Here, translation unlocks stories from languages afar, people unknown yet familiar in voices that stun you and resonate with you. Here is your book of world stories
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...
Ocean Zero – Andrew Joron
Andrew Joron is a poet, translator, musician and science fiction writer. His books include The Absolute Letter, Trance Archive: New and Selected Poems, The Removes , Fathom, The Sound Mirror, The Cry at Zero among others. Joron teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University...
In Hamlet’s Question – Ritwick Bhattacharjee
Ritwick Bhattacharjee is the author of Humanity's Strings: Being, Pessimism, and Fantasy. He has been awarded with the Prof. Meenakshi Mukherjee Memorial Award. ...
The World’s Last Dispatch – Animikh Patra
The trees are extracting their revenge now.
Don’t be startled. And if perchance you come upon this notebook, and if you are able to make out the language, this shall be a momentous and tragic historical document of our world...
The Mind Maze – Baret Magarian
Baret Magarian's first novel The Fabrications was hailed as a novel of considerable daring and originality by The Times Literary Supplement The esteemed British novelist Jonathan Coe has compared Magarian to Kafka, Calvino and Pessoa...
Son – Igor Rosokhovatsky
Igor Markovich Rosokhovatsky (1929 – 2015) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist who wrote science fiction in Russian. ...
The Palace – Dipen Bhattacharya
An alien dusk descended as the fiery colors of the sunlight burned the clouds at the very edge of the sky. A wispy melancholic light meandered into the gray corner of the room, refracting through the delicate glass of a china lampshade...
A Deal with Destiny – Subodh Jawadekar
After nine months, Anim was born. The baby was dark-skinned, alert. Robust. With jet-black eyes and a thick mop of curly hair. Aadit's and Sajani's happiness knew no bounds...
Personally , I am an admirer of the Translator 😍. I usually go through her writings . This is also…
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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 ❤️ I loved it
Just a wonderful work Ma'am....I loved it❤️