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…
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…
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…
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,…
The Sacred Sinner
It is that time of the year again. I look up - the morning sky is a brilliant sapphire, flecked with feathery, white clouds. The…
Book Reviews
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…
The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee
When a widely travelled person with a wealth of experience behind him, chooses to wield the pen, the result is an engaging collection of fourteen…
