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Kalapahar

Kalapahar

Posted by on Oct 6, 2013 in Short Story Translation | 4 comments

A short story by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay translated from Bengali There is nothing more irritating in the world than to make an obstinate person amenable to reason. If this stubborn character is an adult and not a child, it becomes all the more calamitous. If the child asks for the moon and you give it candy in place of the moon, the child is consoled. If...

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George Orwell

George Orwell

Posted by on Sep 18, 2013 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

“Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” ― George Orwell, 1984 “Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of...

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Posted by on Sep 18, 2013 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there. It...

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Let it be

Let it be

Posted by on Jul 13, 2013 in Short Story Translation | 0 comments

A short story by Banaphul translated from the Bengali On suddenly entering her room, I found numerous coloured ribbons in a soap case. Just beside it in another container with a plastic lid there were beads of various shapes and sizes. On the shelf were three fat exercise books. On opening them I found each was filled with pictures. In one there were...

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After I received the letter

After I received the letter

Posted by on Jul 5, 2013 in Short Story Translation | 0 comments

A short story by Banaphul translated from the Bengali One It seemed the day was in no hurry to go away. I was immersed in the hope of seeing her for one more time. I never imagined I could see her once again, she whom I let go forever. There was no possibility that she would come this way again. But the impossible would be a reality. She was coming and I...

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Experience

Experience

Posted by on Jul 3, 2013 in Short Story Translation, Uncategorized | 0 comments

A short story by Banaphul translated from the Bengali I was in government service then. I was in charge of the Sadar hospital in a big town. One day two patients were admitted in two cottages. My job involved patients, I shouldn’t have worried but with these two I had quite an embarrassment. The main reason of my worry was not the patients but their...

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