Month: August 2021

Poetry

Little Puzzle With Love

Love, where are you? I travel Must I travel miles for you? Like a resilient traveler. Should I wait for a falling star to make a wish? Miles a thousand my eyes traversed. I found you, In the smiles of the needy, I help, In the smiles of the miserable […]

Poetry

To the Unknown Afghan

Not all Afghans are tall, swarthy, bearded, hulking, Walking with a stick and bags of money and dry fruits Across the pages of old Bangla novels. No, Some look like Justin Trudeau. Like the young man, I saw in a Kolkata street, Brown hair and eyes of hazelnut, Looking for […]

Fiction

Scam: A Series Of Escapades

by Tiyasha Khanra Prologue Asha Khanna is a twenty-two years old girl. She is getting ready to go to her new college. Today is the first day of her journey as a student of Masters in English. She is standing in front of the mirror; doing her hair. Her phone […]

Fiction

Past Catches-up Someday-Part VII

by Maliha Iqbal Pamella was getting worried. Where was Sammy? She and Jimmy had searched many places but had only found his bag in the back garden. His teacher had said that he hadn’t shown up in school. She sat thinking in a chair. Not knowing what to do. Calling […]

Poetry

Serious

Serious means the surroundings of Principal’s room Serious means the day of Math’s exam Serious means to digest same side goal Serious means out from the group Serious means to reply instantly to the boss Serious means tearing of strap of fiancée’s slippers at the middle of the road Serious […]

Poetry

Mindfulness

Look beyond what you see, and try to see what you don’t see; there is infinite beauty in what is unseen. Listen and try to hear more than what you hear, give attention to the words unheard; The truth may be hidden in those words which are often not heard. […]

Poetry

What is Life?

What is life, if not a bottle of a thousand and one memories, closed and open, floating in an abyss of moments?  What is life, if not the thousand and one fragments of our soul, broken and fixed? What is life, if not the plethora of love we carry in […]

Poetry

अस्तित्व

वे बोले मैं थक गया पास में खड़ी मैं बोली क्यूँ? पता नहीं- पर थक गया   अच्छा, कुछ सोच रहे हो? हाँ, सोच तो रहा हुँ क्या? पता नहीं सोच भी रहे हो और पता भी नहीं? हाँ, मैं शायद सोच रहा था तुम कौन हो?   क्यूँ , […]