No one sees them, pretending not to notice,
They remain the ghosts of misery living among us,
Some whisper that they pollute us so much,
Somebody who have never seen misery in life.
Kujtim Hajdari, an Albanian exiled poet, shares his poems
Kujtim Hajdari was born in Hajdaraj, on April 10, 1956, in the city of Lushnjë,
We follow the swing that the narrator took in “Bitter Orange” by the Lebanese writer Basma ElKhatib (Dar Al-Adab) as a deceptive, rotating place from which she appears to tell, between a backward jolt that overlooks a past in which the most painful thing is, and the most beautiful thing in it is almost absent, and a forward jolt
All souls need a sky of their own
That holds a blooming sun even at night,
That can keep all dead insides alive
Sprinkling its pure light…
Dr. Eity Mithila, a renowned poet from Bangladesh, shares her poems
Dr. Eity Mithila is a poetess and short-teller from Bangladesh. She was born in 6 February 1993 in Dhaka in
And I ask myself rhetorically,
Where am I in all this chaos?
In a moment of lucidity,
Or perhaps in a dream,
That will open a portal
To the true life.
Corina Junghiatu, internationally acclaimed poet from Romania, shares her poetry
Internationally acclaimed Poet Corina Junghiatu was born on12 April in 1981 in
These five works of fiction by women authors are set against the backdrop of the Independence and Partition of India, and inspire us with their strong, resilient characters who survive turbulent times.
By Chanda Bisht
The month of August always brings up mixed memories for those in the Subcontinent. While India celebrates its 78th