Fiction & Poetry

Farewell my friend Into the silent night Forever… Out of hearing Out of sight Beyond… Life leaves us all A beggar’s broken bowl But a liberated soul That takes flight From dark…

That was college time. And a fantasy-laden, violence-ridden time it was. Please don’t get me wrong. The violence was not so much out there in the street as it was in the crevices of the…

When I close my eyes and think of you your song echoes in my ears though days have passed by it is still fresh in my mind and heart. Unfailingly you sing everyday morning and…

If I were able to travel back in time to fix one thing, I would choose that night in Baripada forty years ago. It was on this night that I willingly became a party to an act of vendetta…

Boredom breeds disdain for mindless chatter. I seek a diversion, adopt tactical manoeuvres, glide past the maddening soiree. Now, smiling softly, eyes a -twinkle,…

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…