Star Literature

My heart's longevity comes from my maa's magnifying kindness

Maa, you are an endless exhibition / of sweet-sour happiness
26 September 2024, 13:30 PM

Alone beneath the mountains

His final sentiments were etched into the table before he succumbed to his final rest: "I found solace in the mountains. They demanded nothing and remained steadfast by my side."
25 September 2024, 16:00 PM

Stories of passing strangers

My train just started / I found my seat / When she called me
22 September 2024, 13:51 PM

Humanity at risk

Was it a spectacle—filmed the whole incident? / Why didn’t you withstand? / Why didn’t you try to desist?
22 September 2024, 11:00 AM

A night in Kalimpong

As I turn back, my eyes catch sight of what appears to be hands, but of a tan, furry kind, feeling its way inside the sliding doors
21 September 2024, 16:00 PM

On travel and writing

It is perhaps not an overstatement to say that humans are, at their core, wanderers.
20 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Hazardous miasma

The night smoke carries out the riots of innocents,
13 September 2024, 18:00 PM

The creek drank the sorrows you sang to

Rose-tinted glasses are just red, and I have painted myself with the color now that the hollow of your eyes isn’t there, now that 
13 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Residence

I plead but I know there is nothing I can do. Akbar, in a rare fit of courage, tries to intervene. But the old man does not budge. Maybe he knows about Mina and me.
13 September 2024, 18:00 PM

City of bougainvillea

“The roads are too clean. The sun is too bright,” she thought.
13 September 2024, 10:26 AM

Shadhin

Sumedha replied with annoyance, "I will make him say the words. It's so simple, 'Apni kemon achhen, bhalo?' Why can't he say it?"
11 September 2024, 15:07 PM

‘Twas Full Moon That Night

The village folk remembered the moon of that night, and they described it.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Silent friday

Somehow, the taste of tear gas
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM

What to do when faced with tear bombs

Hold on to the hand of your lover. Because when the baton falls it will be between the spaces where we stand.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Tagore and the Hispanic world

Reception of Tagore in the Hispanic world is a significant literary event in itself because they acknowledged Tagore during such a time when the occidental enthusiasm for him was declining
31 August 2024, 15:00 PM

Survival tactics for “peaceful” protests

Stay in a group, never in alleyways
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Dual faces of an unseen predator

In a world spun from the threads of chaos, we are born into a tapestry of shadows. We are shimmering maidens in the night, nurturing within us a fire both subtle and strong. Yet, the air around us is heavy with whispers–danger and desire intertwined.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Swapane eshechilo mridubhashini

Translated by Mohammad Shafiqul Islam
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Jabar bela fele jeo ekti khopar phul

Leave a flower from your bun when you depart, my love.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM

The floodlights

Chaos. More chaos.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM