Genre: Poetry

Imprint: Moving Words

The poem in pieces

Read excerpt from The Poem, In Pieces by Yashodhara Raychaudhuri.


Video of panel discussion on Life, Art and Literature in the time of Pandemic by Yashodhara Raychaudhuri.


Translated from the Bengali by Chirayata Chakrabarty, Jharna Sanyal, Mamata Nanda and Trinanjan Chakraborty

“The self rips apart,
The self becomes Poem
Poem becomes the self
The Poem, in its many Pieces”

A collection of contemporary Bengali poetry by Yashodhara Raychaudhuri. Translated from the Bengali by Chirayata Chakrabarty, Jharna Sanyal, Mamata Nanda and Trinanjan Chakraborty

Recitations from the Book by Kathakali Jana

Book Details

Language: ‎English
Hardcover:‎ 72 pages
ISBN: 978-8196395933
Formats: Paperback | Kindle | International
Price: ₹275 | ₹249 | $7.00

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Yashodhara Raychaudhuri (born 1965) is a poet residing in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and an established name in Bengali poetry. Publishing her works since 1993, she has several collections of poetry to her credit from 1996 to 2019.

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She was awarded the Krittibas Puroskar in 1998 ( instituted by the Krittibas Patrika). She also writes articles short stories and novellas . She translates from French language also and has translated Serge Bremley’s renowned book, Leonardo Da Vinci.

Read some of her translated works.

Conversation with translator Chirayata Chakrabarty, who translated The Man and the Tree written by Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri.

Chirayata Chakraborty

Born in the January of 2000, in Kolkata, India, Chirayata Chakrabarty is pursuing her Master’s degree at EFL University. She also dabbles with music in her free time, a passion that was birthed by the pandemic – which she uploads occassionally on her YouTube channel.

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She started translating Bengali short stories, as a practice, in 2018 and has since tried to grow as a translator, as well as a song-writer and poet – a growth that she has sought since she was old enough to think.

Read some of her translated works.