Bengali Literature

Lakhindar Babu, please listen

on January 29, 2018February 2, 2018

Shawkat Ali Translated by Rifat Munim Gupinath stands upright in the dim lamp light, the knife in his hand dripping...

Every Day, One Handkerchief

Mahmudul Haque Translated by Mahmud Rahman "Oh, how long have you been here?” “Maybe three...

A different voice in a different home

Akhtaruzzaman Elias Translated from the Bengali by Rifat Munim Look at me / Turn around...

Why I write what I write

on August 10, 2017September 8, 2017

Mohammad Rafiq This lecture was delivered by the poet at IOWA University during a residential fellowship there in 1996 I...

Death of a versatile aesthete

Abdus Selim All deaths are tragic but some deaths are more tragic than others. All...

EVENING

on February 6, 2018February 15, 2018

Shakti Chattopadhyay (Translated by Khademul Islam) The river’s song is slow in the evening After many days Higgledy-piggledy rise the...

Cloud messenger

Samar Sen Translated by Khademul Islam In the neighboring home A girl sings a song...

On my birthday

Samar Sen Translated by Khademul Islam 1. Return me to the simple city Where after...

O friend of mine

on October 1, 2017February 2, 2018

Nirmalendu Goon Translated by Rifat Munim Nirmalendu Goon recollects the last days of Abul Hasan I knew Abul Hasan was...

His is a confluence, not a river

Rifat Munim It was around a quarter to six in the afternoon on Tuesday. We...

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