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Short Stories

Short Story

A Jasmine Trail

This piece was published in the art and lit e-mag The Chakkar in November, 2023. Simran averted her eyes from the single line staring back…
Short Story

Song of the River

This short story was published on Story Sanctum, a Chicago-based publishing house, in March, 2025.   Which is the more difficult thing to do –…
Co-authored Anthology

Eclipsed and Exiled

This short story was published in Rigorous, an international literary magazine.   Inspection - your most dreaded day of the month. It’s not that you…
Short Story
A Positive Proposal
Short Story
A Dawn of Hope
Short Story
The Bliss of Solitude
Short Story
A Summer Sonata
Short Story
The Forests Whisper a Secret
Short Story
When the Woods Wailed

Poetry

Poetry

Philia Forever

As the Sun descends in leaden steps, making way for the argent orb at dusk, “Pray tarry, do not evanesce yet,” entreats the Moon, “Why…
Poetry

Locked Longings

This poem was published in The Wise Owl litmag in December, 2024.   The chipped raw wood door to my heart lies bolted with a…
Poetry

Echoes of Winter

This poem was published in The Chakkar in February, 2024.   I draped the pashmina shawl today that once wove patterns in wool entwined with…
Poetry
Stifled No More
Poetry
Soul Craft – October Poetry Contest
Poetry
The Legacy of Longing
Poetry
The Intrepid One
Poetry
I Am
Poetry
A Little More in Love

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

A Scarlet Saga

You look at his eyes – lovely, brown orbs - now fixated, unseeing, bulging out of their sockets. You crouch on the floor next to…
Flash Fiction

From Sign to Scar

Written for ArtoonsInn Writers Room  in September 2024, for a 300-word Flash Fiction prompt: Write the story of a scar your character has - physical or…
Flash Fiction

The Permanence of Change

Shagun was peering at her face in the large, oval, mirror in her room. A deep furrow lined her glabella. She clearly did not like…
Flash Fiction
Of Pearly Pinks and Glorious Gold
Flash Fiction
A Lavender Trail
Flash Fiction
A Rendezvous by the Sea
Flash Fiction
The Chase
Flash Fiction
Amaranthine Love
Flash Fiction
To Be Or Not To Be

Book Reviews

Book Review

Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review

  Book: Saudade Author: Debarati Sen Genre: Poetry Length: 46 pages, 25 poems   Debarati Sen’s second literary outing grabs the reader’s attention at the…
Book Review

The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee

When a widely travelled person with a wealth of experience behind him, chooses to wield the pen, the result is an engaging collection of fourteen…
Book Review

The Mussoorie Murders – Book Review

The Mussoorie Murders, Divyaroop Bhatnagar's debut novel published by Om Books International, proves to be an interesting read, particularly for readers like me who nurse…
Book Review
Beneath Divided Skies – A Riveting Read
Book Review
Eclectic Emotions by Debashree Basak
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Stars from the Borderless Sea
Book Review
Kausalya, Queen of Hearts – Book Review
Book Review
Xanadu – Three Souls Searching for their Paradise, by Harshita Nanda

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