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Potluck β€” Omkar Gupta

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY MANJIRA MAJUMDAR     It’s been two weeks since Bimanesh Majumdar has arrived in America. With him is his wife. Bimanesh has come on a 4-month tour of the Unites States. They…...

That Precarious Gait β€” Roberta Mazzanti

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY BRENDA PORSTER Β    (Continued from earlier)   I stepped from plank to plankΒ  So slow and cautiously;Β  The stars about my head I felt,Β  About my feet the sea. Β …...

Under the Skin of the She-bear. The Ephemeral Gift of Beauty β€” Roberta Mazzanti

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY BRENDA PORSTER     Doti d’ingegno aggiungi alla bellezza;Essa Γ¨ fragile dono: passa il tempo;Col tempo ella trapassa, deperisce,Del suo stesso durare si consuma. Ovidio, L’arte d’amare, II, vv. 113-114 Β  Β …...

Wonderful Breeze β€” Riccardo Olivieri

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON     All it took was a little rain and grass populated each crack in the road. You walk home and you’re happy. * * * LINGER*…...

The β€œWhat’s in a Name?” Rule Applies to All. All Minus One, That is.β€” A Book Review of Nabanita Sengupta’s β€œChambal Revisited”

BOOK REVIEW BY URNA BOSE THE β€œWHAT’S IN A NAME?” RULE APPLIES TO ALL. ALL MINUS ONE, THAT IS.   URNA BOSE REVIEWS NABANITA SENGUPTA’S CHAMBAL REVISITED (An English Rendering of Suvendu Debnath’s Abar Chambal) Β  Β …...

Via the Mouth and in Writing β€” Claudine Helft

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON     1     I love you, that’s all, day that falls dawn that rises from night bound to morning, nothing but this desire born…...

A Sunny Memory β€” B Ajay Prasad

TRANSLATED FROM THE TELUGU BY D V SUBHASHRI     A Sunny Memory Telugu original story Β β€œEṇḍagurtu” by Β B Ajay Prasad Translated by Β D V Subhashri Several years after moving to the city, wandering its…...

Exploring the World of Kashmiri Poet Shabir Magami β€” Dr. Showkat Hussain Dar

INTERVIEWED BY DR. SHOWKAT HUSSAIN DAR   Poetry has long been held as a profound form of artistic expression, offering a sophisticated medium for exploring and articulating the subtleties of human experience. It transcends conventional language by…...

The Game β€” Tamal Bandyopadhyay

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY ALOK BISWAS   Β  Β    If god exists man is nothing. If man exists god does not exist (Lucifer and the Lord) - Jean Paul…...