Dhan Gopal Mukerji was perhaps the best-known Indian writer of the early 20th century who published in English. In the 1910s, he took part in the Bengali resistance, and at the age of twenty, he was forced to leave India. Soon after, he settled in New York. Cut off from […]
Boris Artsybashev
Poor Shaydullah
Shaydullah is a beggar who wants to know why his prayers go unanswered. One day, he sets off on a journey, visiting different people and asking for guidance. Each encounter gives him an answer, but it’s never quite what he expects — and Shaydullah struggles to put it into practice. […]
Boris Artsybashev
Boris Mikhailovich Artsybashev (1899–1965) was an American artist, designer, and illustrator of Russian origin. He was the son of the writer Mikhail Artsybashev. Born in Kharkiv, he emigrated to the United States during the Russian Civil War. In 1919, he began working in an engraving studio in New York, where […]