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…
Urmi ChakravortyOctober 13, 2022
Featured in the anthology REBIRTH, published by The Impishlass Publication house It was the last day of our all-girls’ trip to Ladakh. The past one…
Urmi ChakravortySeptember 1, 2022
Recently, I read about a furore created over the word ‘aunty’. Apparently, the aggrieved person had barely stepped into her forties and hence, vehemently rebuffed…
Urmi ChakravortyAugust 21, 2022
This piece has found space in the poetry anthology titled When Fire Spoke to Water, brought out by LetsMakeStoriesDino, based on the same theme -…
Urmi ChakravortyJuly 29, 2022
This piece is based on the poetic form Triversen and was published as part of PenMuse-43, the monthly poetry event organised by Penmancy. It bagged the…
Urmi ChakravortyJuly 29, 2022
Chittagong (Bengal), 1927 The charcoal chunks in the clay oven crackled and sputtered as the dying embers fought a losing battle to burn bright. The…
Urmi ChakravortyJune 20, 2022
The familiar swish of paper floats in from the adjoining room and I look up from my laptop. A half-smile irons out the furrows of…
Urmi ChakravortyJune 18, 2022
Shagun was peering at her face in the large, oval, mirror in her room. A deep furrow lined her glabella. She clearly did not like…
Urmi ChakravortyJune 18, 2022
“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…
Urmi ChakravortyJune 18, 2022
