Still Alice First went the wordsDropped here and thereLike the orange leavesOn a crisp Fall afternoon. Then namesWho was the chapThat brought newspaperOn Sunday mornings?Name of the little village on the mountainsWith...
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Read MoreA bell announced her arrival at the diner during the first hour of my shift. When she entered, she headed straight for the booth in the corner. The seat with the best view of the room. The best view of me.The woman’s pale skin...
Read MoreTranslated from the Assamese by Ranjita Biswas. “Haraprasad, give me a packet of cigarette”Once a week Anadi buys a packet of cigarette from this corner stall selling paan of areca nut wrapped in betel leaf, and other...
Read MoreRise Damn the kaptai1, draw its blood, and,the Chakma shall rise. __ [1] ‘kaptai’ refers to Kaptai Lake. According to Banglapedia, the Kaptai Lake is the largest man-made freshwater body in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of...
Read MoreThree years ago, my family disappeared. It was at a place called Hidden Beach in northern California, just a few miles west of the largest redwood forest in the world. We got there by following an overgrown cliffside trail, then...
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Read MoreAnne was a girl who was raised by the sea.At first she was happy; content as can be.She didn’t have friends; she had no one to trouble heruntil that one day the sea gave her a bubbler,a creature aquatic, and also quite dead.“I...
Read MoreShankha Ghosh (5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was an Indian poet and critic. Ghosh taught at many educational institutions. He won many awards including Jnanpith Award in 2016, highest Literary Award in India. Among the most...
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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❤️