Fiction & Poetry

Sunday Poem: Kalahandi

I was covered in a patchwork quilt of a sari inside the confines of my home. The one who dragged…

October 31, 2021

Primal Fear

Like previous evenings, that evening too Subrat and his cousin repeated the ritual of one last chat under the electricity…

October 25, 2021

Sunday Poem: A Stormy Night

Wild was the night Intermittent lightning and sporadic thunder Inconsolable rain and devastating wind Hunt was for a refuge, safe…

October 24, 2021

Nick Of Time

"Blame it on the pale blue aerogramme," Subrat said as he readied to board the Aeroflot flight to London at…

October 18, 2021

Sunday Poem: You In Me

I carry in me Your ineffable smile When the heart takes off On the lightening sky A dead branch greening…

October 17, 2021

A View To A Fall

If only he had read the signs, if only he had made that telephone call that night, things might have…

October 11, 2021

Sunday Poem: A Lament

No, I have no words for YOU. thirteen months, no longer beside me. singed my soul, cheated me out of…

October 10, 2021

Full Circle Before A Fall

Half Circle Full Circle Half Circle A Half Circle Full Circle Right-angle A He had first heard the magic formula…

October 4, 2021

Sunday Poem: Waves

Waves touch the sombre shore sometimes sober fierce at times a relentless journey of fathomless oceans! They speak in silence…

October 3, 2021

Anger And After

The other day at school their fifth class English Sir was giving a lesson on anger. He recited a verse…

September 27, 2021