Fault Lines
‘Floods’ is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used…
Asia
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Stories
What Men Live By
Translated from Bangla to English by the author
Hot Mango Chutney Sauce
‘Hot Mango Chutney Sauce’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. It was only yesterday that the…
A fast-growing refugee problem
‘A fast-growing refugee problem’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. On the third Friday of August,…
Accidents are prohibited
‘Accidents are prohibited’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Kalai swirled the pieces of meat around…
মানুষ যা নিয়ে বাঁচে
Translated from English to Bangla by the author
Editorial Issue 4 – Let these birds fly
Later, I hear feathers rustle inside as annapakshis stomp along the border, protesting in endless circles. -- ‘Birds at the…
Publishing: A Journey of Instability
I have to start this piece with an event I want to forget the most. Whenever I discuss or write…
Children of Death
Shaheda holds the bag close to her chest to stop the shivers, folding her hands tightly around it. It is…
Rumah ibu & the riot, the bodhisattva
Rumah ibu No home without the heart of the woman, the quivering keepsake of meat. Bury it beneath …
The River of Stolen Words
We didn’t know that’s what they were doing When they first took our words From the toddlers’ mouths, Replacing babbles…
In fetters, Silent and Lonely
Winter this year has been a rainy one. However, not on this Wednesday which is dull and smoggy as winter…
On Mimicry & Dream Dangling a Dead Bird
On Mimicry (after Erin Belieu) inside a gallery with strung up nylon clouds overhead you know who was who…
archipelago
Birds at the Border
When the sari comes back from the istriwala, it’s still warm to touch, and a slice of old, dry newspaper…
Weeds
‘Weeds’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Wee Boon Ho was no longer expecting any phone…