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The Prelude to Creation | Suryya Kumar Bhuyan

December 20, 2010

The Prelude to Creation

On that day of destruction
You took in your hand, my lord,
Your terrible lyre!

There was nobody joyous that day,
Even the sun and the moon were silent:
Across the horizon there suddenly flashed
Sighs … [Read the rest...] “The Prelude to Creation | Suryya Kumar Bhuyan”

A Letter from My Beloved | Hemchandra Goswami

December 19, 2010

Much have I wandered far and wide
And uncovered Nature’s canopy
Of her beauteous forms. But far above
Sparkles, the ambrosial epistle of my love
The wafted muse of poet’s bower may bloom,
That enraptures humankind far and near;
But … [Read the rest...] “A Letter from My Beloved | Hemchandra Goswami”

Hymn to Man | Chandra Kumar Aggarwala

December 15, 2010

Hymn To Man

Individuals grow and weather, and grow again
The race never ends but continues forever
The human race is mysterious
Why call man mortal?
Devote yourself entirely to the service of man
Man must feel for man and … [Read the rest...] “Hymn to Man | Chandra Kumar Aggarwala”

This China is an Alien Land | Navakanta Barua

December 15, 2010

This China is an Alien Land

l know of a far country
Knew their open minds;
The wide desert and the high hills
Were pictured deep and on the rock
Of our memory, and on their
Many a gray sheet.… [Read the rest...] “This China is an Alien Land | Navakanta Barua”

Bhiwanti | Samir Tanti (with Translation)

September 28, 2010

 

Bhiwanti

In just a wish, in a single night one can murder multitudes of men
And in a single night one can host a splendid memorial-service

As a matter of course, in our country, this very service is now … [Read the rest...] “Bhiwanti | Samir Tanti (with Translation)”

The Gourd Blossom | Jiban Narah

September 27, 2010

A rain-drenched flute kept playing

One by one dreams kept falling
like leaves

I’m a small sailboat
the note of the flute
makes me reach out to the banks
like a river
I would rather not spend this night alone… [Read the rest...] “The Gourd Blossom | Jiban Narah”

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In the Name of Love | Bobby Hajjaj

Yes, you can come Home | John S. Shilshi

The Man Who Ate in Hospitals | Meera Rajagopalan

Doctor Aarnay and the case of Numbers | Angandeep Kr Chatterjee

The Story In The Middle: Brooklyn 1996 | Leslie-Ann Murray

Translated Poems

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

Thambi | Jeyamohan

Name: M. Saravanakumar. M.A. English Literature. Works at a private college. A dark, well-built … [Read More...]

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...]

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