Short Stories

Short Story

The Bliss of Solitude

“Teeya, where are you? Papa wants to talk to you,” Sandhya called out affectionately to her 25-year-old daughter. Must be cosying up in bed with…
Short Story

Song of the River

This short story was published on Story Sanctum, a Chicago-based publishing house, in March, 2025.   Which is the more difficult thing to do –…
Co-authored Anthology

Eclipsed and Exiled

This short story was published in Rigorous, an international literary magazine.   Inspection - your most dreaded day of the month. It’s not that you…
Co-authored Anthology
When Fire Met Water
Co-authored Anthology
The Anatomy of a Memory
Short Story
When Death Whispered Hope
Short Story
Bullseye!
Short Story
The Solo Voice of Courage
Short Story
A Relic by the Sea

Poetry

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…
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…
Poetry

The Legacy of Longing

{This was my entry for PenMuse-46 conducted by Penmancy in November, 2022, which fetched me the Second Position.}   The diaphanous sheets susurrate against the…
Poetry
Soul Craft – October Poetry Contest
Poetry
I am NAARI
Poetry
Philia Forever
Poetry
Silent Noise
Poetry
The Gift of Gold
Poetry
I Drank with the Moon

Flash Fiction

Co-authored Anthology

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  …
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

The Chase

This flash fiction was published in the international e-mag, The Wise Owl, in November, 2023. Her less frequent dreams were those of their grey-and-white home…
Flash Fiction
The Last Tango
Flash Fiction
Sunn Tan, with a Difference
Flash Fiction
Sister Act
Flash Fiction
Bon Appétit!
Flash Fiction
The Sacred Sinner
Flash Fiction
From Sign to Scar

Book Reviews

Book Review

Stars from the Borderless Sea

Book: Stars from the Borderless Sea Author: Dr Shalini Mullick Genre: Romance Publisher: Readomania It’s the soul-stirring title and the haunting cover image that act…
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

Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review

  Book: Saudade Author: Debarati Sen Genre: Poetry Length: 46 pages, 25 poems   Debarati Sen’s second literary outing grabs the reader’s attention at the…
Book Review
Book Review – The Fairly Ordinary Princess by Khushboo Shah
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Book Review – The Labyrinth of Silence
Book Review
The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee
Book Review
Beneath Divided Skies – A Riveting Read
Book Review
Kausalya, Queen of Hearts – Book Review

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