Short Stories

Short Story

A Positive Proposal

A story on how women have battled Covid woes, first published on Women's Web in March 2022. A POSITIVE PROPOSAL The steam vaporizer let out…
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
Matters of the Heart
Short Story
When Death Whispered Hope
Short Story
A Relic by the Sea
Co-authored Anthology
The Anatomy of a Memory
Short Story
A Summer Sonata
Short Story
The Bliss of Solitude

Poetry

Poetry

The List

This poem was published on the Indian Review in May, 2024.   A broken violin with splintered strings - parts of a forgotten, fractured symphony…
Poetry

I am NAARI

This poem was published in the TMYS Story Project - 12 (December, 2023). Given below is an excerpt of it.   Pre-destined to birth, nourish,…
Poetry

The Legacy of Longing

{This was my entry for PenMuse-46 conducted by Penmancy in November, 2022, which fetched me the Second Position.}   The diaphanous sheets susurrate against the…
Poetry
An Amaranthine Alliance
Poetry
The Intrepid One
Poetry
I Am
Poetry
The Gift of Gold
Poetry
The Red Bindi
Poetry
OUTBOUND

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

Bon Appétit!

Roast beef sandwich or grilled salmon wrap? I deliberate. But, for once, I’m not worried. The bulge in my jeans pocket feels reassuring. Today, surprisingly,…
Flash Fiction

Highway to Happiness

BTB Monthly Challenge - June, 2023   ‘All of eighteen and not yet married?’ ‘Joining college? To study with those city slickers?’ ‘You’re making a…
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
Flash Fiction
A Rendezvous by the Sea
Flash Fiction
Sister Act
Flash Fiction
The Dawn of Freedom
Flash Fiction
The Last Tango
Flash Fiction
The Sacred Sinner

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

Beneath Divided Skies – A Riveting Read

Book – Beneath Divided Skies Author – Natasha Sharma Publisher – Vishwakarma Publications Length – 216 pages (all included) Genre – Historical Fiction (based on…
Book Review

Stars from the Borderless Sea

Book: Stars from the Borderless Sea Author: Dr Shalini Mullick Genre: Romance Publisher: Readomania It’s the soul-stirring title and the haunting cover image that act…
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Recipe for a Perfect Marriage by Women’s Web
Book Review
Xanadu – Three Souls Searching for their Paradise, by Harshita Nanda
Book Review
The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee
Book Review
Book Review – MAYDAY! by Beetashok Chatterjee
Book Review
Book Review – The Fairly Ordinary Princess by Khushboo Shah

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