Short Stories

Short Story

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,…
Short Story

A Jasmine Trail

This piece was published in the art and lit e-mag The Chakkar in November, 2023. Simran averted her eyes from the single line staring back…
Short Story

Matters of the Heart

“Didi, your tea is getting cold…the weather is turning nippy here,” Sunaina gently nudged Hemlata out of her reverie. “Yes Nain, I’m just having it,”…
Short Story
Flames of Faith
Short Story
When the Woods Wailed
Short Story
A Positive Proposal
Short Story
A Dawn of Hope
Co-authored Anthology
A Tangled Tapestry
Short Story
Amor Fati – a story of new beginnings

Poetry

Poetry

A Charade of Longing

This poem was published in Borderless Journal in January, 2024.   The stockpile of melodies and memories of the love-drenched days I lost, masquerades the…
Poetry

Stifled No More

Stifled No More   Yes, I cried…swallowed my pride…but I swear I tried! Freedom denied, confidence lost, my heart turned frost. ‘Didn’t you accost him?’…
Poetry

An Amaranthine Alliance

(This is an example of List Poetry – an inventory of people, places, things or ideas, organised in a special way. It bagged a place…
Poetry
Echoes of Winter
Poetry
A Palette of Pride
Poetry
The Red Bindi
Poetry
I am NAARI
Poetry
Locked Longings
Poetry
OUTBOUND

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

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…
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

And the Stars Shone

“Vivek! When will you transfer last week’s pictures to me…I wanna post them tonight!” Varsha shouted out to her husband who was in the shower.…
Flash Fiction
Bon Appétit!
Flash Fiction
Of Pearly Pinks and Glorious Gold
Flash Fiction
A Sticky Ride
Flash Fiction
The Dawn of Freedom
Flash Fiction
Embers of Hope…Flames of Happiness
Co-authored Anthology
Neighbourly Tales

Book Reviews

Book Review

Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy

Lakshmi Ajoy's debut offering may be best described as a journey through her soul and a manual of personal healing for anybody who wishes to…
Book Review

Recipe for a Perfect Marriage by Women’s Web

Recipe for a Perfect marriage, the recently published annual offering of Women’s Web, is an anthology of 25 stellar short stories curated carefully from a…
Book Review

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…
Book Review
Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review
Book Review
Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon
Book Review
Eclectic Emotions by Debashree Basak
Book Review
Beneath Divided Skies – A Riveting Read
Book Review
The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee
Book Review
Kausalya, Queen of Hearts – Book Review

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