Short Story

By Farida Parveen  আজও গলির মুখে এসে কব্জি ওল্টে ঘড়ি দেখলেন প্রসেনজিৎ । সন্ধ্যা প্রায় সাড়ে ছ’টার কাছাকাছি। পুরনো অভ্যাস তাই ঘড়ি দেখতে ভুল...

By Farida Parveen হঠাৎ-ই ঝম ঝম করে বৃষ্টি নামল। যে যেখানে ছিল মাথা গুঁজতে এদিক-ওদিক ছোটাছুটি শুরু করে দিল। আরো অনেকেরই সঙ্গে এক মুদির...

By Farida Parveen সানোওয়ার জামাকাপড় সব গুছিয়ে রাখাছিল একটা কাপড় রাখার ব্যাগে _____ ব্যাগটি রেখেছে খাটের  ওপর। সে উবু হয়ে কাপড় সব ভাঁজ করে...

By Farida Parveen _____ কতদিন আর কতদিন এভাবে এক শক্ত-সমর্থ লোককে বসিয়ে বসিয়ে খাওয়ানো যায়? সম্ভব নয়, কিছুতেই সম্ভব নয় _____  কারো পক্ষেই...

By Afraz Alam it was a time of war, soldiers were dying, cities were being destroyed, during this time, one lone, starving soldier was...

By Divya Behl The railway station was a circus, and Pankaj was the unwilling clown. With a heavy backpack and an even heavier stomach...

By Divya Behl No one noticed when the mid-day meal stopped coming. At first, it was just late. Then smaller. Then gone. In a dusty corner...

By Arnab Haldar Rain had been falling in Hollowridge for three weeks when Maria Voss, a forensic pathologist, was called to examine a...

By Arnab Haldar The Equation of Silence: Truth × Courage ÷ Guilt = Justice It started with a single, handwritten equation found in a...

By Arnab Haldar The day it happened, David stood in the cafeteria line, tray cooling in his hands. Two boys laughed at something over his...

By Yasaswee Yashmin It was a cozy evening, cozy for them. The chilly winds of December outside kept knocking on their doors but the...

By Yasaswee Yashmin Dad, I hate it that you decided to leave, And you hated it when you were here with me. Your letter did not see the...

By Yasaswee Yashmin I hear footsteps upstairs. Was that another set of heels?  I see you closing the door behind her like you did with...

By Divya Behl Everyone knows the classic Cinderella story: the beautiful girl, the wicked stepmother, the glass slippers, the royal ball,...

By Yash Abhrankash Panda Japanese culture has a pretty interesting manner of nomenclature. The names usually contain one to four...

By Kumar Priyanshu धरती तेरी प्यास बुझ गई है क्या, इतनी बारिश होती है तू तो पानी पीती ही नही, देखो मैं सुख रहा हूं, मैं अपने जड़ों को...

By Anushka Ray Dedicated to my best friend Ditipriya, to show how true friends care for each other…… Chapter  1 It was a gloomy Friday...

By Rahul Anthony As she stumbled into the courthouse waiting hall, her sandals caught on the uneven stone tiles, she tripped, and her...

By Poonam Chakraborty The white hum of the kitchen light was the only sound in Suraj’s flat, though his mind was already on the highway....

By Aarna Sandilya There was fog all around nothing visible ahead of the next wooden plank attached on the rope forming a bridge which was...