Short Stories
A Positive Proposal
A story on how women have battled Covid woes, first published on Women's Web in March 2022. A POSITIVE PROPOSAL The steam vaporizer let out…
Flames of Faith
19 June 1968, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Please Maa, Rajendra is an honest man…meet him once, at least! Pitaji, please don’t finalise my wedding elsewhere,…
Poetry
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…
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…
Flash Fiction
A Match Sui Generis
The roseate dawn tiptoes into my bedroom, heralding a new day…arguably, the most special one in my 24-year-old life. The white pigeon perches on the…
A Sticky Ride
The crowded bus trundled along, teeming with fatigued, home-bound passengers. A young lady shuffled uneasily, supporting herself with a walking stick. She looked clearly piqued…
Book Reviews
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…
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…
