The Sal Tree Or An Occult Narrative— Satadal Mitra
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta Leaning on a bamboo pole, Sarat...
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The Edges Of Love— Shaheen Akhtar
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta 1. All this happened several years...
Read MoreThe Red Horse – Sourav Hossain
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta. One The instant the elder owner flicked his whip on my back and barked out the command, “Let’s go, Shahzada,”[i] I’d neigh and run like a TomTom.[ii] My hooves bit into the...
Read MoreRadha-Krishna – Swapnamoy Chakraborty
Swapnamoy Chakraborty’s work is both critically acclaimed and well-received by readers. Holud Golap is a seminal, monumental work about the LGBT community and its relationship with larger society. Here is a short story translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta.
Read MoreThe Deed of Acquittance – Ishrat Tania
Ishrat Tania is a poet and writer from Bangladesh. Her literary work revolves around perceptions and thoughts about human relations, despair, dreams, nature, transcendence, society and politics. Her published books in Bengali include Nemeche Ichche Niribili (2016), Beejpurush (2018), Mad Ek Swarnava Shishir (2020), Alaper Amphitheater (2020).
Read MoreSamantha and Siddhesh – Trishna Basak
Trishna Basak is a poet, writer and translator with many books to her credit. Her story is translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta.
Read MoreNo Man’s Land – Mojaffor Hossain
Mojaffor Hossain is a notable fiction writer of contemporary Bangla literature. His signature style is using native realities as his settings, and giving them magic-realistic or surrealistic colours. The story is translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta.
Read MoreDaughter of the Dead – Prativa Sarkar
Prativa Sarkar is mostly known for her short stories and political essays. She has a collection of short stories based on subaltern crises – “Farishta O Meyera.”
Read MoreThe Bilimbi Note – Kizzy Tahnin
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta “Do you know why the parrots are green?”Ma used to inquire. Even when she knew how I would answer, she kept asking.Every time she questioned me, I’d ask back, “Why?”Ma pointed...
Read MoreSon of Man – Sakyajit Bhattacharya
Sakyajit Bhattacharya is a prominent contemporary writer of Bengali short story. The story is translated by Shamita Das Dasgupta.
Read MoreMother – Jyotirmoy Mandal
“No-o-o-o-o, do not forget. Don’t forget my fallen children…. My Barkat, Salam, Rafik, Jabbar, Abdul, Shafik… They are standing by you. And remember my daughter… Roshanara… your sister!
Read MoreA Poet Lives by the Haldi River – Amar Mitra
The poet knew Harilal had glided far by riding on his Gurguri island. After he had disembarked, the island drifted again through the Hudson river into the ocean. Otherwise, the American police would’ve arrested it. American police are nasty. Naturally, law enforcement in every nation is vile.
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Nicely done
Beautiful 😊😊👌🏽
Loved the way Debraj links it a full circle, though they're 3 characters from different novels. Kudos!!
Excellent translation doing full justice to the essence of the original poems
Excellent rendering.
Simply beautiful 😍