TRANSLATIONS: ARUNAVA SINHA

Short Stories

Subarna: Samaresh Basu

After nearly four months I received a long letter from my artist friend Bhuban. He had…
Patol-Babu, Film Star: Satyajit Ray

[The story on which Dibakar Banerjee’s track, ‘Star’ in ‘Bombay Talkies’ is based] Patol-babu had barely…
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…
(From) Harshabardhan Doesn’t Go To War: Shibram Chakraborty

… The brothers appeared at the recruiting office as directed, standing next to each other. Harshabardhan…
The Gift of Death: Nabarun Bhattacharya

Some people’s lives are so dreary that in the process of putting up with the tedium…
The Air and the Water: Amar Mitra

~ 1 ~ Talapatra-babu’s home may not have been in Pasandpur, but fourteen months of living…
The Love Letter: Buddhadeva Bose

~ 1 ~ Walking though the drizzle in a raincoat, he kept stopping every now and…
The Right to Information, or, April 7: Anita Agnihotri

When it was time to return home from the office, the hotbox for lunch and the…
Sabotage: by Anita Agnihotri

When he returned home Shibaji went directly to the dining space. Turning the tap on at…