Shakespeare’s enduring international appeal is in part due to the remarkable personalities he had invented.
Anyone could see that they were a couple very much in love. Always laughing at each other’s jokes. Finishing each other’s sentences. Name the cliché and you’ll find them living up to it without question.
The Calcutta trilogy withstands the test of time and seems relevant to us even today, perhaps because Satyajit Ray was keen to ask questions rather than suggest a solution to the audience
The yard in this noontime is buzzing with/ The white aroma of the guava flower
Everyone gathered around the east end of the Shashipur to watch Sharafat Miah dig his own grave. The local kids lurked around Sharafat’s old hut, keeping a watch on the progress of the grave until their mothers came to pick them up after Maghrib.
Shahaduz Zaman stands out prominently as a significant figure in the contemporary Bangla literary landscape, utilising intertextuality throughout his works, and infusing various texts and genres into his narratives.
I’m going through a heartbreak
The love of the city prevails over the love of kulfi
Playing with a location that seems real but is not is a tricky line to negotiate, and writer beware: you will be attacked
Do you want my hands/ Will they be enough to keep you warm
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 23 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Olives
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 22 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Flag
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 21 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Tire
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 20 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: August
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 19 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: True
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 18 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Rubble