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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...
Liβl Scummy – Tilottoma Mojumdar
Tilottoma Mojumdar is an Indian Bengali novelist, short story writer, poet, lyricist, and essayist. Her published books include VasudhΔrΔ,Β Ektara: Strains of a Lonesome String,Β 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,Β 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,Β Patkatha aur Anya KahaniyanΒ (2006) andΒ Yes
SirΒ (2012), and a novel,Β Udhar ke LogΒ (2008). He has been associated with the premier Hindi literary journal,Β Hans...
. (Full Stop) – Soham Guha
Soham Guha writes in his mother tongue, Bengali, and English as well. His works were published inΒ Kalpabiswa.com,Β Scroll.in, Matti Braun'sΒ Monologue, andΒ Mohs 5.5: MegastructureΒ Anthology and Mithila Review. This story is translated from the Bengali by Ranjita Chattopadhyaya...
Bhaisaabβs Bespoke Brides Boutique – Β 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 lβImaginaire and was awarded the British Council Charles Wallace Writing Fellowship...
The Bilimbi Note – Kizzy Tahnin
Translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta βDo you know why the parrots are green?βMa used to inquire. Even when she knew how I would answer, she kept asking.Every time she questioned me, Iβd ask back, βWhy?βMa 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...
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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?
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