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.…...
BOOK REVIEW OF KALEIDOSCOPE OF LIFE: SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF BIBHUTIBHUSHAN BANDOPADHYAY—DEBOTTAMA GHOSH
BOOK REVIEW BY DEBOTTAMA GHOSH In Kaleidoscope of Life– Selected Short Stories of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, a newly translated anthology, translator Hiranmoy Lahiri evokes a tapestry of rural Bengal that transcends its historical setting to…...
INTERVIEW WITH SHANTA GOKHALE—OWSHNIK GHOSH
INTERVIEW WITH SHANTA GOKHALE BY OWSHNIK GHOSH Shanta Gokhale is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic. Shanta Gokhale has previously worked as a part-time teacher and as a public relations executive. Gokhale initially published stories, in both English and Marathi, in various publications, and eventually in the 1970s, she started publishing…...
TIPS—F. MARIA BONAVENTURE
TRANSLATED FROM TAMIL BY THE AUTHOR It had been a long-cherished dream for Vani—to visit a five-star hotel with her family. She hesitantly shared her wish with her husband, Murthy. Murthy was a man who always tried to fulfil Vani’s desires, but this one came with a price tag that would stretch his monthly…...