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Translations of a poem into a different language by various writers

Gujarati to English
મળે ન મળે – આદિલ મન્સૂરી 
Male Na Male – Adil Mansuri

notes and translations by ٖSaniyah Salman, Rohee Dholakia, and Meena Desai

The artwork by "creature" shows two black rotary phones with white dials, one on each end of a horizontal banner, connected by a telephone cord. In the center of the cord are the words Trunk Call in white capital letters. There is a switchboard in the background.
artwork by creature

Shandana Minhas speaks to writers, artists, absurdists. listen to episodes here.

28 February 2025
with SABAHAT ZAKARIYA
Sabahat Zakariya is a writer, cultural critic and creator of iconoclastic videos. Her celebrated multimedia platform, Feminustani, has carved a new genre in the South Asian cultural space by excavating Pakistani popular culture for feminist and social critique. Some of the things she talks about in this episode are identity, creativity, saris, and Pakistani English language writing.

Submissions for Chowk, ‘Borders/Boundaries – سرحدیں/حُدود’, are open all year

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