Why tales about Bonbibi, guardian spirit of Sunderbans, are so important to the region’s literature

Tony K Stewart

· Nov 26, 2024 · 08:44 am

Translated Hindi poetry: An excerpt from ‘Khamoshi Ka Arth Parajay Nahin Hota’

Amitabh Chakraborty

· Nov 15, 2024 · 06:30 pm

Folk tales for children: How the Myntdu, Myntang and Umiurem rivers in Meghalaya came to be

Sobhona Bhattacharjee Utsa Bose

· Nov 05, 2024 · 01:30 pm

In her autobiography, Bangladeshi writer Noorjahan Bose remembers her mother’s skilful cooking

Noorjahan Bose Rebecca Whittington

· Oct 31, 2024 · 08:30 am

Translated fiction: Why does Ranjan look on uncomplainingly as his lover goes out with a colleague?

Sandipan Chattopadhyay Arunava Sinha

· Oct 14, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Sunday book pick: ‘Farewell Song’, Rabindranath Tagore’s metafiction novel meant to silent critics

Sayari Debnath

· Oct 13, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Translated fiction: After escaping a deadly bomb blast, Jibon returns to life having lost his memory

Manoranjan Byapari V Ramaswamy

· Oct 01, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: Azad takes up a fight for salt farmers, decades after his grandfather marched with Gandhi

Anita Agnihotri Arunava Sinha

· Sep 25, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Horror fiction: History repeats itself as Tunu turned slowly, but definitely, into someone else

Sakyajit Bhattacharya Rituparna Mukherjee

· Sep 16, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Readers’ comments: Translation of ‘Poor Economics for Kids’ will have a new, improved version

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· Aug 30, 2024 · 03:30 pm

‘Talashnama’: Novel about religious fundamentalism is testament to the political significance of art

Veeksha Vagmita

· Aug 24, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Translated fiction: Bengali couple Sudeep and Kamalika raise their children in 1960s’ America

Bani Basu Debali Mookerjea-Leonard

· Aug 16, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: An Indian man and Afghani woman fall in love in 1920s’ Kabul, but a tragic fate awaits them

Syed Mujtaba Ali Nazes Afroz

· Aug 13, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: A motley crew of strange characters come together in a magic-realist remapping of Calcutta

Nabarun Bhattacharya Rijula Das

· Aug 07, 2024 · 06:30 pm

Sunday book pick: A marriage made in hell in Jibanananda Das’s 1970 novel ‘Malloban’

Sayari Debnath

· Jul 14, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Rebel poet’ Kazi Nazrul Islam’s short stories can now be read in a newly translated volume

Kazi Nazrul Islam Saurav Dasthakur

· Jun 27, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: A Muslim woman returns to her village to face disapproval after her Hindu husband’s death

Ismail Darbesh V Ramaswamy

· Jun 19, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘The Meat Market’: These stories take an ice-cold plunge into clammy depths of human behaviour

Saloni Sharma

· May 26, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Translated short fiction: A 73-year-old Indian man goes to Bangladesh, his ‘land of birth’, to die

Mashiul Alam Shabnam Nadiya

· May 06, 2024 · 05:30 pm

A novel in dialogue: Two strangers share a flat in the maddening city of Mumbai

Swati Guha V Ramaswamy

· Apr 25, 2024 · 05:30 pm