Stories of Accidental Thought. Pandemic Chapter – Carla Faesler
Carla Faesler is a writer and experimental poet. She is the author of the novel, Formol, (Tusquets, 2014), considered the best book published in 2014 by the magazine La Tempestad...
“The World Has Grown Weaker” – Lockdown in the Chinese Countryside, Poems by Rao Jinhui and Ni Zhou
This year the Lunar New Year which fell on 25 January is one of the very rare occasions in which Chinese migrant workers can go back to their place of origin to reunite with their families. This year the traditional celebration coincided with the outbreak of the epidemic. After the announcement of the national emergency...
Lost Language, Forgotten Culture – Ranjita Chattopadhyay
A language is like a river. It flows through the heart of a culture and carries with it the life force which nourishes the culture. To protect the symphony of global culture it is important to protect the diverse languages. It is high time to take some action to instill some life force in the...
Mother Tongue in a Multilingual World – The Antonym Panel Discussion
Languages are the most powerful instruments of conserving and developing tangible and intangible heritage. What do we want to say and in which language?...
“Amader Chhoto Nodi – Olentangy!” Mother Tongues and Our American-Born Children – Dr. Mrittika Sen
Walls have gone up at borders and within people’s minds, and yet, the world has dissolved into an amorphous heap of disappearing linguistic and cultural boundaries...
Bengali Folk Poets: Beyond the ‘Superstition of Modernity’ – Haroonuzzaman
Conventional Bangla poetry has remained enshrouded in the 'superstition of modernity' propounded mainly by our purported 'educated' urbanized class. The ostensible educational system and its associated pride has paved the way for creating the mental barrier which led to the alleged divide of the history of our literature and culture which attach more value to…...
First They Came for the Poets – Bishnupriya Chowdhury
One month into the civil war, he was hunted down by the military. They said, the poet did more damage with his pen than one man with a gun. He was shot immediately after. Thirty years would pass before this death would get reported by the government...
Weird Birds and an Assessing ‘I’: Some Thoughts on Alokeranjan Dasgupta’s Poetry – Hans Harder
Alokeranjan Dasgupta’s poetry is both fascinating and difficult. There is no passe-partout, or general key, for decoding it – not because it lacks codes, but rather because the codes themselves are not fixed and seem in continuous flux. His poetry is playful and oscillating to a high degree, and in a way constantly redefines itself...
Bijan Elahi and the Rise of Sufi Experimental Poetry in Persian – Mahdi Ganjavi
July 7th marks the birthday of Bijan Elahi (1945-2010), a modernist, experimental poet who has posthumously acquired a position in Persian modern poetry that only a few canonical poets, like Nima Youshij (1897-1960), Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000), and Forough Farakhozad (1934-1967), have previously achieved. Unlike these poets, Elahi chose to live in relative seclusion for over…...
Personally , I am an admirer of the Translator 😍. I usually go through her writings . This is also…
Personally I am an admirer of the Translator, I usually prefer to go through her writings . She is an…
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❤️