Laboratory by lopa Banerjee
[This excerpt is a part of my recently released book ‘The Broken Home and Other Stories’ where I have translated six short stories and two...
Tag : translation
“Verses of Wahab Khar” by Perviez Ali
Translating poetry opens up new worlds of language Let’s start with two basic questions back to back.Can poetry be translated? And is there any purpose...
THE QUESTION OF LATIN by Maupassant
This subject of Latin that has been dinned into our ears for some time past recalls to my mind a story—a story of my youth....
“TEN RUPEES” BY Saadat Hasan Manto
Ten Rupees Translated by Matt Reeck and Aftab Ahmad She was at the corner of the alley playing with the girls, and her mother was looking...
“All for a Husband” by ISMAT CHUGTAI
AND all this happened over the merest trifle. Misfortunes cannot be foreseen. What an unlucky hour it was when I set foot in that train,...
“THE LOVE OF LONG AGO”, a short story by Maupassant
The old-fashioned chateau was built on a wooded knoll in the midst of tall trees with dark-green foliage; the park extended to a great distance,...
“The Return” by Saadat Hassan Manto
THE special train left Amritsar at two in the afternoon, arriving at Mughalpura, Lahore, eight hours later. Many had been killed on the way,...
“Life”, A Poem by Fatima Hassan
Life ! O life of mine! I have no grievance against you None, whatsoever There’s nothing that hasn’t changed Nothing that I’ve not acquired. Why...
