Short Stories

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

The Girl in the Red Dress

My short story based in Landour, Uttarakhand, found a place in All Your Stories - a lit mag based out of Somerset, UK - and…
Short Story

A Dawn of Hope

Chittagong (Bengal), 1927 The charcoal chunks in the clay oven crackled and sputtered as the dying embers fought a losing battle to burn bright. The…
Short Story
Bullseye!
Short Story
Matters of the Heart
Short Story
Amor Fati – a story of new beginnings
Short Story
Flames of Faith
Short Story
A Summer Sonata
Co-authored Anthology
The Anatomy of a Memory

Poetry

Poetry

When Tangerine Met Teal     

This piece has found space in the poetry anthology titled When Fire Spoke to Water, brought out by LetsMakeStoriesDino, based on the same theme -…
Poetry

A Palette of Pride

#coloursofpride   #Poattic23  #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour (June, 2023) Orange, Green and Yellow, the holy shades of faith Thrust upon my rebel self, nearly stifling it to death. "She's…
Poetry

A Little More in Love

This poem was a part of the Valentine's series published on ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour in February, 2024.   We made fancy wishes on the downy…
Poetry
OUTBOUND
Poetry
The List
Poetry
The Red Bindi
Poetry
An Amaranthine Alliance
Poetry
Silent Noise
Poetry
I Am

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

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

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
Sunn Tan, with a Difference
Flash Fiction
Of Pearly Pinks and Glorious Gold
Flash Fiction
The Chase
Flash Fiction
From Sign to Scar
Flash Fiction
A Lavender Trail
Flash Fiction
The Last Tango

Book Reviews

Book Review

Book Review – The Labyrinth of Silence

Book – The Labyrinth of Silence Author – Dr Aparna Salvi Nagda Publisher – Vishwakarma Publications Length – 205 pages (all included) Genre – Social…
Book Review

Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon

When one’s deep-seated emotions skim to the surface and find a voice, the result is a soul-stirring anthology of poems called Myriad of Dreams! Myriad…
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 Mussoorie Murders – Book Review
Book Review
Xanadu – Three Souls Searching for their Paradise, by Harshita Nanda
Book Review
Kausalya, Queen of Hearts – Book Review
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Eclectic Emotions by Debashree Basak
Book Review
Book Review – MAYDAY! by Beetashok Chatterjee

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