Editorial
Seasons Out of Time… Click here to read
Translations
Nazrul’s Karar Oi Louho Kopat (Those Iron Shackles of Prison) has been translated from Bengali by Professor Fakrul Alam. Click here to read.
Five poems by Ashwini Mishra have been translated from Odia by Snehprava Das. Click here to read.
The Dragonfly, a poem by Ihlwha Choi, has been translated from Korean by the poet himself. Click here to read.
Tagore’s Aaj Shororter Aloy (Today, in the Autumnal Light) has been translated from Bengali by Mitali Chakravarty. Click here to read.
Poetry
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Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Onkar Sharma, Ron Pickett, Arshi, Joseph K Wells, Shamim Akhtar, Stephen House, Mian Ali, John Grey, Juliet F Lalzarzoliani, Joseph C.Obgonna, Jim Bellamy, Soumyadwip Chakraborty, Richard Stimac, Sanzida Alam, Jim Murdoch, Rhys Hughes
Poets, Poetry & Rhys Hughes
In Soaring with Icarus, Rhys Hughes shares a serious poems. Click here to read.
Musings/ Slices from Life
Parenting Tips from a Quintessential Nerd
Farouk Gulsara relooks at our golden years and stretches it to parenting tips. Click here to read.
Instrumental in Solving the Crime
Meredith Stephens takes us to a crime scene with a light touch. Click here to read.
Jun A Alindogan writes about the complex evolution of names in Phillippines. Click here to read.
Bibapur Mansion: A Vintage Charmer
Prithvijeet Sinha takes us for a tour of Lucknow’s famed vintage buildings. Click here to read.
Musings of a Copywriter
In Demolition Drives… for Awards?, Devraj Singh Kalsi muses on literary awards. Click here to read.
Notes from Japan
In Contending with a Complicated History, Suzanne Kamata writes of her trip to US from Japan. Click here to read.
Essays
Aruna Chakravarti writes of wandering minstrels called bauls and the impact they had on Tagore. Click here to read.
The Literary Club of 18th Century London
Professor Fakrul Alam writes on literary club traditions of Dhaka, Kolkata and an old one from London. Click here to read.
Stories
Rashida Murphy writes a light-hearted story about a faux pas. Click here to read.
Fiona Sinclair narrates a story bordering on spooky. Click here to read.
Anandita Dey wanders down strange alleys of the mind. Click here to read.
Erin Jamieson writes from a caregivers perspective. Click here to read
Naramsetti Umamaheswararao makes up a new fable. Click here to read.
Feature
A review of Jaladhar Sen’s The Travels of a Sadhu in the Himalayas, translated from Bengali by Somdatta Mandal, and an online interview with the translator. Click here to read.
Book Excerpts
An excerpt from Jaladhar Sen’s The Travels of a Sadhu in the Himalayas, translated from Bengali by Somdatta Mandal. Click here to read.
An excerpt from Prithvijeet Sinha’s debut collection of poems, A Verdant Heart. Click here to read.
Book Reviews
Somdatta Mandal reviews Aruna Chakravarti’s selected and translated, Rising From the Dust: Dalit Stories from Bengal. Click here to read.
Rakhi Dalal reviews Mohua Chinappa’s Thorns in My Quilt: Letters from a Daughter to her Father. Click here to read.
Pradip Mondal reviews Kiriti Sengupta’s Selected Poems. Click here to read.
Bhaskar Parichha reviews Kalyani Ramnath’s Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962. Click here to read.
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Once again, this issue has warmed our hearts and minds.
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