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Sep 14, 20233 min read

Two Poems of Bimlesh Tripathi: Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

साथ रहो सिर्फ तुम फूल की एक पंखुड़ी से बना सकता हूँ गुलदस्ता आकाश में एक तारा काफी है पूरी रात अंजोर के लिए एक बीज से पूरे खेत में उग...

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Sep 14, 20233 min read

Two Poems of Hareprakash Upadhyay: Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

चंद उलाहने (1) तटस्थता के पुल पर खड़ी होकर उसने मुझे एक दिन जाने किस नदी में ढकेल दिया कोई किनारा नहीं कोई नाव नहीं कोई तिनका नहीं बहता...

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Aug 29, 20237 min read

Five Hindi Poems of Kumar Mukul Translated by Shivam Tomar

The Best Letters The best letters are not necessarily those with the neatest handwriting or the simplest language. Rather, the best...

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May 28, 20223 min read

Two Poems of Kedarnath Singh Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

केदारनाथ सिंह की दो कविताएं। अनुवाद: कल्पना सिंह The Earth Shall Remain I’m sure the earth shall remain, if not elsewhere, it shall...

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May 24, 20227 min read

Kamayani (कामायनी) by Jaishankar Prasad, Translated by Usha Kishore

Excerpts from the Epic Hindi Poem Kamayani (Translated from the original Hindi into English by Usha Kishore) Excerpts from Canto I:...

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May 24, 202218 min read

A Winter's Night (पूस की रात) by Premchand, Translated into English by Chaitali Sengupta

A short story by Munshi Premchand (प्रेमचंद), Translated from Hindi into English by Chaitali Sengupta Halku came in, and said to his...

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May 17, 20215 min read

Five Hindi Poems of Kunwar Narain Translated by Apurva Narain

YOU, ALL AROUND ME And you, all around me all the time so present in my world your frequent coming and going yet, you do not come in...

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May 16, 20217 min read

Two Hindi Poems of Mangalesh Dabral Translated by Sarabjeet Garcha

A TRIBUTE The Madwoman It was almost certain that she was insane her mauled appearance tangled hair and livid face were enough to betray...

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May 16, 20215 min read

Two Hindi Poems of Pankhuri Sinha in English

Two Hindi Poems of Pankhuri Sinha translated from the original Hindi into English by the poet herself. Dragon Dance on a Rainy Evening...

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Jan 16, 20212 min read

Three Poems of Vishnuchandra Sharma Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

Today Where flowers could not grow I planted the rocks. Flowers are blooming from the rocks now. आज जहाँ फूल नहीं उग सके मैंने चट्टानें...

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Jan 15, 20213 min read

Two Poems of Uday Prakash Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

Banishment They pressed all the buttons and every light bulb turned on. In the brilliance of the light of many colors, the city has...

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Jan 14, 20213 min read

Two Poems of Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

THE YAWNING GUARD Don't wake him up he is dreaming, children are returning into his dreams, birds are singing, rainbow is rotating its...

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Jan 10, 20212 min read

Two Poems of Kedarnath Singh Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

HINDI Even without saying my tongue knows the scars on its back from the assaults now long forgotten, that many of its verbs still can't...

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