Samir Bhattacharya

Founder Editor, Parabaas, the first Bengali webzine, being published since 1997. Also publishes translations.

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

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Professor, a short story by Rabindranath Tagore (Adhyapak, 1898), translated from original Bengali by Carolyn B. Brown.
#RabindranathTagore #TRANSLATION

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

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In Bhushandi’s Fields by Parashuram (Rajsekhar Basu)
translated from Bengali to English by Chhanda Chattopadhyay Bewtra with Carolyn B. Brown.
Published 100 years ago, the story is still as popular as ever.
#translation #bengaliliterature #humor

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

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প্রিয় করস্পর্শ
শক্তি চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Language: Bengali | কবিতা | Publisher: Parabaas | ISBN(print): 978-1-946582-41-6 | 'কুড়ি বছরের কুড়িটি' ও 'সে তার প্র��িচ্ছবি' বই দুটির পাণ্ডুলিপি সঙ্কলন
#Bengalipoetry #parabaas

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

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Santiniketan, pre-Independence : Susan Chacko reviews The Land Where I Found It All, Buddhadeva Bose's memoir (translated by Nandini Gupta). An elegy of sorts to the Master Poet, Rabindranath Tagore.

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Will be looking forward to it.

[Arunava Sinha @arunava]

The wounds of the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975 have not yet healed for many. This novel by Mashrur Arefin is the most unusual book I’ve ever translated, a marvellous melange of memory, magic, mystery, and Mujib. Out in 2024.

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

(cont'd)
https://t.co/i150xWTBIs
he’s a walking earthquake
the way he stomps along
whenever I try to say a word
he butts in
lord, it’s me, my self!
he hasn’t a shred of shame
I’m so ashamed of him
how can I come to your door?
3/3

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Twelve Poems from Gitanjali : Rabindranath Tagore
translated from Bengali to English by Carolyn B. Brown
https://t.co/i150xWTBIs

#Tagore #tagoresongs #Gitanjali #translations #southasianliterature #Bengali
1/3

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Gitanjali 103
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I started out to meet you
by myself
so who’s following me
in the muffled dark?
I want to get rid of him
I circle and backtrack
and decide the stalker’s gone
but there he is again!
2/3

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

https://t.co/HUU5BI7ieE
The Festival Issue with 70+ articles.
Enjoy
#Bengaliliterature #parabaas #Bengali

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Great news. Congratulations!

[Arunava Sinha @arunava]

March 2024 in UK bookshops

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Bengali translation of The Last King in India: Wajid Ali Shah-- Oct 9, at 5 PM at Pratikkhan, Kolkata-9. Author (Rosie Llewellyn-Jones), translator (Subhamay Ray), and Samik Bandyopadhyay will be there for lecture/book signing. Please attend if possible.

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Cover release. Published by Parabaas (https://t.co/7GPd6WUFsz)

#translation #bengaliliterature #parabaas

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Even the two Bengals broke away : Shakti Chattopadhyay
translated from Bengali by Nandini Gupta

To cross from river to river I fear
What if an island outpost wakes near
Saying, “Come, I’ve waited eternities.”
...
https://t.co/kDNroky7Pl
#translation #bengalipoetry

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

I totally agree!

[Arunava Sinha @arunava]

The average reader can read 240 words a minute. If you read 20 minutes a day, you can read 1.8 million words a year. Or, 25-30 books in translation. (Which is what I'm interested in making you do.)

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

@arunava Here is an article in Bengali on poet Birendra Chattopadhyay :

https://t.co/k85NXSPTcg

[Arunava Sinha @arunava]

A Human / Birendra Chattopadhyay

His home was burnt down
In an untimely blaze
A deluge of annihilation
Swept his heart away

Still he is startled
When he sees a face
Still he makes an idol
Whenever he finds clay

#translation #bengalipoetry

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

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Warm Rice or Just a Ghost Story : Sunil Gangopadhyay
translated from Bengali to English by Oindrila Mukherjee
A wonderful story, beautifully translated...
#translation #SouthAsian #parabaas #bengaliliterature

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Lovely!

[Bhaswati Ghosh @bhashwatighosh]

'Crafting a River', one of my three poems published in the latest issue of @bombaylitmag

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

Hmm.. it turns out the tabla player's name was not mentioned, and I had somehow imagined him to be Alla Rakha. Some research is needed...

[Samir Bhattacharya @SamirParabaas]

The description here of Alla Rakha playing tabla in a club is unforgettable.

[Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 @nilanjanaroy]

Gita Mehta, Karma Cola:

"The seduction lay in the chaos. They thought they were simple. We thought they were neon. They thought we were profound. We knew we were provincial. Everybody thought everybody else was ridiculously exotic and everybody got it wrong."