Icarus, Icarus – David Capps
One can only ever learn from myth by living it, which means that the myth of Icarus presents a double mystery: the first is that Icarus, unlike Lucifer, does not survive his fall, and second is that poetic treatments of the subject are already hopelessly distanced from it...
The Song of the Painter, Fikret Mualla – Nazli Karabiyikoglu
When restlessness is triggered by an internal glance at the self and the hours of stillness are transformed into long days of stillness through staring, a muscle twitches in the…...
Crossing the Wake – Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis
Language is a usage-tool, not a parlor game I play by myself. Words flow unimpeded when I’m walking down the street by myself, fluent when there’s no one to pressure me or challenge me to conjure the right word without consequence...
Dalit Durdasha: Stories Narrating Plight of the Dalits – Anagha Kamble/Bhushan Arekar
Dalit Durdasha was a column of short stories published in the Janata newspaper written by Daultrao Gulaji Jadhav, a close associate of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. D.G. Jadhav was elected to the Bombay Legislature in 1937 from Khandesh as a…...
Dalit writing, global contexts: Re-examining the legacy of Lal Singh Dil, Punjab’s “Poet of the Revolution” – Yogesh Maitreya
Yogesh Maitreya is a poet, translator and founder of Panther's Paw Publication, an anti-caste publishing house. Here he reexamines Lal Singh Dil’s poetry that does not construct any imaginary utopia but speaks of experiences and ideals...
Celebrating Dalit Souls, Art and Literature – A Panel Discussion
The Antonym decided to delve deeper into Dalit Souls, Art and Literature over May and June and put together a panel comprising. Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi, Dr. Jayashree Kamble, Angelo Geter, and Prashant Ingole for a stimulating, fierce, and straight from the heart discussion...
Tagore in My Mind – Mousumi Banerjee
Mousumi Banerjee is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan (USA). Mousumi is primarily a poet, although she has also written short stories and essays. She writes in both Bangla and English...
Tagore Award for Translated Fiction from Bengali
The Antonym magazine is proud to announce its 2021 Translation award from Bengali in the name of Tagore who continues to inspire all Indian in general, Bengalis in particular...
Indian Science Fiction – A Panel Discussion
The Antonym brought together a wonderful panel of India Science Fiction writers and critics to discuss the uniqueness of Indian Science Fiction. We had Subodh Jawadekar, the renowned Science and Science Fiction writer in Marathi: Dipen Bhattacharya, who writes in Bengali., featuring the social dynamics of imagined future societies interwoven with scientific principle and...
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❤️