Short Story

By Kanishka Jain Confetti hair-locks dancing in the music of the air, a wrist adorned with an ink tattoo saying 'mom dad', accelerating...

By Kanishka Jain "And today, we are starting on a high note... I mean thumkas (wink) with the one and only bootyful bird," announced the...

By Kanishka Jain A designer white, curvy, and lavish covering structure on the terrace restaurant with plants hanging and kept all...

By Kanishka Jain Two mouths coming closer, noodle getting shorter, eyes glittering. One hand holding the other with every finger filling...

By Kanishka Jain  Chopping noises of slicing onion on the chopping board and sizzling voices of the temper mixing with tomato sauce. One...

By Kanchanamala This is a dejavu! A dream come true moment. After all, how long have I yearned to reside in this house? Haven’t I? I can...

By Rishit Mukherjee Arnold wanted to cry so badly but he couldn’t because of the damn cat. Fungus sat at the corner of the room licking...

By Ruma Chakraborty Shobhana decided to wait under the plex awning of the bus stop while the rains pelted down in a steady stream. “Oh,...

By Ruma Chakraborty Purnendu Bose, I.A.S (Retd.) read the name plate of the bungalow. Ashish Saha opened the gate diffidently and...

By Ruma Chakraborty “No, no, NO! I will not do it!” wailed Sumitra, wringing her hands in sheer despair. Her tears had all been expended,...

By Ruma Chakraborty The connecting flight had been delayed. The airport lounge abounded with irate travellers, some openly griping,...

By Ni-etso Timungpi Once there lived a young girl named Elle in a remote village  that was nestlled with lush valley and surrounded with...

By Ni-etso Timungpi As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a warm glow on the quiet neighbourhood, Emma laced up her sneakers,...

By Paramjit Singh Bakhshi The sun was just peeping out when the old man came on to the balcony. Apart from an old rocking chair, a small...

By Paramjit Singh Bakhshi Jeanette sipped the wine leisurely. The bottle and the wine glass rested on a specially fitted shelf next to...

By Sanchita Kar তৃষা আর উৎসব লঙ ড্রাইভে যেতে খুবই ভালোবাসে। মাঝে মাঝেই গাড়ি নিয়ে বেরিয়ে পরে এদিক ওদিক। দূর দূর অব্দি গাছপালা ঘেরা...

By Sanchita Kar ডহলদীঘি গ্রামে সব স্কুলে গরমের ছুটি পরার জন্য বাচ্চারা অধির আগ্রহে অপেক্ষা করে থাকে কারণ সেই সময় প্রতি বছর মোড়ল মশাই বড...

By J. Selva Antony Santosh Joseph Antony Raj On June 23, 2019 , Mark Anderson  and Yano Cliff carried their duffed bag with the...

By Subhadeep Santra It was at the later part of 19thcentury.  A French merchant named Diago came to the village of Sarvaigao. He traded...

By Subhadeep Santra This is a lonely suburban area. Not that the area was less populated but not many a man leave their homes after sun...