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Swadesh Deepak

Translated short fiction: Swadesh Deepak’s short story about a troubled mother-son relationship

An excerpt from ‘A Bouquet of Dead Flowers’, by Swadesh Deepak, translated from the Hindi by Jerry Pinto, Pratik Kanjilal, Nirupama Dutt, and Sukant Deepak.

Swadesh Deepak
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Sukant Deepak
· Oct 17, 2024 · 04:30 pm
Translated play: Rajat must deal with an honest, ailing playwright and a sanctimonious civil servant

An excerpt from ‘Kaal Kothri’, translated from the Hindi by Jerry Pinto, from ‘Court Martial and Other Plays’, by Swadesh Deepak.

Swadesh Deepak
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Jerry Pinto
· Aug 20, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Hindi memoir: An excerpt from ‘Maine Mandu Nahin Dekha’ by Swadesh Deepak

After Deepak tried to set himself on fire, the doctors didn’t know if the Hindi writer belonged to the burns unit or the psychiatric ward.

Swadesh Deepak
· Jul 26, 2024 · 08:00 pm

‘How many murders have you committed?’ asks playwright Swadesh Deepak in his memoir of madness

Swadesh Deepak left home one morning and never returned. An excerpt from ‘I Have Not Seen Mandu’, translated from the Hindi by Jerry Pinto.

Swadesh Deepak
· Nov 11, 2021 · 08:30 am