The diaphanous sheets susurrate against the onyx parchment As I gently turn the dog-eared pages of our mothballed album – The treasured cache of moments
Author: Urmi Chakravorty
Military spouse, freelance writer, former educator, hands-on mom – Urmi juggles all these roles and draws lasting life lessons from each. She loves penning articles and stories which contain a slice of her soul.
Eclectic Emotions
Ms Basak’s maiden published anthology offers everything that would satiate the soul of a poetry aficionado. From technical purity to a pleasurable reading experience, Eclectic Emotions ticks all the right boxes. I highly recommend this delightful melange of words and verses to all discerning lovers of poetry.
The Legend of Mabel and Gandalf
Amidst a sylvan glade stood a cottage, comely and warm Where asters and bluebells smiled, where flocks of starlings did swarm, Home to Mabel, a
Amore Mio, Pizza
The prepping, the grating, the kneading, all done, Red and green pepper, olive, mushroom and cheese Chopped and tossed in with ham, sausage and bacon
Echoes of Innocence
The child in me takes a chimerical flight To the days of yore, when the sun shone bright, When mirthful laughter echoed in the hillside,
A Prayer for Paradise
The sun splashes gold and mauve on the grey vault, Flights of birds trill and scud back to their warm nests, The daisy bids goodbye
Amour, No More
Dull, grey, cold – it bides time listlessly, Looking askance at the door, in the hope Of that ever-elusive footfall — mine, Dreams dashed, it
An Escape to the Hills
Each spring saw us roaming the hills — Soaking in the vernal showers, Culling pebbles, leaves, and birds’ quills, Scouting for nocturnal flowers. Bonding over
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream is Sonal Singh’s labour of love that needs to be savoured slowly and with care. Do pick up the book, dear friends, and be prepared to get drenched in a deluge of feelings and sensibilities, that will make you look inward, and leave you with some enduring life lessons.
A Slice of Life
As the title suggests, this delightful collection of stories makes us sit up and take note of so many vignettes of our daily life, buried under layers of mundane oblivion. Smita Das Jain’s deft penmanship delves deep and crafts them into heart-warming literary pieces that are both relatable and relevant, doing complete justice to her laudable story telling skills!
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, I’ll
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?’ you ask. Well, that’s
Xanadu: Three Souls Searching for Their Paradise
A story reads best when it is fuelled by real life experiences and steered forward by vivid imagination, as Xanadu, the debut novella of Harshita Nanda, shows us.
Philia Forever
As the Sun descends in leaden steps, making way for the argent orb at dusk, “Pray tarry, do not evanesce yet,” entreats the Moon, “Why
When Devil Married God
When Devil Married God boasts of a spontaneous style of writing and an eclectic mix of incidents that we probably see happening around us all the time, but fail to notice or observe closely.
When Craft Met Kintsugi
“Ma’am, please lower your eyelids…now gently smack your lips…” The make-up artist’s brushes skimmed over Pari’s supple face in deft but gentle strokes as the
And the Stars Shone
“Vivek! When will you transfer last week’s pictures to me…I wanna post them tonight!” Varsha shouted out to her husband who was in the shower.
Silent Noise
The vast onyx sky, an ominous pit My soul – bleak and cheerless. I know I’ve failed but I hate to admit Searing screams, I
The People Tree
True to its title, this anthology is, indeed, all about people – people belonging to different parts of the country or the globe, having varied backgrounds, sporting diverse idiosyncrasies – and how they choose to live their lives.
The Curve That Cheers
The happiest curve – a sweet smile Between souls, it’s the shortest mile. Laugh lines around the mouth? Fret not, Just shows you’re in a