Shandana Mihas

Shandana Minhas is the author of the novels Tunnel Vision, Survival Tips for Lunatics, Daddy’s Boy, Rafina and Ferdowsnama (forthcoming from Penguin India in 2025). 

POETIC RENDITIONS – COLUMN 3

Poetry (translation)
pawn

life is a chessboard
each square a home

POETIC RENDITIONS – COLUMN 3

Note on translation

‘Our mother tongue is wordlessness.’ I read this in an essay about the life of an exophonic poet and felt it to be true.

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