The June 2020 Issue of Bengaluru Review contains (click on the titles to read):
Essays
- When Lord Byron’s unsparing tongue tasted the quarantined life; Satish Gore Presents A Delightful Take
- What goes on behind the closed doors of film awards; Writer and Filmmaker Leslie Carvahlo gives an insight
- The Photographer Who Captures Forgotten Souls: Carlo Rey Provides An Insight Into G.M.B. Akash’ Work
Books
- When poetry documents truth with a sharper eye to detail than history; A review of 'Stick No Bills'
- What makes The Chronicles of Narnia an enduring tale of magic
- Amita Ray provides a brilliant introduction to Tagore’s songs for the non-Bangla speakers
- The beauty, honesty, and charisma of Jhilam Chattaraj’s poetry shines brilliantly in her work; A Review
- Love, loss, and enigma in a stationery shop; Anantha Reviews 'The Stationery Shop Of Tehran'
- Jhilmil Breckenridge’s poems are strikingly prophetic about the current Covid crisis; Jonaki Ray Reviews
- Gayatri Majumdar’s poetry takes us on a metaphorical voyage; Gopal Lahiri Reviews
- When poetry is dedicated to the world where one lives through memories: An Insightful Review By Nandini Varma
- When Poems Uncurl The Mysteries Of Life Through The Fiddlehead Fern: An Incisive Review Of 'The World In Shadow'
- Muktibodh, the one who never published his works, was the Franz Kafka of India
Fiction
- The Chess Match: Gary Beck's one-act drama is a brilliantly ironic take on modern life
- Hunger: The story that you need to read right now!
- Pesi’s Pastime; A Wonderful Short Story By Saeed Ibrahim
Translation
- The legendary water carrier who ruled India for a day; A story by Kunwar Narain
- “The third day is different, easier”: Extracts from ‘Hunger’, a novel by Dhruba Jyoti Borah
- Poetry in Translation: John Taylor beautifully translates Franca Mancinelli from the Italian
- Poetry in Translation: Anju Makhijas translation of 18th century Sindhi Sufi poet Sachal Sarmast is pure delight
- Poetry in Translation: Six iconic poems of Faiz Ahmad Faiz translated beautifully by Vinita Agrawal
- Neelkant ka Safar; Barnali Saha translates Swyam Prakash's wonderful short story for you
- Poetry in Translation: Rajat Chaudhuri translates Pratyush Bandopadhyay unpublished Bengali poems
Poetry
- Curated Poetry Series: 4 Incredibly Inspiring Women Poets to Read this June
- "An image of the moon is less true than the moon itself": Three poems by Richard Oyama
- "Knowledge is to possession what wisdom is to practicality": Three wonderful poems by Ndaba Sibanda on the Pandemic
- "Words become words only if they find an exit": Three poems by Jaewon Chang that will leave you wanting more
- "The Prime Minister comes on TV wearing a mask and only speaks in Hindi": Three poems by Meghna Prakash
- "We pretended never to know the dark": Three poems by Sujash Purna that you'll read again and again
- "Some days, I am my flower namesake": Three delightful poems by the brilliant Aparajita Deb
- "And yet religion intervenes, like a charcoal / top-hated blackfish": Five poems by Nishi Chawla
- "My brain is a compass / trying to place you inside a circle": Three brilliant poems by Ardra Manasi
- "Even my shadows are wooly / but only wind bends me": Four poems by Charles Wyatt that you shouldn't miss
- "Death knells peal, numbers multiply, virus ravages us": Haiku and other poems on the Corona Pandemic by Sudeep Sen
- "what does it take / to make Kannauj sound like New York?": Three prolific poems by Srinijoy Dey
- "Is oppression first felt in the body?" On George Floyd, and other poems by Cheshta Rajora
- “That’s Biriyani, my Lord!”: Three poems by Ra Sh That You Shouldn't Miss
Interviews
- “India is always on my mind”: Claus Ankersen Speaks With Bengaluru Review
- “Being aware of tragedy and trauma allows us to work for healing and justice”: Robert Wood Speaks With Bengaluru Review
Bhasha
In Pictures
Happy Reading!
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