Poems



Translated from the Bengali




Excerpted with permission from Sweet Shop: New and Selected Poems, 1985-2023, Amit Chaudhuri, NYRB Poets.
From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
‘Noose around my neck’: Tech professionals rethink life in US amid immigration curbs
The secret of the Mona Lisa’s smile? She’s actually a vampire
‘The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF’ is every bit is as radical as you think
Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all
‘Mudritha’: This debut novel about a missing woman is hauntingly aware of its own making
Hundreds of international students in US told to ‘self-deport’ for alleged ‘campus activism’: Report
Excerpted with permission from Sweet Shop: New and Selected Poems, 1985-2023, Amit Chaudhuri, NYRB Poets.