TRANSLATIONS: ARUNAVA SINHA

Arunava

The Tale of a Coward: by Premendra Mitra

Karuna brought me my morning cup of tea herself. I couldn’t help laughing at the accompaniments…
Urmi: by Ramanath Roy

– Hello… – May I speak to Urmi please! – Urmi! Wrong number. There was…
And How Are You?: By Buddhadeva Bose

Sometimes I want to know how you are. When I go to sleep, when I…
Drunk

By Shankho Ghosh Make him a little more drunk How else will he Bear this world…
Chapter 1: Illicit

Afterwards, Jeena became herself again when Ashim left around five in the evening. Since yesterday, until…
Chapter 1: There Was No One At The Bus-Stop

As he was about to leave his room, sleep still clinging to his eyes, Robi gingerly…
Chapter 1: The Middleman

It was the sixteenth of June, the first day of the month of Asadh. Somnath stood…
Chapter 1: Harbart

By Nabarun Bhattacharya No chains on my feet, no beats to my heart Awake in Nirvana,…
Chapter 1: Nashtaneer

Bhupati had no need to work. He had enough money, and, moreover, the land was too…
Chapter 1: Durgeshnandini

At the end of summer in the Bengali year 997, a solitary individual was travelling on…