Yukti Saumya translates “Yeh Hain Jamia Ki Ladkiyan,” a poem by Amir Aziz Exposing the Shahs of the world, With their gestures, revolutions unfurl, These are the girls of Jamia. And patriarchy’s garb gets ripped to shreds, People clear out the path ahead, When they resolve to take on the streets, these girls of Jamia. […]
Krithi Ganesh translates a fragment from an unfinished novel written by Wolfgang Herrndorf 1. After all, being crazy simply means you’re crazy, not daft. Because a lot of people think that they’re completely daft—weirdos—just because they wander around strangely and scream and shit on the pavement and whatnot. And that’s true. But it doesn’t feel […]
An excerpt from Shahikant Mishr’s book, translated by Prerna Vij There was chaos at the Katihar Zila Hospital. The senior doctor was very anxious. She couldn’t decide anything, after all what could she even do? Such a complicated case! Should they save the child or the mother– they did not even have that option! The […]
An excerpt from Usha Priyamvada’s novel, translated by Charvi Koul Kaushalya ji’s phone call left Sushma surprised but she still invited her to visit. When she returned home from college she gave Bhauri instructions to get some things for evening tea and then started cleaning her room. She wanted Kaushalya ji to see how well […]
A short story by Wajida Tabassum, translated by Akshaj Awasthi Bade Chacha left the cell-like chamber abutting the drawing room, closely followed by Genda Khala who was holding onto his kurta. She looked bewildered and afraid. ‘What will I do now, huzoor? I won’t be able to hide this secret forever!’ Chacha Miyan looked at […]