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Another Master is Born | Najma Mukherjee

October 11, 2017

Another Master Is Born | Najma Mukherjee

 

Crack of dawn: Phoring[1]is seated in the verandah chewing betel nut. After a while,lifting the heel of his right leg, he extracted a bidi from the loop of his dhoti. Twisting the thread tied to the bidi … [Read the rest...] “Another Master is Born | Najma Mukherjee”

The Playhouse | Bhabendra Nath Saikia

March 11, 2013

I tried to take out as many sticks as I possibly could from the matchbox in my uncontrolled enthusiasm induced clumsiness; but of no avail. The matchbox was new; full of sticks, it was impossible to hold together too many … [Read the rest...] “The Playhouse | Bhabendra Nath Saikia”

Patmugi by Lakshminath Bezbaroa ( A Short Story )

March 16, 2011

We live in the Dabaka Mauja. We are Kumar folk, potters by caste. We used to make earthenwares for the grown ups and clay toys for the young ones. We sold them in the bazaar and from door to door … [Read the rest...] “Patmugi by Lakshminath Bezbaroa ( A Short Story )”

The Bait | Mahim Bora (trans. by Lalit Saikia)

October 9, 2010

The news of a huge catch of ‘Sol’ fish in the pond popularly known as ‘Singi Pukhuri’ had gone the round of the village. Many of the villagers had reportedly caught quite a sizable number of it simply by angling.… [Read the rest...] “The Bait | Mahim Bora (trans. by Lalit Saikia)”

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Kathanibarighat : Mahim Bora (Translated by Lalit Saikia)

October 9, 2010

KATHANIBARIGHAT
(A River station on the Brahmaputra)
 

With huge collections of coal heaped around and the eroded bank of the Brahamputra laid bare, the greeny waves of the newly grown grassy weeds on river—silted sandy bosom vibrated to the last … [Read the rest...] “Kathanibarighat : Mahim Bora (Translated by Lalit Saikia)”

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Three Minus Three : Mahim Bora (Translated by Lalit Saikia)

October 9, 2010

It was a Sunday, the day of weekend marketing and a rest-day for the plough and the field.

Purnakanta was awake and was sprawling in his bed with a long yawn. His eldest son was working out an arithmetical sum, … [Read the rest...] “Three Minus Three : Mahim Bora (Translated by Lalit Saikia)”

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The Little Toe : Mahim Bora (Translated by Lalit Saikia)

October 9, 2010

People pour in like a stream to see a newly—wed bride. The impact of a marriage seems doubled in the aftermath than in the wake of it From far-off villages relatives, old and young, thronged in, with a passionate desire … [Read the rest...] “The Little Toe : Mahim Bora (Translated by Lalit Saikia)”

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