My Deuta never wrote to me before. Or, precisely, Indian fathers usually don’t write letters to their sons. I don’t know if Manu made that law, as he made many laws for women. Our Jethai followed some of Manu’s laws carefully. She always wore white. Never stepped on the ground with bare feet during her […]
The special train left Amritsar at two in the afternoon and reached Mughalpura eight hours later. Many of the passengers were killed on the way, many were injured and a few were missing. When Sirajuddin opened his eyes the next morning, he found himself lying on the cold ground of a refugee camp. There was […]
They had returned to Amritsar from Lahore after seven-and-a-half years. The hockey match was only an excuse; they were more keen to see the houses and the bazaars, which they had known seven-and-a-half years ago and which now belonged to the strangers. Groups of Muslims could be seen strolling down every street of the city. […]
Just as I’m about to give up pacing and go back and sit down, I see Mother – or her ghost – right in front of me… oblivious of everything… walking toward me without even seeing me. Maybe she’s sleepwalking, looking for me in a dream. If I step to one side, she’ll stagger by. […]
How much does an official box measure? It’s best not measured! The size of anything official is deceptive. Basket, casket, box. Dali, peti dabba. Denoting bribes and amounts! This box containing the son fits no idiom, what dimension then should be suggested for its size? Big enough to hold a fistful of ash? Or as […]
रमेश चन्द्र द्विवेदी की हिन्दी कहानी मूल एवं राहुल सोनी कृत अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद में. तीस वर्षों तक फ़िराक़ गोरखपुरी के साहित्यिक सचिव रहे द्विवेदी की इस कहानी में ख़ुद फ़िराक़ के अलावा प्रेमचंद और मजनूँ भी किरदार हैं.
A story by Ramesh Chandra Dwivedi, who was Firaq’s ‘Literary Secretary’ for 30 years, in the original Hindi and in English translation by Rahul Soni. In this story, Firaq himself appears as a character along with Premchand and Majnoon.
प्रिया सरुक्कई छाबरिया की अंग्रेज़ी कहानी
A short story in English by Priya Sarukkai Chabria.
A short story in Hindi by Prabhat Ranjan.
प्रभात रंजन की हिन्दी कहानी.
A short story in Hindi by Sanjay Singh.
संजय सिंह की हिन्दी कहानी.
रवीन्द्रनाथ ठाकुर की बांग्ला कहानी एकरात्रि (1892) अरूणाभ सिन्हा के अंग्रेजी अनुवाद में.
Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Ekratri (1892) in English translation by Arunava Sinha.