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Al mahmud’s poem ‘As I won’t come back ever’

by Editor on January 15, 2018February 15, 2018
Al mahmud Translated by Rifat Munim As I won’t come back ever, I’m staring down at a spoonful of cream Scooped out of the layer floating on milk. On the outside a haze of rain...

An evening with a friend by Syed shamsul Haque

on December 27, 2017February 3, 2018

Ancestral home by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

on November 14, 2017February 3, 2018

Shaheed Quaderi’s poem ‘Before going to the saloon’

Love in the rain

Qayes Ahmed’s short story ‘The imminent, the impending’

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s short story translated by Sohana Manzoor

Two poems by Shamsur Rahman in Kaiser Haq’s translation

Qayes Ahmed’s short story translated by Parveen K Elias

Three poems by Mohammad Rafiq in Carolyn Brown’s translation

Two poems by Shaheed Quaderi in Shawkat Hussain’s translation

Poems by Syed Shamsul Haq in Shamsad Mortuza’s translation

Short Stories

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...

Essay

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...

Poems

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...

Tritute

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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Author

  • Abul Hasan
  • Akhtaruzzaman Elias
  • Al Mahmud
  • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
  • Hasan Azizul Haque
  • Jibanananda Das
  • Mahmudul Haque
  • Mohammad Rafiq
  • Qayes Ahmed
  • Rudro Mohammad Shahidullah
  • Samar Sen
  • Shakti Chattopadhyay
  • Shawkat Ali

Translator

  • Abdus Selim
  • Carolyn Brown
  • Hugh Ferrer
  • Kaiser Haq
  • Khademul Islam
  • Parveen K Elias
  • Rifat Munin
  • Shawkat Hussain
  • Shamsad Mortuza
  • Sohana Manzoor
  • Marzia Rahman
  • Mahmud Rahman

Shawkat Ali (novelist) 12 February 1936 – 25 January 2018

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