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Potluck — Omkar Gupta

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY MANJIRA MAJUMDAR     It’s been two weeks since Bimanesh Majumdar has arrived in America. With him is his wife. Bimanesh has come on a 4-month tour of the Unites States. They…...

That Precarious Gait — Roberta Mazzanti

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY BRENDA PORSTER     (Continued from earlier)   I stepped from plank to plank  So slow and cautiously;  The stars about my head I felt,  About my feet the sea.  …...

Under the Skin of the She-bear. The Ephemeral Gift of Beauty — Roberta Mazzanti

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY BRENDA PORSTER     Doti d’ingegno aggiungi alla bellezza;Essa è fragile dono: passa il tempo;Col tempo ella trapassa, deperisce,Del suo stesso durare si consuma. Ovidio, L’arte d’amare, II, vv. 113-114    …...

Wonderful Breeze — Riccardo Olivieri

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON     All it took was a little rain and grass populated each crack in the road. You walk home and you’re happy. * * * LINGER*…...

The “What’s in a Name?” Rule Applies to All. All Minus One, That is.— A Book Review of Nabanita Sengupta’s “Chambal Revisited”

BOOK REVIEW BY URNA BOSE THE “WHAT’S IN A NAME?” RULE APPLIES TO ALL. ALL MINUS ONE, THAT IS.   URNA BOSE REVIEWS NABANITA SENGUPTA’S CHAMBAL REVISITED (An English Rendering of Suvendu Debnath’s Abar Chambal)    …...

Via the Mouth and in Writing — Claudine Helft

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON     1     I love you, that’s all, day that falls dawn that rises from night bound to morning, nothing but this desire born…...

A Sunny Memory — B Ajay Prasad

TRANSLATED FROM THE TELUGU BY D V SUBHASHRI     A Sunny Memory Telugu original story  “Eṇḍagurtu” by  B Ajay Prasad Translated by  D V Subhashri Several years after moving to the city, wandering its…...

Exploring the World of Kashmiri Poet Shabir Magami — Dr. Showkat Hussain Dar

INTERVIEWED BY DR. SHOWKAT HUSSAIN DAR   Poetry has long been held as a profound form of artistic expression, offering a sophisticated medium for exploring and articulating the subtleties of human experience. It transcends conventional language by…...

The Game — Tamal Bandyopadhyay

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY ALOK BISWAS         If god exists man is nothing. If man exists god does not exist (Lucifer and the Lord) - Jean Paul…...