Short Stories

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

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…
Short Story

Amor Fati – a story of new beginnings

Kumud stashed away the clean, folded clothes in the modest steel almirah. She arranged her pillows and the duvet on the single cot exactly the…
Short Story
A Positive Proposal
Co-authored Anthology
Eclipsed and Exiled
Short Story
A Jasmine Trail
Co-authored Anthology
When Fire Met Water
Co-authored Anthology
The Girl in the Red Dress
Short Story
A Dawn of Hope

Poetry

Poetry

Paradise Lost

Old albums, sepia photographs, I see When the world looked young and the joys were fresh Locked within these lonely confines, how do I flee?…
Poetry

I Am

#ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour  #Poattic22   #AbstractPoetry I Am Sometimes I am Hope - Weaving roseate, virile dreams in hoary, nebulous eyes And heaving hearts, yearning for a fillip;…
Poetry

The Intrepid One

This poem was published in the international poetry anthology named Sweet Smell Journal in August, 2023, based on the theme 'all things bright and beautiful'. …
Poetry
When Tangerine Met Teal     
Poetry
Chasing the Rainbow
Poetry
OUTBOUND
Poetry
A Charade of Longing
Poetry
The Gift of Gold
Poetry
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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

Sister Act

Kaaya, the svelte, lissome 30-year old acclaimed writer, blessed with a peach-and-pink complexion and Rapunzel tresses, is the toast of Delhi’s literati. And my elder…
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

The Dawn of Freedom

Written for ArtoonsInn  for a 250-word Flash Fiction prompt (August, 2024) - Write a story that happens in your MC's life on 14 and 15…
Flash Fiction
A Match Sui Generis
Flash Fiction
A Sticky Ride
Flash Fiction
Amaranthine Love
Flash Fiction
The Sacred Sinner
Flash Fiction
Highway to Happiness
Flash Fiction
A Lavender Trail

Book Reviews

Book Review

Xanadu – Three Souls Searching for their Paradise, by Harshita Nanda

A story reads best when it is fuelled by real life experiences and steered forward by vivid imagination, as Xanadu, the debut novella of Harshita…
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

Book Review – The Fairly Ordinary Princess by Khushboo Shah

Book: The Fairly Ordinary Princess Author: Khushboo Shah Genre: Children’s Fantasy (works for adults, too)   Looking for a light read that’s bound to warm…
Book Review
Stars from the Borderless Sea
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Recipe for a Perfect Marriage by Women’s Web
Book Review
The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee
Book Review
Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review
Book Review
Book Review – MAYDAY! by Beetashok Chatterjee

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