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The Koli By The Fireβ Moniro Ravanipour
Translated from the Persian by Marjan Modarres SabzevariΒ Prancing around the tent, she was twisting her body and twirling around with any alteration in the sound of the Ney-anbΔn. She was dragging her young and lively…...
Raja Has Comeβ Ku. Azhagirisamy
Translated from the Tamil by Dr. S. VincentΒ "I have a silk shirt. How about you?" Ramasamy asked smugly. Not knowing what to say, Chellaiah just blinked. Thambaiah thoughtfully looked at the sky. Mangammal, index finger…...
Daughterβ Maitreyi Pushpa
Translated from the Hindi by Rituparna MukherjeeΒ I was walking down a dirt road with dust-laden feet. I was not a stranger to that road. In my childhood, I used to traverse it every day on…...
The Tricks Of Catching A Mouseβ Wasi Ahmed
Translated from the Bengali by Anujata BhattacharyaΒ Such fuss for a rat! At first, zinc phosphide, then adhesive, and lastly the iron nets. But the rat hardly cares. We too didnβt pay much heed at first.…...
Trainsβ Francesca Diano
Translated from the Italian by Laura ValeriΒ I donβt know you. I donβt. Youβre reading, holding papers in your hand typed with who knows what. Who uses typewriters nowadays? Donβt you have a PC? Every now…...
New Colonyβ Indira Dangi
Translated from the Hindi by Vishaal PathakΒ Much like the modern-bod conservative-at-heart, a Nazar-Battu, hangs from the top of the grand entrance gate to the posh colony.Β Kids underneath, with heavy schoolbags, are hopping on board…...
The Vicar’s Cowsβ Hjalmar SΓΆderberg
Translated from the Swedish by Jolene Armstrong I had not seen my old fellow student, the vicar Torelius in Lerkila, for ten years, when recently, on a warm summer evening, we bumped into each other on…...
The Foreignerβ Mamta Kalia
Translated from the Hindi by Rituparna MukherjeeΒ We were a strange family indeed. Three brothers and a sister, settled in three different countries, who missed each otherβs company dearly. When we pined for each…...
The Fairyβ Shyamal Gangopadhyay
Translated from the Bengali by Chaiti MitraΒ Om Prize money of 4001 Within Bengal, or any other place, playing the violin with basic notes (swargram) and extensions (lahari) in the following ragas: 1) Behag,…...
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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 β€οΈ I loved it
Just a wonderful work Ma'am....I loved itβ€οΈ