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Shaheen Akhtar

Contributor

Shaheen Akhtar

Shaheen Akhtar is the author of five collections of short stories and three novels—Palabar Path Nei [No Escape Route]; Talaash [The Search]; and Shokhi Rongomala. Talaash won the Best Book of the Year Award for 2004 from Prothom Alo, the largest-circulation daily newspaper in Bangladesh. The English translation of the novel was published last year by Zubaan Books, Delhi, India. Akhtar has also edited the three-volume Soti O Swotontora: Bangla Shahitye Nari, about the portrayal of women in Bengali literature. She currently works for Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights/legal aid organization in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Articles by Shaheen Akhtar

Snakes, Husbands, Ashalota, and Us
By Shaheen Akhtar
The rest of the night we refold our spread-open bodies dreaming snake-dreams.
Translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya
Once Again Love
By Shaheen Akhtar
“Cops on our tail, cops on our tail!”“Cut and run, cut and run!”The picnic party microbus is stuck in a traffic jam. Before anyone can react, a hijra— separated from her band which…
Translated from Bengali by Mahmud Rahman
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