Venkat Raman Singh Shyam



25 Indigenous Australian writers.
25 Dalit and tribal Indian writers.
1 indigenous Nepali writer.
51 translations by 40 translators.
24 languages.
2 editors.


DALIT / INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN Editorial: Mridula Nath Chakraborty and Kent MacCarter

Artwork:
7 Works from Venkat Raman Singh Shyam: Pardhan Gond Artist and Story-teller

And 51 new poems with 51 translations commissioned, selected and edited by Mridula Nath Chakraborty and Kent MacCarter:

39B मे प्रेम | Love in 39B
by Bruce Pascoe and Jasmeet Kaur Sahi
તરાન પીસાં | Flight Feathers
by Ellen van Neerven and Kamlesh Gayakwad
(My) Uncle’s Bullock-cart | Mamageli Boilam Gaddi
by Pobre Fernandes and Walter Menezes
વરુઓ  | The Wolves
by Tara June Winch and Roshan Chaudhuri
Body Purification
by Basudev Sunani and J P Das
चौथी दुनिया | Fourth World
by Melissa Lucashenko and Rekha Rajvanshi
ਕੇਸ |Hair
by Faye Rosas Blanche and Ishmeet Kaur
To Progress | આગલા વાદાઁ
by Jitendra Vasava and Gopika Jadeja
మేమిక్కడున్నాం | We’re Here
by Natalie Harkin and Joopaka Subhadra
untitled poems
by N D Rajkumar, P Rajani and Rajamanickam Azhagarasan
The Colour Blue | नीला रंग
by Hemlata Mahishwar and Mridula Nath Chakraborty
Old Scores: An Occasional Poem for Girrilang
by John Mukky Burke and Mannarakal Dasan
Lhonak
by Tashi Chophel and Pushpa Choden Thomas Lepcha
Puppet | કઠપૂતળી
by Priyanka Kalpit and Gopika Jadeja
Farewell, O Setting Sun | ਅਲਵਿਦਾ
by Lal Singh Dil and Nirupama Dutt
Water Song
by Ken Canning and Pushpa Choden Thomas Lepcha
थाई | Thai
by Graham Akhurst and Ajay Navaria
Ancient Man | पुरानो मानिस
by Shrawan Mukarung and Prakash Subedi
mtDNA
by Hannah Donnelly and Favita Dias
न्हानानग्गु यागु | Nhananggu Yagu
by Charmaine Papertalk Green and Subhash Jaireth
Dust
by Nini Lungalang
The Street Dog
by Sathy Angamaly and Mannarakal Dasan
Who … are we? | આમે … કિડેએ …
by Mansinh Chaudhary and Rupalee Burke
Satha Didi Bhuiini Takot | Seven Sisters Strong
by Dylan Coleman and Dolly Kikon
Anti-love Poem
by Mona Zote
Twi | Water Drops
by Jim Everett and Chandrakanta Murasingh
My Poetry | મારી કવિતા
by Sahil Parmar and Gopika Jadeja
Snails | Shaamuk
by Anupama Basumatary and Pradip Acharya
जादूनगरी? | Wonderland
by Samuel Wagan Watson and Subhash Jaireth
Slumber | Muktrui
by Chandrakanta Murasingh and Saroj Chaudhury
 
 

CORDITE POETRY REVIEW
ISSUE 55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN
Released: 1 October 2016