Issue 59

‘I’m Scared’ & Other Poems

Editor's Note These poems by Leeladhar Jagoori, even the short poems, hold as much as…

‘Snow White in the House of the Seven Dwarfs’: A Poem

Editor's Note Recast as a poem, an old fairy tale takes on ballad-like qualities. One…

‘Gardenia and the World’ & Other Poems

Editor's Note As these disarming poems gently and firmly report, we exist alongside other forms…

‘Himalayas Are Dalit’: A Poem

Editor's Note As Siddalingaiah, the pioneer of Kannada Dalita-Bandaya poetry wrote, “Nenne Dina, Nanna Jana…

Decomposition

Editor's Note In one of his interviews, Hamiruddin Middya speaks about being concerned more about…

A Shiny New Toy

Editor's Note I once wrote a novel in which the protagonist, while referring to images…

A Cat-and-Mouse Game

Translator's Note Perhaps this is not a story. It is an instruction booklet with baffling…

Extermination

Translator's Note What struck out for me while translating this story is its exploration of…

A Confession To A Murder

Editor's Note One hears of the long arm of the law. Long enough, at times,…

The Bridal Shalwar

Editor's Note Written by Akhtar Mohiuddin and translated by Nageen Rather, the story opens with…