About
Indrani Ganguli
Indrani Ganguli is an interpreter of languages. She’s as adept at staring down recalcitrant witnesses in court while taking down their depositions as she is compassionate with those who clearly are devastated at being there at all.
Her stories are rich in classical allusions even as they explore the social consciousness (or lack thereof) of the times we live in.
Indrani Ganguli is a previous participant in The Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival. She has also been a guest outside the Festival.
See more of her work here
Please read her short story in ISBF-2022 here.
Her poem in ISBF-2021 can be found here.
Her short story in ISBF-2020 may be found here.
She is also a contributing poet to this collection of poetry titled A Place called Utopia
Quislings
by
Indrani Ganguli
तमाम महरूम दावा ओ ख़्वाहिशात
शदीद दर शदीद
शरीक करो शमाह की लौ से—-
सरगोशी से।
और मुंतज़ीर रहो चंद लम्हात—-
फैल जाएगी अल्फाज़ सारी
आग के शक्ल में।
और यह दूनिया,
यह वतनफरोशो की दुनिया
राख हो जाएगी पलक झपकते।
Whisper your deprived demands and desires
Intense and deep.
Whisper to the flame.
And step back and wait.
The words will burst into flames.
And this world of the Quislings and the Jaichands
Will then cease to exist.