Short Stories
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…
A Relic by the Sea
This short story was first published on the website of Purple Pencil Project in June, 2024. https://www.purplepencilproject.com/a-relic-by-the-sea-by-urmi-chakravorty/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0RDS775sSAlA-5itqXCn0ePzoNbkwH5AOkoHa This story was re-published in November, 2024,…
Poetry
I Drank with the Moon
(Published in the May 2023 issue of Borderless Journal) I watched the pregnant moon melt – a pearly blob in the pulp of my…
The Red Bindi
This was my first foray into the domain of prose poetry, published on Pena Litmag in February, 2025. The day Baba first spotted me…
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,…
Amaranthine Love
“This will be the last time, I promise,” my voice cracks on the phone as I strive hard to convince her. “But please meet me…
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…
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…
