This anthology aims to document and disseminate in English translation, literary narratives on the Sundarbans composed in Bangla by authors belonging to this great riverine ecosystem. The collection foregrounds the many issues that continue to haunt marginalised communities across the world. An attempt has been made to give voice to the subaltern concerns over agency and participation, inclusion into the mainstream, individual as well as collective rights and sociopolitical and cultural recognition.

Indranil Acharya, Professor and Head, Department of English, Vidyasagar University.

Sayantan Dasgupta, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University.

Acknowledgements
General Introduction
Editor’s Introduction

1. Neader / Bimalendu Halder

2. The She-Jackal of Bawaali / Panchanan Das

3. Dokhno / Panchanan Das

4. The Museum / Panchanan Das

5. Shaplas / Panchanan Das

6. The Father and the Mother / Prasad Kumar Mandal

7. The Second Death / Jaykrishna Kayal

8. The Shrimp-catchers of the Mangrove Forest / Niranjan Mondal

9. The Crocodile / Shyamal Kumar Pramanik

10. Kshantoburi’s Family / Shyamal Kumar Pramanik

11. Pathshala / Shyamal Kumar Pramanik

12. Suleiman Fakir / Shyamal Kumar Pramanik

13. Birds of the Forest / Shyamal Kumar Pramanik

14. The Chronicle of Hariya Dom / Shyamal Kumar Pramanik

15. Ghost Tiger / Utpalendu Mondal

16. Bhushon and his Family / Utpalendu Mondal

17. Tulsi’s Chronicle / Utpalendu Mondal

18. Silt / Pranab Sarkar

19. The Maneater, or Merely an Account of My Travel / Bikas Kanti Middya

20. The Will to Live / Biswajit Halder

21. Kanu / Biswajit Halder

22. The Immersion March / Pabitra Mandal

23. Nostalgia or Stories of Roots and Soil / Aparesh Mondal

24. My Childhood: An Oral Narrative / Archana Mandal

Glossary
Notes on Contributors
About the Editors