Dwelling – Mia Lecomte
Whereas the silence that eliminated objects leave behind, the cool air of the silent place they have ceased to occupy, is the most relaxing thing one can savor in this world. Cool, silent. Emptiness.
Read MoreAuthor: Biswadip Chakraborthy
Mother Tongue in a Multilingual World – Editor’s Note
Is propagation of mother tongues a way to inspire world solidarity based on understanding, tolerance, and dialogue?
What is the importance of multiple languages in a world contracted by globalization and communication technologies?
Do languages bear the lopsided burden of preserving and passing the baton of unique heritages from generation to generation?
A Tale of the Twenty-First – Zahir Raihan
And Topu was carrying an enormous placard with the boldly written words, “We demand Bengali as our Official Language!”.
As soon as we reached the High Court turning, all of a sudden the people in the crowd started screaming and shouting, it seemed as if all hell had broken loose. There was mayhem all around.
“Amader Chhoto Nodi – Olentangy!” Mother Tongues and Our American-Born Children – Dr. Mrittika Sen
Walls have gone up at borders and within people’s minds, and yet, the world has dissolved into an amorphous heap of disappearing linguistic and cultural boundaries.
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 MoreZinia Mitra
Zinia Mitra teaches at the Department of English, University of North Bengal. Her poems have been published in National and International journals including Muse India, Ruminations, Contemporary Literary Review, Kavya Bharati, East Lit. Indian Literature among others
Read MoreAbhimanyu Mahato
Abhimanyu Mahato is a poet and journalist. He has written several books of poetry, most notably Maati which received the Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2014.
Read MoreThe Daughter and an Oleander Tree – Hasan Azizul Huq
The frost settled almost audibly. The breeze trembled scrunching away peanut shells. A Lunar iridescence spilled from the Ashshyaora leaves
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Sanskrit Shloka – Sukla Sen
Sanskrit is a classical language of South Asia belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages
Read MoreBengali Folk Poets: Beyond the ‘Superstition of Modernity’ – Haroonuzzaman
Conventional Bangla poetry has remained enshrouded in the ‘superstition of modernity’ propounded mainly by our purported ‘educated’ urbanized class. The ostensible educational system and its associated...
Read MoreKedarnath Singh
Kedarnath Singh (1934-2018) is one of the doyens of Indian poetry. He wrote in Hindi, his mother-tongue.
Read MoreCarola Eijsenring
Carola Eijsenring (The Hague, 1954) grew up alternately in the Netherlands and Suriname. In 2012 she created her first music &
poetry show ‘Als het glas scherft’ (‘When the glass shatters’)
Personally , I am an admirer of the Translator 😍. I usually go through her writings . This is also…
Personally I am an admirer of the Translator, I usually prefer to go through her writings . She is an…
Such a simple yet powerful expression of the wrongdoings that occurs in domestic sectors. Absolutely loved the story.
Can you please cite the original poem ? Where to find it in Bangla?
Such a wonderful work ma'am ❤️ I loved it
Just a wonderful work Ma'am....I loved it❤️