Wasafiri 84: A Special Issue on Bangladesh
Wasafiri 84 represents the first international journal to be dedicated to current Bangledeshi writing. With over 250 million Bangla speakers worldwide, it is a 'rather abnormal state of affairs' that Bangla literature has, until this point, been neglected on an international scale. This issue looks to correct this oversight, with fiction, poetry, articles, and art pieces from voices such as Tahmima Anam, Afsan Chowdhury, Shoaib Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed.
Contents
Editorial
Ahsan Akbar and K Anis Ahmed
Articles
The Hijra Comes in from the Heat and Dust: Notes towards a Definition of Bangladeshi Writing in English
Kaiser Haq
Second Marriage Chittagong Style
Khademul Islam
Hieroglyphics
Abeer Y Hoque
Doing Pashto: An Extract from A Right to Passage
Zeeshan Khan
Fiction
Dervish
Sharbari Ahmed
A Nomad's Home
Zubier Abdullah
The Gift
Nupu Press
Penetralia
Ikhtisad Ahmes
Stone Age
Syed Manzoorul Islam
This Gift of Silver
Shagufta Sharmeen Tania, trans. by Shabnam Nadiya
On Hire
Afsan Chowdhury, trans. by Mahmud Rahman
Art
Learning to Read the Signs: On Your Ride in Bangladesh
Safia Azim
Interviews
An Interview with Tahmima Anam
Amy Finnerty
Poetry
Getting It Right; A Political Affair; A Diasporic Tale
Kaiser Haq
No big deal; Shifting sands …; Woven air
Sadaf Saaz
A Final Embrace; Hands
Nausheen Eusuf
Homage to Dhaka city; Jackson Heights; Muslimas on Manhattan Island
Sayeeda Tahera Ahmad
Customs; Sepulchre; Apartment 651J
Shoaib Alam
Reviews
The World in My Hands – K Anis Ahmed
Ghost Alley – Javed Jahangir
Birangona: Women of War – Leesa Gazi and Samina Lathfa
Ibtisam Ahmed
Midnight, Dhaka – Mir Mahfouz Ali
David Shook
Fire Altar: Poems on the Persians and the Greeks – Keki N Daruwalla
Good Night, Mr Kissinger – K Anis Ahmed
Roomy Naqvy
Digital Monsoon – Siddhartha Bose
Devil's Thumbprint – Ahsan Akbar
Liam Kinkead
Beloved Strangers – Maria Chaudhuri
Rebecca Foster
Escape from Baghdad! – Saad Z Hossain
Stephen Thompson
Sari Reams – Sadaf Saaz
Jocelyn Watson
So the Path Does Not Die – Pede Hollist
Shalini Nadaswaran
Restless Supermarket – Ivan Vladislavić
Wolf Wolf – Eben Venter
Rachel Bower
This House is Not for Sale – E C Osondo
Barbara Mangame-Ruende
The Weather Wheel – Mimi Khalvati
Over the Moon – Imtiaz Dharker
Devindra Kohli
Meatspace – Nikesh Shukla
Charles Wolford
Mexican Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television – Paul Julian Smith
Lisa Stead
