Month: August 2021

Fiction

Bubbles – குமிழிகள்

originally written in Tamil by B. Jeyamohan and translated into English by Jegadeesh Kumar Lily spoke about it while changing into her light blue silk nightgown. He had not paid attention to what she said initially. He was looking through the last of the day’s emails on his laptop. “I’ve […]

Poetry

स्वप्न

वो ख़्वाबों कि दुनिया वो जवानी कि बातें वे रंग बिरंगे सपने वे मतवाली यादें   इठलाती अदाओं कि वे मदभरी रातें सपनों कि दुनिया कि वे प्यारी यादें   नींद कि अँगड़ायीं में वे नादान कहानियाँ प्यारा एक राजा आएगा घोड़े पर बैठ ले जाएगा हर दम साथ निभाएगा […]

Poetry

New Journey

I trusted her so much but she cheated me bitterly. I cared her every little thing but she ignored me completely. I always spoke the truth but she kept lying to me. I loved her genuinely but she hated me without hesitation. I kept following her but she walked away […]

Poetry

Dating Life

Once I saw you in my dimple lake Where the borders crack into broken pieces My night falls into velvet sky with smiling stars Loving you is not easy As long as missing you in my dreams.   Once I feel you in my mystery day Where the shadow cracks […]

Poetry

Phoenix

When you stumble through the valley of gloom, Unsure to put another foot before you, When you don’t know if death will come to meet you soon, Rise like the saplings in the burnt meadow do. When the garden opens to a chasm in front, And you slip and land […]

Poetry

Life of a Farmer

Rising before the sun’s ray touches the ground Before the birds start making a chirping sound They reach to work on their ground To prepare their field and around With much expectations, they sow the seed Of the cereals of verities of breed Based on the farmers need And protect […]

Poetry

No Escape!

Wrapped in the darkness & silence of the night Like a log she slept Gliding away into the world of dreams Smiling & mumbling at times, but Frowning & talking in a rage Scolding someone, it seemed When asked, ‘What happened?’ ‘Nothing’ was the nonchalant answer & Into her dream […]

Poetry

The Red Waterfall

No waterfall exists here more ancient than this Flowing through the ages and the basis of the origin of this universe. No waterfall exists here braver than this Holds all the pain of cyclons, storms, and floods. No waterfall exists here more calm than this Flows slowly without humming, without […]

Fiction

The Orchard

by Deepanshu Srivastava In Raigad, a sleepy town in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, Ajinkya Patil used to live with his mother Ushatai Patil, elder sister Sunita Patil and cousin Vandana Patil. The youngster, a dendrophile, went to US Agriculture Academy to learn more about trees and plants. After coming […]

Poetry

A Burdensome Duty

There was a lonely island in a distant sea, where fishermen and businessmen settled. A businessman who lost his wife was living with his old mother on the seashore. The export-import businessman used to travel to foreign countries to sell his goods. When weather was not suitable for traveling, he […]