LIFE AND LEGENDS
A Silent River Film and Literary Society journal
www.silentriverfilmandliterarysociety.org
Life and Legends – Eleventh Edition
Published: December 21st, 2021
Irvine, CA, USA
Editor-in-Chief
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Guest Editor
Maria Magdalena Biela
Associate Editors
Lopa Banerjee
Megha Sood
Web Editor
Nirvan Chitnis
Cover Art
Silent River
Cover Photo
Mălina Sîrbu
Editorial: Romanian Poetry and World Literature by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Special Features
Essay
A Crumb from the Copious Spiritual Feast of Romanian Poetry by Maria Magdalena Biela
Interview
A Poet Without Borders: An Interview of Pramila Venkateswaran by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Romanian Poetry
Translations by Maria Magdalena Biela
Andreea Apostu
Tudor Arghezi
George Bacovia
Ion Barbu
Ana Blandiana
Mariana Codruţ
Ștefan Augustin Doinaş
Claudiu Komartin
Mariana Marin
Adrian Păunescu
Poetry
Nicholas Abanavas
Shanta Acharya
Laurel Benjamin
Ashok Bhargava
Paul Lojeski
Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca
Paul Nelson
Nynke Salverda Passi
Susan Sanders
Pramila Venkateswaran
Translations
Yan An (Chinese) – Translated by Chen Du and Xisheng Chen
Dmitry Blizniuk (Russian) – Translated by Sergey Gerasimov
Francis Kurkievicz (Portuguese) – Translated by Author
Boris Slutsky (Russian) – Translated by Olga Dumer
Lighthouse (Flash Fiction)
Hundred Years of a Bag Maker by Takbeer Salati (India)
Samca: by Roxana Cazan (Romania/USA)
Of Memories, Mirrors, Miracles and Dreams Insane: by Chitra Gopalakrishnan (India)
Destinations
Spectacular water systems at Jahaz Mahal: Travel Essay by Neera Kashyap (India)
Bedrock (Book Review)
What Survives Is The Singing by Shanta Acharya – Reviewed by Sarah Lawson (U.K.)
What’s Wrong with us Kali Women by Anita Nahal – reviewed by Megha Sood (USA)
Walk With Me
Atul Prasad Sen’s Song Lyrics: Translated by Lopamudra Banerjee (USA)
