Description

Published in December each year, Jalsa is a literary anthology of new writings and translations in Hindi. Each number is named on a theme reflecting a major concern around which fiction, poetry, memoirs, critical reflections and analytical writings are placed.

The theme for Jalsa 3 (2012) is ‘A Century’. This year it is dedicated to great khayal singer Amir Khan.

WRITINGS

• Wislawa Szymborska: Two poems
• Editorial notes: A centenary and four deaths (on Ustad Amir Khan, Ravi Shankar, Mehdi Hassan, Eric Hobsbawm and Theo Angelopoulos)
• Laltu: Shabd mile anant to kyon pralapmay (poem)
• Saeed Akhtar Mirza: Salam alaikum, ammi (memoir)
• Pankaj Chaturvedi: Seven poems
• Deviprasad Mishra: Some poems
• Hari Mridul: Seven poems
• Hemant Shesh: Varnamala (fiction)
• Tribhuvan: Seventeen poems
• Kamlanath: Bhaunrya mo (fiction)
• Shubha: Ujre hue pravasi ki dairi se (prose)
• Shivprasad Joshi: Sangit ghar (poems)
• Deepak Banerji: Amir Khan – the man and his music (essay)
• Safdar Shamee: Amir Khan – Some sketches
• Himanshu Kumar: Seven poems
• Anshu Malaviya: Ao, Qsab ko phansi den (poem)
• Saumya Malaviya: Qasab (poem)
• Adrienne Rich: Four poems and an essay
• Milos Macourek: Four tales for children
• Rizwan Zaheer Usman: a tribute

Translations by Bharatbhooshan Tiwari, Asad Zaidi, Ashok Pande