Issue 16, Nov-Dec 2007

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Feature: Telugu Dalit Poetry

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ARTICLES/INTERVIEW

“When topic and language continue to retain freshness even after centuries you can certainly say that a poem has timeless appeal. Milton, for instance, has this quality,” says Jane Bhandari in a free-wheeling discussion with Manu Dash on creation of poetry and its essential nature. In this section also hear the views of the Goan poet Brian Mendonca as expressed to Ambika Ananth. An article by Sachidananda Mohanty takes forward the discussion on challenge of translation. Sachidananda Mohanty: Insider/Outsider – A Definition of Translation Brian Mendonca: In Conversation with Ambika Ananth Jane Bhandari: In Discussion with Manu Dash

BOOK REVIEWS...

Ambika Ananth, reviewing Jayaprabha’s book of poetry Unforeseen Affection, writes on its translation into English, “it shows P V Narasimha Rao, the creative writer-translator at his best. He captures the sheer magic of a language as rich as Telugu, and conveys the quintessential Telugu idiom." Also read T Vijay Kumar’s delightful review of Sirshendu Mukhopadyay’s Bengali novel Canker translated into English by Sachindra Lal Ghosh. Ambika Ananth: Jayaprabha’s Unforeseen Affection Vijay Kumar T: Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s Canker

FICTION...

Read Tagore’s Streer Patra (The Wife’s Letter) rendered into English by Naina Dey. The master story teller depicts the status of women in traditional middle class Bengali family that is perhaps relevant to this day and deals with female psyche with rare sensitivity. Featured too is another master writer of Gujarat – Sundaram translated by Hemang Desai. Modern fiction from Gopa and Gaurav Nayak, as also Shyamal Banerjee, complete the section. Gopa and Gaurav Nayak: Picture Without a Caption Rabindranath Tagore: The Wife's Letter Shyamal Banerjee: Ramu's Fate Sundaram: In the Lap of Mother

POEMS...

Read Vasuprada Kartic’s intense self-introspection in her creditable debut work: I comfort myself with the knowledge / that I can transcend from this, my now. / I feel the freedom even though chained, / I feel the pleasure even through pain. Also featured are poetry of Aju Mukhopadhyay, Anna Maria, Bibash Choudhury, Kashmiri poets in exile, Nikesh Murali, Pronoy Rai and P Raja Ambika Ananth: Selections from "Your Space" Aju Mukhopadhyay Anna Maria Bibash Choudhury Kashmiri Poetry of Exile Nikesh Murali Pronoy Rai Raja P Vasuprada Kartic