Short Stories
When Death Whispered Hope
The familiar swish of paper floats in from the adjoining room and I look up from my laptop. A half-smile irons out the furrows of…
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…
Poetry
Soul Craft – October Poetry Contest
Prompt: This Dusshehra, what would you like to rid your life of? My entry was adjudged a winner. As the curtains descend on the…
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…
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…
The Ride
This was among the nine stories selected globally (and the only one from Asia) for the Wordrunner eChapbooks Micro Prose Issue of October, 2024 …
Book Reviews
Eclectic Emotions by Debashree Basak
Book: ECLECTIC EMOTIONS by Debashree Basak Genre: Poetry Anthology Published by Ukiyoto Publishing Having read Ms Debashree Basak earlier, I was looking forward to an…
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…
