Environment and man — are they separate or is man a part of nature? Different writers have interpreted nature and its forces in different ways over a period of time, in glory, in storm and at battle. Explore some of our selections on nature on World Environment Day… Enjoy our oeuvre.
Translations
Rabindranath Tagore’s Ekti Khudro Puraton Golpo (One Small Ancient Tale) from his collection Golpo Guchcho ( literally, a bunch of stories) has been translated by Nishat Atiya. Click hereto read.
Rabindranath Tagore’s Bolai translated by Chaitali Sengupta. Click here to read.
Songs of Seasons: Translated by Fakrul Alam
Bangla Academy literary award winning translator, Dr Fakrul Alam, translates seven seasonal songs of Tagore. Click here to read.
Poetry
Bodhi Tree by Sumana Roy
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Seasonal Whispers by Jared Carter
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This Island of Mine by Rhys Hughes
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Observances by Michael Burch
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Playlet
A playlet by Sunil Sharma set in Badaun, The Dryad and I: A Confession and a Forecast, is a short fiction about trees and humans. Click here to read.
Essays/Musings
Bhaskar Parichha gives us a glimpse of the life of Wangari Muta Maathai founder of the Green Belt Movement, which has — through networks of rural women — has planted over 30 million trees. Click here to read.
Penny and Michael B Wilkes take us on a photographic journey with a narrative in San Diego. Click here to read.
As cyclone Amphan fireballed and ripped through Kolkata, Nishi Pulugurtha gives a first hand account of how she survived the fear and the terror of the situation. Click here to read.
Stories
Shevlin Sebastian captures man’s relentless struggle against unsympathetic forces of nature. Click here to read
Mohin Uddin Mizan writes about Dolphin Sighting in Cox Bazaar, Dhaka. Click here to read.
Eduard Schmidt-Zorner shows the struggle between man and nature. Click here to read.
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