Short Stories

Short Story

The Forests Whisper a Secret

This is an excerpt from my short story, The Forests Whisper a Secret, published in the TMYS Review of June, 2023. The journal is available…
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 –…
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
When Death Whispered Hope
Short Story
The Caprice of Colour
Short Story
A Universe Less Equal
Short Story
When the Woods Wailed
Co-authored Anthology
The Anatomy of a Memory
Short Story
Matters of the Heart

Poetry

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

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

I Drank with the Moon

(Published in the May 2023 issue of Borderless Journal)    I watched the pregnant moon melt – a pearly blob in the pulp of my…
Poetry
A Charade of Longing
Poetry
Stifled No More
Poetry
OUTBOUND
Poetry
The Intrepid One
Poetry
Silent Noise
Poetry
The Gift of Gold

Flash Fiction

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

Highway to Happiness

BTB Monthly Challenge - June, 2023   ‘All of eighteen and not yet married?’ ‘Joining college? To study with those city slickers?’ ‘You’re making a…
Flash Fiction

The Last Tango

The late afternoon sun gleamed on the Californian highlands, lighting up the horizon in rainbow flames. 13-year-old Ryan came out into their almond orchard, book…
Co-authored Anthology
The Ride
Flash Fiction
The Chase
Flash Fiction
The Permanence of Change
Flash Fiction
Embers of Hope…Flames of Happiness
Flash Fiction
A Lavender Trail
Flash Fiction
Sunn Tan, with a Difference

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

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…
Book Review

Beneath Divided Skies – A Riveting Read

Book – Beneath Divided Skies Author – Natasha Sharma Publisher – Vishwakarma Publications Length – 216 pages (all included) Genre – Historical Fiction (based on…
Book Review
Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon
Book Review
Book Review – The Fairly Ordinary Princess by Khushboo Shah
Book Review
Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review
Book Review
The Mussoorie Murders – Book Review
Book Review
Kausalya, Queen of Hearts – Book Review
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy

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