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Lora Tomas

Indian Review | Author Profile | Lora Tomas is an indologist, writer, translator and editor from Croatia, currently living and working in Bangalore. In the past, She has worked as English and Hindi teacher, and Hindi advisor and translator for Croatian Television. She has also co-edited and translated into Croatian a selection of contemporary Indian women writing Popodnevni pljuskovi (Afternoon Showers), published by the VBZ Publishing House, Zagreb, 2011, and have contributed travelogues, interviews, and other articles for Croatian, Indian and Asian publications, and web portals such as Him?l, Fountain Ink, Goa Herald, Jet Wings, and H-Alter.

Smoking a Cigarette at the Window of Our House in Carmen | Lora Tomas

November 12, 2013

This afternoon I wrote down:
“I want to observe the gradual
Decrease of the angle at which light
Grabs hold of the wild vine on the façade
Of our house in Carmen.”

The Old City slips into dusk.
Lit squares … [Read the rest...] “Smoking a Cigarette at the Window of Our House in Carmen | Lora Tomas”

At Tagore’s Gates | Lora Tomas

November 12, 2013

We were walking
Through Calcutta today,
And halted in front of Tagore’s house –
Its gates were closed for Durga puja.
The guards let us take a peak over the fence:
The place really is an oasis of greenery and … [Read the rest...] “At Tagore’s Gates | Lora Tomas”

My Lord Byron | Lora Tomas

November 12, 2013

Over chicken sausages and green martini
In a hipster neighbourhood of New Delhi
You are talking about traveling –
Hopping on and off
Trains
Buses
Rickshaws
Ferries
Looking for a cause to call your own
Give it all your best… [Read the rest...] “My Lord Byron | Lora Tomas”

Pearl Extract | Lora Tomas

November 12, 2013

I think it flashed nacre today
On Minotaur’s skin
Framed in glass
Displayed
On the third floor
Of the Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik.

In that early afternoon
Coated with boiling tarmac
And cooled by the sight of bathers … [Read the rest...] “Pearl Extract | Lora Tomas”

Ferry Crossing | Lora Tomas

November 12, 2013

I

Crammed on a ferry across the Hooghly:
Durga’s madness whirls vortices of red
Along the shores. When the ferry docks,
Another river, faster and more dangerous,
Forms and surges through the openings
In both directions.
We drown while gasping … [Read the rest...] “Ferry Crossing | Lora Tomas”

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Water Wars | Priyanka Mathur

Corporate Ladder | Swapnil Bhatnagar

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Murder | Subodh Sarkar

Bribe | Subodh Sarkar

Tumi Robe Nirobe | Rabindranath Tagore – A Translation

Nothing new | Irsa Ruçi

Timeless…| Irsa Ruçi

Continuity | Irsa Ruçi

Translated Fiction

The Scape-goat | Indraganti Narasimha Murthy

Scape-Goat | Indraganti Narasimha Murthy

“Hello Mr. Murty …” phoned in Sadanandam, the General Manager of ABC bank. “We have reviewed the … [Read More...]

Gratitude | Dr. Veluri Rama Rao (translation)

Gratitude | Bhagavatula Venkata Radhakrishna

If ever you go to Laxmipuram and ask for the house of Veera Venkata Satyanarayana garu, nobody will … [Read More...]

Being and Nothingness | Rabeea Mahmood Rabeea

Being and Nothingness | Rabeea Mahmood Rabeea

Sir, I assure you and I repeat it for ten times: "I am not MAD" … "Though I am not looking in a … [Read More...]

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