Short Stories
The Solo Voice of Courage
The burnt gold swan sitting on the mantelpiece, gleamed in the bright sun rays streaming inside the spacious living room and proudly displayed the name,…
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 –…
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…
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…
Flash Fiction
A Rendezvous by the Sea
How can something as colourless as water create so many hues, Eliana wondered, as she scrolled through her photo gallery. Images of an ominous, grey…
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
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…
Kausalya, Queen of Hearts – Book Review
Title: Kausalya, Queen of Hearts Author: Vibha Sangita Krishnakumar Publisher: Readomania Length: 288 pages Genre: Mythological Re-telling Kausalya, Queen of Hearts - Vibha Sangita Krishnakumar’s…
