She will always know… “I’m pleased with your effort.” “Thank you, Beryl.” “No one must know our little secret, alright? By the way… she’s beautiful…”
Author: Sanjukta Ghoshal
Sanjukta Ghoshal, born and brought-up in Kolkata, India is an electrical engineer with WBSEDCL. She picks up a pen now and then when she doesn't have her head in the clouds or in books. A perfectionist and a wallflower, she works to earn, and writes to live.
The Price of Betrayal
August, circa 1971, The Indian part of Hili, West Bengal “I don’t know. I don’t trust him. I don’t like the look of the man…”
The Lovers’ Colloquy
Earth I yearn for your soft lips on mine, As you send shivers down my spine. With your breath, a nip in my skin, You
Memoirs of a Mountain Girl
I feel The thrill… As gorges unfold, Like stories, untold, Steep, endless, old… The winding roads bend, Round my rugged friend, Some mystery, they portend,
Across the Barbed Wires
Some dream It seems… There’s my home, Where clouds roam, White as foam… My little boy’s bawl, Her sweet feminine call, The rustling leaves of
It’s all on the House
“Let’s run away.” “Where to?” “To a city where they don’t know our story. We will rent a room…The funds will be low, but we
Of All Things Abandoned
I walked the path that went by the woods, Untrodden, arduous, serpentine. It offered me healing green, unseen. I brought home blooms that grew by
For the Mountains in Monsoon
With her dark gorges, that charm few, Promising a serene embrace, The mountains tempt my wanderlust, when drenched in monsoon hue. As drizzle dots her
The Girl with the Red Umbrella
The people of Venzor believed in a strange folklore, that said the Venzor forest had an archway to hell, hidden amongst the trees. As long
Musings of a Paramour
If I ask you to paint me in colours, Wash away not, the dull grey from my life. If I wish for a halo on
The Forest That Takes
“Dow Hill, eh? Not planning to go inside the forest, are you?” The words from my fellow passenger on the bus nettled me. Because they
A Lifetime of Waiting
Sleep eludes me tonight As I yearn for that smell Of love and your sweat, In the folds of your drape. How I wish for
An Evening in Paris
“Ouch… Hey lady! Watch your step!” Meghan’s heart skipped a beat as her jade eyes locked with the blue ones, the owner of which she
Amitav Ghost
The story is set in a premise that’s not new, and yet, there’s novelty in the plot that’s replete with references from Norse mythology. The research that has gone behind this is praiseworthy, and the writer has painted a vivid picture from the POV of our protagonist
The Psychopath, The Cannibal, The Lover – Chronicles of a 90s Serial Killer
The story kept me hooked till the end. The language is simple. The only thing that creeped me out was too much booze, drug and the gory details of the violence.
Blame it on the Crossroads
Crossroads… one of the worst places to be at. How I hated indecisive people! And yet, here I was. Never had I deliberated over my
The Nine Gems of Burman House
Finally, things would be back where they belong. The nine mammoth jewels…the prized heirloom! Shubhranjan recalled his late mother’s last words- “Remember Shubh, fortune and
In Search of God
I roamed around the world in search of God, Seeking blessings to salve my troubled soul. I chanted hymns, and bowed to the Divine, I
A Tryst with Death
Death. Certain. Sudden. Cruel. The enigmatic black hole that we all know about, but can’t peek into. And yet, there’s a certain beauty to death.
The Homecoming That Isn’t
Nature, The shy new bride, Fresh from monsoon’s embrace, Decks herself in a festive hue, And waits! That scent, That night-blooms ooze, Wafts across the