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Short Stories

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A Universe Less Equal

It’s April – Ma would have loved it here now. Sitting in my modest balcony, I get a stunning view of the majestic Dhauladhar ranges,…
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

A Positive Proposal

A story on how women have battled Covid woes, first published on Women's Web in March 2022. A POSITIVE PROPOSAL The steam vaporizer let out…
Short Story
A Rainbow Love
Short Story
When Death Whispered Hope
Short Story
A Jasmine Trail
Short Story
A Dawn of Hope
Short Story
Song of the River
Co-authored Anthology
Eclipsed and Exiled

Poetry

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

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

I am NAARI

This poem was published in the TMYS Story Project - 12 (December, 2023). Given below is an excerpt of it.   Pre-destined to birth, nourish,…
Poetry
Echoes of Winter
Poetry
Philia Forever
Poetry
A Little More in Love
Poetry
The List
Poetry
Silent Noise
Poetry
Paradise Lost

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

To Be Or Not To Be

Jayden’s head hurt mildly as he scrunched his eyes. The sun was blazing, but he savoured the warmth on his skin. He shuddered as he…
Flash Fiction

A Lavender Trail

This flash fiction was published in the international e-mag, The Wise Owl, in September, 2023.   You always enjoyed doing that to me, didn’t you,…
Flash Fiction

The Permanence of Change

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…
Co-authored Anthology
The Ride
Flash Fiction
A Scarlet Saga
Flash Fiction
The Chase
Flash Fiction
Of Pearly Pinks and Glorious Gold
Co-authored Anthology
Neighbourly Tales
Flash Fiction
A Rendezvous by the Sea

Book Reviews

Book Review

Book Review – MAYDAY! by Beetashok Chatterjee

This review was first published in The Wise Owl literary magazine as a featured article in their special Book Review Supplement on 10 August, 2023.…
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

Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon

When one’s deep-seated emotions skim to the surface and find a voice, the result is a soul-stirring anthology of poems called Myriad of Dreams! Myriad…
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Recipe for a Perfect Marriage by Women’s Web
Book Review
Book Review – The Fairly Ordinary Princess by Khushboo Shah
Book Review
Book Review – The Labyrinth of Silence
Book Review
Stars from the Borderless Sea
Book Review
Xanadu – Three Souls Searching for their Paradise, by Harshita Nanda

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