By Chirantana Mathkari Gandhawati stood stunned looking at the dead salmon in her kitchen sink. With its neck twisted at the edge of the sink and its eye staring at her, it had quite an appalling effect on the vegetarian! She looked away and took a deep breath — but she just got a […]
This is a contest based in Portland, Oregon, for emerging writers — people who have self-published or who have not really been published widely. The stories can be up to 6000 words and should be unpublished. Get your quills ready for the contest ends 31 st August. The award is US $ 3000, publication and […]
Translated by Mitali Chakravarty, excerpted and edited by Ratnottama Sengupta from Nabendu Ghosh’s autobiography, Eka Naukar Jatri/ Journey of a Lonesome Boat. India Independence Day Special In April 1942, our independence movement took on a new vigour. That month, Mahatma Gandhi in his article in the magazine, Harijan, demanded the Imperial government grant India a ‘sovereign’ status […]
