A Poem by Sanjukta Dasgupta

Dr.Sanjukta Dasgupta,Professor and Former Head, 

Dept of  English and Former Dean, Faculty of Arts,

Calcutta University and Fulbright Fellow. She is a poet,

 short story writer, critic and translator.

She was a member of the GeneralCouncil of

 Sahitya Akademi New Delhi and Convenor, English Advisory Board,

Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. She is the President of the

 Intercultural Poetry Performance Library, Kolkata.

She received the WEI Kamala Das Poetry Award in 2020

 and the ETHOS Literary Award in 2022.

Dasgupta has 26 published books. Her published

 books of poetry are Snapshots (1997), Dilemma (2002),

First Language (2005), More Light (2009),

Lakshmi Unbound ( 2017) Sita’s Sisters (2019)

 Unbound : New and Selected

Poems edited by Jaydeep Sarangi and

 Sanghita Sanyal) (2021), IndomitableDraupadi (2022).

 Her poems have been translated in German, Serbian,

Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Kashmiri and Tamil.

Poems by Shayeri Dasgupta

This is Shayeri a 16 year old aspiring author and poet with burning passion for crafting compelling narratives and an unwavering love for the enigmatic world of literature. Hope my work reaches out to everybody and receives love and appreciation.

Two Poems by Amanita Sen

Author of two volumes of poetry, Amanita Sen’s works have been published in various journals. A reviewer and a translator as well, of poems from the Bengali language to English, she often hosts poetry sessions in the city of Kolkata. She is a mental health professional

A Poem by Archita Sengupta

Dr Archia Sengupta resides in USA for last three decades, by profession scientist. But her passion, obsession feelings everything is literature. She prefers to express in vernacular but she is bilingual writer, she has several books in her credit..

Poems by Goutam Chakraborty

Goutam Chakraborty: Born in 1966 in a village of South 24 Parganas,   Tathagata moved to Kolkata in early seventies and graduated in science from St. Xavier's college.

After a brief stint in engineering services outside Bengal, he joined Government of West Bengal and still working. He is a passionate reader of literature and likes to express himself in different forms of literature.

APoem by Nishi Pulugurtha

Nishi Pulugurtha is academic, author, poet and translator. She writes short stories, poetry and non-fiction and has published works in them apart from several academic writings.  Her co-edited translation work and a fourth volume of poems are forthcoming. She is Secretary, Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library (IPPL), Kolkata.

Poems by Biswajit Chattopadhay

Dr. Biswajit Chattopadhyay is a practising cardiac physician based in Kolkata for
last 40 years. Besides his busy professional career, he is a writer for many decades,
writing both in Bengali and English languages.
Among his 23 published work, he has been awarded the maiden Bangla Kobita Academy
Puroskar in 2003 for his poetry book Majhe Majhe Kar Kachhe Jabo & Utpal Kumar
Basu Smriti Puroskar in 2019 for his poetry book Shashanker Mrityu Nei.
He also edited a few magazines named Kolkata 2000(Bengali), Paakdandi (Bengali),
Scorpion(English) & Hornbill (English).
He is now working on his new fiction and some experimental sonnets in Bengali and
English.

A Poem by Sanjoy kumar Nag

A Teacher with a passion for reading, writing and analysis of present scenario. A memory, an experience or an imagination can be transformed into an immortal entity with the wings of poetry. Art makes things eternal by its perceptual omnipotence. The author has an intense belief in what is happening has a silver lining with a universal appeal. There is no light without darkness and darkness without a twilight. Nothing is permanent; change is universal; adaptation is life; change is truth; but, stability is death and ignorance darkness.

Poems by Sharmila Ray

Sharmila Ray is a poet and non-fiction essayist, writing in English and anthologized and featured in India and abroad. Her poems, and non fictional essays have appeared in various national and international magazines and journals. She is an Associate Professor of the Department of History at City College, Kolkata. She has authored eleven books of poetry. She has edited a bilingual anthology of American and Indian writers-Bridging Continents with Gopal Lahiri. She was on the English Board of Sahitya Akademi (National Body of Letters, Govt. of India), Conducted poetry workshops organized by British Council, Poetry Society of India, Sahitya Akademi.. She has been reading her poems in India and abroad. Her poems have been translated into Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Slovene, Hebrew and Spanish and Uzbeck.

She has received many awards for poetry. She has been reading her poems in various National and International Poetry Festival.

Poems by Baby Shaw

Baby Shaw is a versatile author and scholar with MA degrees in Bengali and English literature from Kolhan University, Jharkhand. Currently pursuing a PhD in Modern Poetry, she is a prolific poet, essayist, and translator. Shaw has authored 15 poetry books with established publishers, two essay collections, and a book of free prose. She has also translated works by poets like Bek Seok, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Ibn Arabi. An editorial team member of Abahaman, she received the Bangla Academy Award in 2020 for her work Kandnageet: Sangraha O Itibritto, a comprehensive study of plaintive women's songs from southeastern West Bengal.

Poems by Kushal Podder

The author of A White Cane For The Blind Lane and How To Burn Memories Using a
Pocket Torch has ten books to his credit. He is a journalist, father of a four-year-old,
illustrator, and an editor. His works have been translated into twelve languages and
published across the globe.

Poems by Hindol Bhattacharjee

Hindol Bhattacharjee, a well-known Bengali poet, grew up in Kolkata and completed Masters in English from the University of Calcutta. He has been writing Bengali poetry for over twenty-five years. He has authored 20 poetry collections, including "Tumi, Arakkhito", "Jagat Gouri Kabya", "Taramonir Har", "TalpatarPunthi", "Je Gaan Rater", "Uttarpurush Tumi", "TritioNayane Jago", "Je path Baul", and "3/4c Taltala Lane." Hindol is the recipient of the Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (Anita Kumar Basu-Sunil Kumar Basu) Award, the Birendra Award, the Bhaskar Chakraborty Smriti Puraskar, and the Binay Majumdar Smarak Samman, among others. For the past 17 years, he has been translating German poetry into Bengali.

Poems by Chaitali Chattopadhay

A Physics graduate from the University of Calcutta, Chaitali had decided to experiment in copywriting in a famous ad agency but devoted her soul to Bengali poetry.Author of numerous books of poetry, short story and fiction, she was recipient of many prestigious awards of Bangla Academy and Sahitya Academy.

She is now regarded as a major voice of women's liberation in Bengal and India.

Poems by Prajit Jana

Prajit Jana(Born: 29.06.1959) is a well-known Bengali poet, who would occasionally
switch to English as his other preferred medium of expression. When he does so, he
does it elegantly, hitting the right nuance, tone and diction of the language.
Prajit has no less than twelve published Bengali poetry titles to his credit – the first
having been published in 1984 and the last(Kobita Sangraha) only recently. His
poetry title Prolapsarani brought the recognition of Birendra Puruskar in 2011.
Prajit’s poetry revolves around the innermost layers of our subconscious. When he deals
with the external, he internalizes it organically, to make it part of an internal journey.
Often mysterious & multi-layered, dotted with unpredictable twists and turns – his
poems evoke to some critics a deep sense of ennui ingrained in his poetic journey.
In the role of an editor, he has successfully edited Vinno Ashi(a selection of Bengali
poems by powerful but lesser known poets of the eighties), Saptak and Trapeze - the
latter two being the poetry-oriented cultural magazines published in Bangla.
Prajit has also left behind a trail of edit page articles in national English and Bangla
newspapers with focus on art, literature and cinema.

Poems by Kalparshi Bandyopadhyay

Kalparshi Bandyopadhyay is a bilingual poet, writer, and translator with a deep love for
literature. His literary journey began when his first poem was published in the Sunday
Telegraph under the editorship of the renowned poet Jayanta Mahapatra. The author of
three Bengali poetry anthologies, including the acclaimed Byatha Niordhok Chand, his
works have appeared in esteemed journals, reflecting his enduring passion for creative
expression. Alongside his literary pursuits, Kalparshi is a dedicated Learning and
Development professional in the pharmaceutical industry.

A Poem by Rehan Koushik

: Rehan Koushik is now a well-known name in the ambit of Bengali literature. Although he started life as a journalist he left journalism for creative writing. Currently writing is his passion and profession.

He mainly writes research-based novels apart from short stories, poems and lyrics.

Some of his notable books are Roopmati, Chitrakar, Tepantarer Swapno, Sada jahaj ebong holud projapoti, Dhyan aar dhulor bhaskarja, Ore chithi tomar shahore, Holud haaoyaar chithi, Ei aayu, ei andhokaar, Krisnachura o nadir galpo etc. 

He has got many recognitions like Basudeb Deb Sangsad Samman(2014), IBRAD Samman (2016), Renuka Smriti Sahitya Samman (2018), Terminus Samman(2019), Shabdo Sanko Samman(2020) and Rendezvous Samman (2020)from Bangladesh.

TRANSCREATION BY TATHAGATA CHAKRABORTY

Tathagata Chakraborty: Born in 1966 in a village of South 24 Parganas,   Tathagata moved to Kolkata in early seventies and graduated in science from St. Xavier's college.

After a brief stint in engineering services outside Bengal, he joined Government of West Bengal and still working. He is a passionate reader of literature and likes to express himself in different forms of literature.

Poems by IInam Hussain Begg Mullick

Poet bio: Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an award-winning Kolkatan poet-editor and polymath. His most recent book of poems is The Magical Life of Inamorato (Writers Workshop). For many years, he wrote in The Statesman. He is the Director-Founder-Editor, The Kolkata Arts. Inam teaches Creative Writing.

Poems by Somolekha

Somolekha started professional writing with an education magazine. She currently teaches in the Bhawanipur College and is the COO of Azure ad agency. She writes in both Bengali and English with equal élan. Her English poems are regularly published in national and international magazines like Teesta Review, The Kolkata Arts, Lit Review (Texas, USA), international online journals like Writers Cafe etc.

She has also lent her voice to promotional videos. She has been closely associated with the world of advertising and has contributed to several ad film scripts and publicity materials.

Apart from being a COO, a lecturer and a writer, she paints, acts, travels, and juggles words! She feels for the socially deprived (has her NGO for autistic children), be they human beings or animals, and is deeply involved in social work. Her books, Tittle Tales from La La Land, Conundrum, Zilch, Distant Brontide, Oud & Amber and Yellow Goggles were her efforts to introduce the intense visions in her mindscape to the world.

Poems by Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri

Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri (born 1965) is a 1992 batch officer of Indian audit and accounts service. She has served in different parts of India extensively.  She is a noted poet hailing from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Publishing her literary works since 1993, she has over 16 collections of poetry and short stories to her credit. She was awarded the KrittibasPuroskar in 1998 established by Sunil Gangopadhyay and Anita Sunilkumar puraskar instituted by Bangla Akademy in 2006.  She is the recipient of Barna parichay sharad samman 2011.  She also writes short stories novels and critical essays and articles, publishing in leading newspapers and magazines of Bengal. 

Yashodhara is a translator from the original French language into Bengali. She was awarded the Diplome de langue from Alliance Fraincaise du Calcutta in 1998 and has translated Leonardo Da Vinci by Serge Bremley in 2008, and Combat de la Vie by Dr Luc Montaignier in 2012. She is married to Trinanjan Chakrabarty, a scholar and teacher of French language.