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We The People – Sunil Abhiman Awachar/Jay Sagathia/Tapas K Ray
Hungry craters bleed magma
In the still air of night...
The Birthday – Mia Lecomte
Mia Lecomte is an Italian poet and writer of French origin. Author of many publications, her works have been translated into several languages...
Li’l Scummy – Tilottoma Mojumdar
Tilottoma Mojumdar is an Indian Bengali novelist, short story writer, poet, lyricist, and essayist. Her published books include Vasudhārā, Ektara: Strains of a Lonesome String, Rri among others...
Scammer – Thomas Weedman
Thomas Weedman has been a seminarian, a forklift operator, barista, and a professional gambler. His short stories have appeared in the Acorn Review, TheWriteLaunch, The Paragon Journal, The Penman Review, Marathon Literary Review, Limited Experience Journal, Constellations, Bridge Eight, and forthcoming at SoFloPoJo, DLG Publishing, Running Wild Press, and Drunk Monkeys...
Contagion – Ajay Navaria
Ajay Navaria is the author of two collections of short stories in Hindi, Patkatha aur Anya Kahaniyan (2006) and Yes
Sir (2012), and a novel, Udhar ke Log (2008). He has been associated with the premier Hindi literary journal, Hans...
. (Full Stop) – Soham Guha
Soham Guha writes in his mother tongue, Bengali, and English as well. His works were published in Kalpabiswa.com, Scroll.in, Matti Braun's Monologue, and Mohs 5.5: Megastructure Anthology and Mithila Review. This story is translated from the Bengali by Ranjita Chattopadhyaya...
Bhaisaab’s Bespoke Brides Boutique – Shweta Taneja
Shweta Taneja is a bestselling speculative author from India, most known for her fantasy series, Anantya Tantrist Mysteries. She was shortlisted in the prestigious French award Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire and was awarded the British Council Charles Wallace Writing Fellowship...
The Bilimbi Note – Kizzy Tahnin
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta “Do you know why the parrots are green?”Ma used to inquire. Even when she knew how I would answer, she kept asking.Every time she questioned me, I’d ask back, “Why?”Ma pointed…...
Son of Man – Sakyajit Bhattacharya
Sakyajit Bhattacharya is a prominent contemporary writer of Bengali short story. The story is translated by Shamita Das Dasgupta...
Very insightful interview taken by Owshnik Ghosh of my work and reflections. Thank uou Owshnik.
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Nicely done
Beautiful 😊😊👌🏽
Loved the way Debraj links it a full circle, though they're 3 characters from different novels. Kudos!!
Excellent translation doing full justice to the essence of the original poems