Fiction & Poetry

I was covered in a patchwork quilt of a sari inside the confines of my home. The one who dragged me away and made me stand in the middle of the haat, who shoved his thick fingers in the…

Like previous evenings, that evening too Subrat and his cousin repeated the ritual of one last chat under the electricity pole that stood a few feet into the mouth of the concrete road which…

Wild was the night Intermittent lightning and sporadic thunder Inconsolable rain and devastating wind Hunt was for a refuge, safe and assured. You were right there In the corner, in…

"Blame it on the pale blue aerogramme," Subrat said as he readied to board the Aeroflot flight to London at Calcutta. He was not alone. With him were his wife and 3-year old daughter. The…

I carry in me Your ineffable smile When the heart takes off On the lightening sky A dead branch greening Or a flighting bird. The twinkle in your eyes Lights me up To another’s…

If only he had read the signs, if only he had made that telephone call that night, things might have turned out differently. But he had failed to read the signs. He little suspected,…

No, I have no words for YOU. thirteen months, no longer beside me. singed my soul, cheated me out of unresolved debates on Mankind, its cruelty, its joys. Cheated me of many…

Half Circle Full Circle Half Circle A Half Circle Full Circle Right-angle A He had first heard the magic formula for the magical drink in the home of his Asansol-based uncle several…

Waves touch the sombre shore sometimes sober fierce at times a relentless journey of fathomless oceans! They speak in silence few understand their language and the saga of…

The other day at school their fifth class English Sir was giving a lesson on anger. He recited a verse before writing it down on the blackboard. Anger is an evil thing that spoils the…