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A Tale of the Twenty-First – Zahir Raihan
And Topu was carrying an enormous placard with the boldly written words, “We demand Bengali as our Official Language!”.
As soon as we reached the High Court turning, all of a sudden the people in the crowd started screaming and shouting, it seemed as if all hell had broken loose. There was mayhem all around...
The Daughter and an Oleander Tree – Hasan Azizul Huq
The frost settled almost audibly. The breeze trembled scrunching away peanut shells. A Lunar iridescence spilled from the Ashshyaora leaves...
Song Odyssey – Nandini Bhattacharya
All six of them remembered, simultaneously, the scene in the movie Sharmilee where the bright-faced
and wolfishly grinning hero, Shashi Kapoor, locked eyes with the green-eyed, pert-nosed, and petite heroine,
Rakhi...
Through a Bird’s Eye – Deb Bandyopadhyay
A poet's exploration from the high of the sky on a snow-clad day in Michigan...
Ramratan Sarani – Ramanath Ray
I have no idea where Ramratan Sarani (street) is. But I’ve heard a lot about it from my dad. He used to say that there was no street prettier than Ramratan Sarani...
The Dictator and Poetry – João Cerqueira
Translated from the Portuguese by Chris Mingay The dictator was worried about the state of the nation. There were rumors that the people were sad, had lost the joy of living, showed no initiative. The dictator…...
Hands at Work – Satyaki Sarkar
I saw the weathered palms and veins sticking out. It made me wonder what we would have done if these people were not there...
A Poet Lives by the Haldi River – Amar Mitra
The poet knew Harilal had glided far by riding on his Gurguri island. After he had disembarked, the island drifted again through the Hudson river into the ocean. Otherwise, the American police would’ve arrested it. American police are nasty. Naturally, law enforcement in every nation is vile...
The First Day of Monsoon – Indrani Datta
Born and brought-up in Calcultta suburb, Indrani Datta is an expatriate writer who started discovering her writing skill after landing on a distant shore...
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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