Short Stories

Short Story

A Summer Sonata

April 2004 The square envelope lay on the carved rosewood peg table, conspicuous by its stark white look, broken only by the carefully inscribed name in…
Co-authored Anthology

The Anatomy of a Memory

This short story was published (in two parts) in The MockingOwl Roost, a US-based art and literary magazine.   14 July 2019, Meghalaya, India The…
Short Story

Bullseye!

This short story won the second position in an annual writing event organised by Wordweavers.   Dreamers are losers…darn! I hate dreams. Act fast, act…
Short Story
Amor Fati – a story of new beginnings
Short Story
A Universe Less Equal
Short Story
The Bliss of Solitude
Short Story
A Positive Proposal
Co-authored Anthology
Eclipsed and Exiled
Short Story
When Death Whispered Hope

Poetry

Poetry

Silent Noise

The vast onyx sky, an ominous pit My soul – bleak and cheerless. I know I’ve failed but I hate to admit Searing screams, I…
Poetry

The Gift of Gold

This poem was part of the Fall collection in The Wise Owl e-mag in October, 2023.   The wooded paths are a sight to behold…
Poetry

Stifled No More

Stifled No More   Yes, I cried…swallowed my pride…but I swear I tried! Freedom denied, confidence lost, my heart turned frost. ‘Didn’t you accost him?’…
Poetry
Philia Forever
Poetry
When Tangerine Met Teal     
Poetry
An Amaranthine Alliance
Poetry
Echoes of Winter
Poetry
The Legacy of Longing
Poetry
Chasing the Rainbow

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

Sunn Tan, with a Difference

ArtoonsInn prompt for 250-word Flash Fiction (August, 2024) - Write about a love story between two persons from a panipuri seller's POV. They meet for…
Flash Fiction

Embers of Hope…Flames of Happiness

Featured  in the anthology REBIRTH, published by The Impishlass Publication house It was the last day of our all-girls’ trip to Ladakh. The past one…
Flash Fiction

A Lavender Trail

This flash fiction was published in the international e-mag, The Wise Owl, in September, 2023.   You always enjoyed doing that to me, didn’t you,…
Co-authored Anthology
Neighbourly Tales
Flash Fiction
The Sacred Sinner
Flash Fiction
A Match Sui Generis
Flash Fiction
Of Pearly Pinks and Glorious Gold
Flash Fiction
Highway to Happiness
Flash Fiction
Sister Act

Book Reviews

Book Review

Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy

Lakshmi Ajoy's debut offering may be best described as a journey through her soul and a manual of personal healing for anybody who wishes to…
Book Review

Book Review – MAYDAY! by Beetashok Chatterjee

This review was first published in The Wise Owl literary magazine as a featured article in their special Book Review Supplement on 10 August, 2023.…
Book Review

Recipe for a Perfect Marriage by Women’s Web

Recipe for a Perfect marriage, the recently published annual offering of Women’s Web, is an anthology of 25 stellar short stories curated carefully from a…
Book Review
Book Review – The Fairly Ordinary Princess by Khushboo Shah
Book Review
Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon
Book Review
Eclectic Emotions by Debashree Basak
Book Review
Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review
Book Review
The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee
Book Review
Xanadu – Three Souls Searching for their Paradise, by Harshita Nanda

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