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FICTION

The Road to Suicide β€” Romel Rahman

[et_pb_text content_tablet="TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY SUKTI SARKAR The word, β€œInvestigation” jumped from the dictionary out into the road and looked for a manhole. It wished to commit suicide. Through the manhole it would flow into the drainage line of…...

The Battle of Jericho~The Bells of Bose β€” Tiziana Vigni

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY SUZANNE MCDONNELL     The monks tumbled out of bed at the sudden echo of the bells which the night amplified and magnified with each toll. "What’s happening?" Father Leo…...

The Hyena β€” Soham Das

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMITAVA SEN   Mohamed was lying curled up in a corner of the cage. Eyes wide open. Fatigued, but didn’t dare sleep. Slumber settled sound on his eyelids quite…...

Potluck β€” 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…...

A Sunny Memory β€” B Ajay Prasad

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

The Game β€” Tamal Bandyopadhyay

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

Trees Leaning against the Roofβ€” Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty

TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY K.M. AJIR KUTTY   I hardly slept after the incident. Whenever sleep begins to settle in my eyes, a man drenched in blood rushes toward me, pointing a…...

Love in the Time of Typhoid or the Sprite that Loved the Fisherman β€” K. Rekha

TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY K. M. AJIR KUTTY   LOVE IN THE TIME OF TYPHOID or THE SPRITE THAT LOVED THE FISHERMAN - K. REKHAΒ  Translated from the Malayalam by K.M. Ajir Kutty As…...
Curfew

Curfewβ€” Vandana Yadav

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY SHIVANI YADAV   Girls are as delicate as a piece of cotton. They are taught domestic chores early on in life so that they remain inside the house. Just like…...