TRANSLATIONS: ARUNAVA SINHA

Arunava

To go to the forest: Shakti Chattopadhyay

There’s no fixed day or time to visit the forest You can go to the jungle…
Skysoaked: Jibanananda Das

Suranjana, you better not go there You better not talk to that young man Come back,…
The Game: Humayun Ahmed

Babu Nalini Ranjan, ‘third sir’ at the Khairunnesa Girls’ High School, suddenly learnt to play chess…
Rupa: Humayun Ahmed

‘Would you care to hear an interesting story?’ I looked at the man in surprise. We…
A poem: Jibanananda Das

Quiet lamps everywhere – moist smells – soft murmurs The ferry boats moored very close to…
Mirza Ghalib & Munirabai – from Dozakhnama: Rabisankar Bal

… It was at such a time that she came into my life, my brothers. I…
Age: Sunil Gangopadhyay

So I’m growing older? I ask myself, laughing, Several times in the bathroom before my shower…
Urvashi: Samar Sen

Will you flow into our middle-class blood Like clouds racing across the horizon Or will you…
A poem: Jibanananda Das

Once I have left this body Shall I not return to earth? Let me come back…
(From) Harshabardhan Doesn’t Go To War: Shibram Chakraborty

… The brothers appeared at the recruiting office as directed, standing next to each other. Harshabardhan…