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Rakkhushi by Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla)

The only poet to ever be hyphenated with Tagore

Mandakini ki Prem Kahani by Leela Majumdar (Hindi)

Leela Majumdar's stories are all kinds of delig

Aadaab by Samaresh Basu (Bangla)

In a tale for our time and a tale for every tim

Baap Re Baap by Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Hindi)

A one-of-a-kind gem that could only have flowed

Kuashar Bhitor Mrityur Shomoy by Jibanananda Das (Bangla)

The greatest Bangla poet since Tagore, yes, but

Pul by Sunil Gangopadhyay (Hindi)

A poet writes a short story. Read it as an exte

Shohoje Ki Borolok Howa Jay? (Bangla) by Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury

The first man of one of Bengal's most illustrio

Virupaksh Dev ki Kahani (Hindi) by Buddhadeva Bose

A bittersweet tale about writing, writers and p

Shaanjer Baati by Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla)

Modern-day minstrel Nazrul imbued his short sto

Sanshay by Buddhadeb Guha (Hindi)

Love, lust, fertility and travel -- nearly all

Baan by Mahasweta Devi (Bangla)

What does it take to keep challenging society f

Chhod-Di by Bani Basu (Hindi)

Nobody dissects the mind of the modern Bengali

Oleek Bawshonto Din by Anita Agnihotri (Bangla)

A very weekly magazine-esque short story from a

Neel Aatank by Satyajit Ray (Hindi)

A translation of one of Ray's best-known and most

Manush Bhooter Golpo by Syed Mustafa Siraj (Bangla)

Sharp humour and a characteristic earthy flavour s

Geeton ke Harshringar by Joy Goswami (Hindi)

A simple, beautiful meditation on the quiet joy

Haraaner Naatjamai by Manik Bandopadhyay (Bangla)

The crown jewel among Manik's short stories is

Telenapota ka Aavishkar by Premendra Mitra (Hindi)

An eminently successful experiment with the sho

Bidaal by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bangla)

The father of the Bangla novel here gives us a

Safed Duniya by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (Hindi)

A translation of the Byomkesh creator's fascina

Promilar Biye by Amiya Bhushan Majumdar (Bangla)

A sublime piece by Bangla's writer's writer. Ev

Teen Aalsi by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (Hindi)

A witty and sharply self-reflective story where

Tothapi by Samaresh Basu (Bangla)

A complex story about trying to be who you are

Naukri Nahin Hai by Jibanananda Das (Hindi)

A poet and his meanderings among all he loves a

Protnobishaad o Jol by Anita Agnihotri (Bangla)

A story about the tugs and pulls of being a bur

Doodh ke Daant by Samaresh Majumdar (Hindi)

A simple yet moving story about loss and its re

Jhee by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (Bangla)

Sharadindu was a writer of style and he gives y

Behen by Buddhadev Bose (Hindi)

A suffocating tale that speaks of how the times

First Class by Sankar (Bangla)

The master chronicler of twentieth-century urba

Abhaagi ka Swarg by Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay (Hindi)

The most successful writer of narrative fiction

Nolinir Upakhyan by Mahashweta Debi (Bangla)

This one is one of Mahashweta's few works of fi

Patni aur Preyasi by Ashapurna Debi (Hindi)

The master of the domestic is at her quirky bes

Dupur by Debesh Ray (Bangla)

A rare stream-of-consciousness experiment in Ba

Canvasser by Banphool (Hindi)

The original master of flash fiction brings us a s

Jibito o Mrito by Rabindranath Tagore

A mind-bending story by the bard, one that is ofte

Maskhari by Samaresh Basu (Hindi)

A sharply written tale of all the indiscretions th

Poitrik Bhita by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (Bangla)

Experience nostalgia and the pangs of leaving behi

Badnaami by Rabindranath Tagore (Hindi)

A lesser-known story by the master about the limit

Ghumonto Puri by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar (Bangla)

Enjoy the magnificence of the language in this (re

Do Hanson ka Joda by Satinath Bhaduri (Hindi)

The deeply underrated (and under-read) defines lov

Chaabi by Ashapurna Debi (Bangla)

A twisted journey into the darkest recesses of a l

Dhakka by Ashapurna Debi (Hindi)

This one is from Bangla literature's master purvey

Mukti by Dilip Das Biswas (Bangla)

A fine piece of medical fiction, which also raises

Saugaat-e-Aam by Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay (Hindi)

A cute slice-of-life story about a time gone by an

Mrityumukhe Khogen Khamrui by Ullas Mallick (Bangla)

A biting satire about the idea of welfare in India

Borobil by Nalini Bera (Hindi)

A contemporary gem redolent of the flavours and fr

Dakater Ma_Satinath Bhaduri (Bangla)

In this tongue-in-cheek story of falling from grac

Aadaab by Samaresh Basu (Hindi)

In a tale for our time and a tale for every time,

Mahesh by Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay (Bangla)

A moving tale of a Muslim man in a rigidly caste-b

Chaabi by Ashapurna Debi (Hindi)

A twisted journey into the darkest recesses of a l

Boshbar Ghor by Ramapada Chowdhury (Bangla)

The masterly Ramapada Chowdhury explores the petti

Rakshas-Gan by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (Hindi)

A quaint tale of love, longing and guilt from one

Dhakka by Ashapurna Debi (Bangla)

This one is from Bangla literature's master purvey

Ginni by Rabindranath Tagore (Hindi)

This is my Hindi translation of Rabindranath Tagor

Suitcase by Nabaneeta Dev Sen

The definitive Nabaneeta short story wittily and s

Bharatvarsh by Ramapada Chowdhury

This is my Hindi translation of Ramapada Chowdhury

Mahesher Mahajatra by Rajshekhar Basu alias Parashuram

This one is the original Bangla story by the iconi

Kundi by Bimal Kar

'Kundi' is the Hindi translation of Bimal Kar's (b

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