Faith — Mojeer Ahmad Azad
TRANSLATED FROM URDU BY SYED KASHIF Once again, his case was adjourned. The court had fixed another date, to hear his case, in the next month. Harish Chand Tripathi was upset…...
Poems — Anamika
TRANSLATED FROM HINDI BY TARIKA Translation People are moving away – (everyone from everyone else) – People are moving away And it increases the ‘space’ around me! This ‘space,’ I will not translate As ‘expanse’ but as ‘universe,’ Because in this, I have released a flying saucer. I thank time Because my watch is at…...
Poems — Prabhu Rajgadkar
TRANSLATED FROM MARATHI BY PAROMITA GOSWAMI Multi-attitude towards Adivasi Adivasi, in other wordstrees, grass, junglenaked women-men... ...Adivasia fantastic topicfor academic interpretation.For the missionarywrap in religious cloth,For volunteersobjects to be ‘purified’.For Naxalitesa proven weapon,useful…...
Virus — Kesra Ram
TRANSLATED FROM PUNJABI BY SATBIR CHADHA We were going through the terrifying Corona Virus pandemic times, and the constraints of the Lockdown were upon us. Mankind has grappled with many such endemics before, but…...
Poems — Chandrakant Devtale
TRANSLATED FROM HINDI BY SASWATI SAHA To a Woman who is Home Alone You must forget your friendship with the oceanAnd those wintry daysThat you wore like a ring around your fingerTossing…...
To Leave in the Afternoon — Ubah Cristina Ali Farah
TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN BY THE AUTHOR Several years ago, while I was working on a project about memory with a group of young Somali refugees attending the Asinitas Italian-language school in Rome, I…...
A Life Ruined — Khalid Hussain
TRANSLATED FROM PUNJABI BY SEEMA JAIN The strong and the mighty always crush the hapless ones and wield their whip over society. They exploit the poor and the wretched ones. These insignificant creatures hide…...
Poems — Paresh Narendra Kamat
TRANSLATED FROM KONKANI BY PARESH NARENDRA KAMAT In the language of those kisses... When the trees dreamt themselves into blossom, the sea found wings in its waves. Unknowingly, the lips found their own…...
THE CURE—GHULAM NABI SHAHID
TRANSLATED FROM URDU BY HUZAIFA PANDIT No sooner was the fajr adhaan over, that Jameela turned in her bed, as if she were waiting for the adhaan to end. She lay inert and still for some time. She thought of closing her eyes, but closing her eyes filled her with a strange dread.…...