Short Stories

Co-authored Anthology

The Girl in the Red Dress

My short story based in Landour, Uttarakhand, found a place in All Your Stories - a lit mag based out of Somerset, UK - and…
Short Story

Amor Fati – a story of new beginnings

Kumud stashed away the clean, folded clothes in the modest steel almirah. She arranged her pillows and the duvet on the single cot exactly the…
Short Story

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,…
Short Story
When Death Whispered Hope
Co-authored Anthology
Eclipsed and Exiled
Short Story
A Crimson Dawn
Short Story
A Summer Sonata
Short Story
A Dawn of Hope
Short Story
The Loom of Life and a Half-Woven Dream

Poetry

Poetry

Silent Noise

The vast onyx sky, an ominous pit My soul – bleak and cheerless. I know I’ve failed but I hate to admit Searing screams, I…
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

Soul Craft – October Poetry Contest

Prompt: This Dusshehra, what would you like to rid your life of? My entry was adjudged a winner.   As the curtains descend on the…
Poetry
When Tangerine Met Teal     
Poetry
The Legacy of Longing
Poetry
A Little More in Love
Poetry
A Charade of Longing
Poetry
I am NAARI
Poetry
Chasing the Rainbow

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

Sister Act

Kaaya, the svelte, lissome 30-year old acclaimed writer, blessed with a peach-and-pink complexion and Rapunzel tresses, is the toast of Delhi’s literati. And my elder…
Flash Fiction

The Sacred Sinner

It is that time of the year again. I look up - the morning sky is a brilliant sapphire, flecked with feathery, white clouds. The…
Flash Fiction
The Permanence of Change
Co-authored Anthology
Neighbourly Tales
Flash Fiction
Of Pearly Pinks and Glorious Gold
Flash Fiction
Bon Appétit!
Flash Fiction
Embers of Hope…Flames of Happiness
Flash Fiction
To Be Or Not To Be

Book Reviews

Book Review

Eclectic Emotions by Debashree Basak

Book: ECLECTIC EMOTIONS by Debashree Basak Genre: Poetry Anthology Published by Ukiyoto Publishing Having read Ms Debashree Basak earlier, I was looking forward to an…
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

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
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review
Book Review
Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon
Book Review
Book Review – MAYDAY! by Beetashok Chatterjee
Book Review
Stars from the Borderless Sea
Book Review
Recipe for a Perfect Marriage by Women’s Web

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