Some days I start a sentence in Bengali and finish it in English. I don\u2019t plan it. The words just find their own way. Writing between two languages isn\u2019t just about translating\u2014it's about listening. You pay attention to what can\u2019t quite make the leap and to what crosses over anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bengali holds memory in a different way. For me, it\u2019s full of childhood, the background noise of family, and books that taught me how silence and rhythm feel. English does something else. It creates space. It sharpens some feelings, puts a new spin on my hesitations, and sometimes brings things into the open that Bengali prefers to keep hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Writing in both languages means living at the edge of things. There\u2019s always this quiet back-and-forth\u2014not just between words, but between ways of seeing. A phrase that feels close and warm in one language suddenly seems distant in the other. A silence that feels natural in Bengali turns into something you have to spell out in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But honestly, this in-between space isn\u2019t a problem. It\u2019s an advantage. I get to watch how meaning shifts as it moves. I learn to wait for the right word and to accept that sometimes there just isn\u2019t one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything I write here grows out of that space\u2014out of the pauses, the rough spots, and the reminder that language isn\u2019t only a tool. It\u2019s a way of being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this turns into a conversation, it\u2019ll be shaped by all the crossing back and forth, by returning again and again, and by listening for what manages to survive the journey.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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