
Editorial
‘If Winter Comes, Can Spring be Far Behind…’ Click here to read.
Translations
Travels of Debendranath Tagore are narratives translated from Bengali by Somdatta Mandal. Click here to read.
The Yellow Flower, a narrative by Haneef Sharif, has been translated by Fazal Baloch from Balochi. Click here to read.
Ye Shao-weng’s poetry ( 1100-1150) has been translated from Mandarin by Rex Tan. Click here to read.
Nazrul’s Amamai Nahi Go Bhalobashleo (Even if you don’t love me) has been translated by Professor Fakrul Alam from Bengali. Click here to read.
Rough Stone by Ihlwha Choi has been translated from Korean to English by the poet himself. Click here to read.
Phalgun or Spring by Rabindranath Tagore has been translated from Bengali by Mitali Chakravarty. Click here to read.
Conversations
A discussion with Radha Chakravarty on her new book, Subliminal, and a brief review of the book. Click here to read.
Jagari Mukherjee interviews Rajorshi Patranabis, discussing his new book, Checklist Anomaly and Wiccan philosophy. Click here to read.
Poetry
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Rhys Hughes, Alpana, Ron Pickett, Shamik Banerjee, Stuart McFarlean, Baisali Chatterjee Dutt, John Grey, Shahalam Tariq, Jim Murdoch, Kumar Ghimire, Peter Magliocco, Saranyan BV, Rex Tan, Samina Tahreem, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
Poets, Poetry & Rhys Hughes
In Lines for Loons, Loonies and Such-like, Rhys Hughes shares a rare treat. Click here to read.
Musings/Slices from Life
Farouk Gulsara discusses the ideal of a perfect world. Click here to read.
Mohul Bhowmick backpacks in Sri Lanka with a camera. Click here to read.
Musings of a Copywriter
In A Conversation with God, Devraj Singh Kalsi has a bargaining chip. Click here to read.
Notes from Japan
In Cherry Blossom Forecast, Suzanne Kamata brings the Japanese ritual of cherry blossom viewing to our pages with her camera and words. Click here to read.
Stories
C.J.Anderson-Wu gives a poignant flash fiction. Click here to read.
Rakhi Pande relates a strange tale from Goa. Click here to read.
Devraj Singh Kalsi almost creates a fable but not quite. Click here to read.
K.S. Subramaniam shows the human spirit pitched against the harshness of monsoon storms. Click here to read.
Felipe Jimenez’s Quest of the Unheard
Paul Mirabile travels to Spain of Goya’s times with an imaginary friend who takes after perhaps, Don Quixote? Click here to read.
Essays
Where the Rice is Blue and Dinosaurs Roar…
Ravi Shankar takes us on a tour of a Malaysian town. Click here to read.
Conquering Fears: Bowing to the Mountains
Keith Lyons tells us of his challenging hike in New Zealand. Click here to read.
Book Excerpts
An excerpt from Out of Sri Lanka: Tamil, Sinhala and English Poetry from Sri Lanka and its Diasporas edited by Vidyan Ravinthiran, Seni Seneviratne and Shash Trevett. Click here to read.
An excerpt from Rajat Chaudhuri’s Spellcasters. Click here to read.
Book Reviews
Somdatta Mandal reviews Ilse Kohler-Rollefson’s Camel Karma: Twenty Years Among India’s Camel Nomads. Click here to read.
Rakhi Dalal reviews Anuradha Kumar’s The Kidnapping of Mark Twain: A Bombay Mystery. Click here to read.
Bhaskar Parichha reviews Mafia Raj: The Rule of Bosses in South Asia by Lucia Michelutti, Ashraf Hoque, Nicolas Martin, David Picherit, Paul Rollier, Clarinda Still. Click here to read.
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