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FICTION

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…...

Day Care Centre for the Elderlyβ€” Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty

TRANSLATED FROM THE MALAYALAM BY K.M. AJIR KUTTY   When he heard about the Day Care Centre for the Elderly, the Pakalveedu, father’s expression made it clear that he didn’t like it. His naturally…...
Bohni, The First Earning

Bohni, The First Earningβ€” Chitra Mudgal

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY ANURADHA DOSAD   Crossing that bridge had become something of a habit. Whatever smallest coin I got out of the change, I would toss it onto the checkered towel…...
The Only Way Out

The Only Way Outβ€” U. K. Kumaran

TRANSLATED FROMΒ THE MALAYALAM BY K. M. AJIR KUTTY   It happened at the beginning of another dream. Somebody shook me violently to wake me up. I felt someone’s hands fall heavily on my neck…...
The Doe

The Doeβ€” Chandrakiran Saunriksa

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY AYUSHEE ARORA   She was wearing a fine red churidar pyjama with a black border and a long pink kurta with green flowers. The edges of her red-bordered safflower-colored dupatta…...