DevLet’s take a selfie with TimeLet’s stretch our tongues longerTo lick the ice creamBefore it melts and trickles downTo the elbow; Don’t...

The Floral Coronets – Dr. Gourahari Das

May 15, 2022 | Fiction | 0 |

Translated from the Odia by Dr. Snehaprava Das “Are you there, bhauja?”Nilamber called from outside, craning his neck as he tried to look through the door. Sukanti gave a start. “This man will not leave me alone!” she thought in...

Completed | Kolkata Poetry Confluence – Multilingual Poetry Translation Competition

Feb 18, 2022 | Past Projects | 7 |

The Antonym and Bhasha Samsad are jointly organizing a poetry translation competition which will require participants to translate poems from different South Asian languages into English and Bengali. The best translations for...

Shadow and other poems- Dr. Chittaranjan Misra

Dec 17, 2021 | Poetry | 0 |

Translated from the Odia by Bibhu Padhi Shadow The shadow saysIt will leaveFor the placewhere it came from–From the darknessof the deep night.What is therewithout the shadow?Neither yours, nor mine.So many days have...

Poems by Sangram Jena

Nov 12, 2021 | Poetry | 1 |

Sangram Jena, a bi-lingual writer, has published five collections of poetry in Odia and three volumes of poems in English. His poems have been published in India and abroad in several prestigious journals. These poems are translated from Odia by noted poet Bibhu Padhi.