
Editorial
A Sprinkling of Happiness?… Click here to read.
Conversation
A review of and discussion with Rhys Hughes about his ‘Weird Western’, The Sunset Suite. Click here to read.
Translations
Two Songs of Parting by Nazrul have been translated by Professor Fakrul Alam. Click here to read.
The Snakecharmer, Shapuray by Nazrul, has been translated from Bengali by Sohana Manzoor. Click here to read.
Leaving for Barren, Distant Lands by Allah Bashk Buzdar has been translated from Balochi by Fazal Baloch. Click here to read.
Loneliness has been translated from Korean by the poet, Ihlwha Choi. Click here to read.
Tagore’s Olosh Shomoy Dhara Beye (Time Flows at an Indolent Pace) has been translated from Bengali by Mitali Chakravarty. Click here to read.
Poetry
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Michael Burch, Arshi Mortuza, Jason Ryberg, Saranyan BV, Koiko Tsuuda, Jane Hammons, Noopur Vedajna Das, Adeline Lyons, George Freek, Naisha Chawla, John Grey, Lakshmi Chithra, Craig Kirchner, Nia Joseph, Stuart MacFarlane, Sanjay C Kuttan, Nilsa Mariano, G Javaid Rasool, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Rhys Hughes
Musings/ Slices from Life
Snigdha Agrawal has a bovine encounter in a restaurant. Click here to read.
G Venkatesh writes of a happy encounter with two young children. Click here to read.
Chinmayi Goyal muses on the duality of her cultural heritage. Click here to read.
Musings of a Copywriter
In Godman Ventures Pvt. Ltd., Devraj Singh Kalsi looks into a new business venture with a satirical glance. Click here to read.
Notes from Japan
In In Praise of Parasols, Suzanne Kamata takes a light look at this perennial favourite of women in Japan. Click here to read.
Essays
The Comet’s Trail: Remembering Kazi Nazrul Islam
Radha Chakravarty pays tribute to the rebel poet of Bengal. Click here to read.
From Srinagar to Ladakh: A Cyclist’s Diary
Farouk Gulsara travels from Malaysia for a cycling adventure in Kashmir. Click here to read.
Bottled Memories, Inherited Stories
Ranu Bhattacharyya takes us back to Dhaka of the 1930s… and a world where the two Bengals interacted as one with her migration story. Click here to read.
Landslide In Wayanad Is Only The Beginning
Binu Mathew discusses the recent climate disaster in Kerala and contextualises it. Click here to read.
Stories
Joseph Pfister shares a vignette set in the Midwest. Click here to read.
Farhanaz Rabbani traces the awakening of self worth. Click here to read.
Roberto Mendoza’s Memoirs of Admiral Don Christopher Columbus
Paul Mirabile explores myths around Christopher Columbus in a fictitive setting. Click here to read.
Book Excerpts
An excerpt from Syed Mujtaba Ali’s Shabnam, translated from Bengali by Nazes Afroz. Click here to read.
An excerpt from Maaria Sayed’s From Pashas to Pokemon. Click here to read.
Book Reviews
Somdatta Mandal reviews Upamanyu Chatterjee’s Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life. Click here to read.
Meenakshi Malhotra reviews Shuchi Kapila’s Learning to Remember: Postmemory and the Partition of India. Click here to read.
Rakhi Dalal reviews Namita Gokhale’s Never Never Land. Click here to read.
Bhaskar Parichha reviews Malvika Rajkotia’s Unpartitioned Time: A Daughter’s Story. Click here to read.
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