translation Bengali
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Horror fiction: Three friends meet the ghost of the emperor and his begum in Qutubpur
Hemendra Kumar Roy Barnali Saha
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Short fiction by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay: Who will conduct the prayers after Aparna leaves?
Saratchandra Chattopadhyay Anchita Ghatak
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Translated fiction: Aditi moves from Bangladesh to Kolkata. She’s haunted by memories of her sister
Abhijit Sen Madhura Bhattacharya
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‘Last Song Before Home’: A deeply intimate novel that opens onto a panoramic view of India’s history
Dushyant
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Experimental fiction: A river hatches a conspiracy with a tree to transform human civilisation
Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya Arunava Sinha
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Translated fiction: In Sunil Gagopadhyay’s short story, a man makes a deal with Death
Sunil Gangopadhyay Chitrita Banerji
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For children: In this Satyajit Ray short story, a fortune teller witnesses a son’s revenge
Satyajit Ray
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Translated children’s fiction: A tale of friendship, unity, and adventure in a forest
Bhagirath Mishra Sohini Basak
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‘Harmful from the perspective of health, economics’: Why chemist PC Ray (1861-1944) abhorred tea
Prafulla Chandra Ray Arunava Sinha
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Feminist fiction for children: Sisters Shukhu and Dukhu learn to be independent by becoming weavers
Satabdi Das Nadia Imam
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Murder mystery: Did a bestselling crime novelist really kill his poet friend forty-four years ago?
Sakyajit Bhattacharya Arunava Sinha
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Translated short fiction: The everyday struggles and hopes of disadvantaged Bengali Muslims
Lutfor Rahaman Mursed Alam
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‘Nowhere People’: Manoranjan Byapari’s novel ‘sees’ the nameless poor on India’s railway stations
Pranvi Khare
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Translated short fiction: Abu Bakar wants to win Asma’s affection, but her heart lies elsewhere
Sadique Hossain Nandini Gupta
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Translated fiction: Mohini, a transwoman, prepares for her daughter Disha’s wedding
Nasima Anis Sarban Bandopadhyay
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Sunday book pick: The price of belonging in Bani Basu’s immigrant novel ‘The Continents Between’
Sayari Debnath
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Translated fiction: During Bengal’s tebhaga struggle, sharecroppers lose whatever little they had
Showkat Ali V Ramaswamy Mohiuddin Jahangir
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‘Rising From the Dust’: Luminous short stories about Dalit lives on both sides of the Bengal border
Neeman Sobhan
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Translated fiction: ‘Snake maidens’ visit villages during winter to sell their wares and make money
Prafulla Kumar Roy Aruna Chakravarti
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‘The Last Bench’ by Adhir Biswas: The serious repercussions of caste discrimination in classrooms
Anjali Chauhan