Discourses From the East
Discourses From the East
Introductory translator’s note: This is yet another incredible short story from Saurav Kumar Chaliha’s impressive oeuvre. His unique punctuation style is defined by long sentences, and generously sprinkled with commas, semi-colons, and em dashes. The translation preserves Chaliha’s style by…
কোন এওঁ নতুন মিৰাণ্ডা! – Roma Das, 1960 Translated From Assamese by Sneha Khaund It was after the war. After finishing my first cup of tea in the morning, with my eri shawl draped all around my body and my…
নিষিদ্ধ আহাৰ was originally written by Rama Das (ৰমা দাশ). Translated by Sneha Khaund. I was born in a remote village. My father was a Vaishnavite priest. There was no question of cooking or consuming meat in our household. Even…
