I carry them openly in these calloused hands and hold them out to you could you tell me I'm worthy of love

“Residents usually get 30 days of observation period,” said the man at the reception, “but since it’s a leap year, you get an extra day.

Bolstered, the six little mice lead their army up–up–up the trunk of the poor, ravaged oak they were so desperate to save. 

After many years, Ira has returned to my town. She hops four towns to get here. We are supposed to meet today. I’ve been ready since morning. We will meet by the lakeside.

Raise no alarm, if on a night dimly lit,

A star fell on the ground in the windy night

Glamorous lightweight raindrops  from the October sky keep 

As I read Subimal Misra–I was therefore seized by the urge to bring out his stories, or "anti-stories", in graphic form

The question here should be: Why does the nationality of the poet matter if the sentiment and emotional dimensions are the central focus that keeps the dynamic of a national anthem active?

As if playing a game of chess / Still the world waits for the next dawn

The audience for the jatra was all any Marxist theatre director in Kolkata could have wished for.

The recent attack on “Amar Shonar Bangla” stems from this type of attempt to categorise the national anthem, leading to further allegations against it

The first pulse, in the midst of a whipping maelstrom, 

Don’t you see— I can only write dark. 

Saikat Majumdar writes with a sharp poignancy that arrows straight to the core of the heart.

Resistance takes many shapes and forms, from taking up arms, to facing police batons, to picking up a pen

This is the third and final part of “Storm Child”, serialised here on Star Literature

Eternity collapses at the wheel of change. / Past is lost

Markan didn't have an answer. The word "Arakan" felt distant, like something from a dream he couldn't quite remember

August, marked with dying things. Summer’s end, / My freedom spent