What is it about a train journey in India I fail to understand, but every time I have been on a train, I’ve made friends. And the nature of the friendship has been such that it lasted for only as…
‘Romance on Indian Railway’ by Juanita Kakoty
‘Maximum’ by Puspita Das Barbara
Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology He couldn’t see when he was born. But then that’s natural for pups. Their eyes open only about two weeks after their birth. And he was the tiniest.…
‘Kubo-bird’ by Rudra Kinshuk
It is a morning of the latter half of Ashwin. Nikhilesh makes himself seated near the front-door of his house. No shirt on his body. But it has been covered with one end of his dhoti. In the morning a…
‘The Pomelo Tree’ by Rudra Kinshuk
Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology They bore his grandpa away from his cottage with the straw thatch, covered with lush green pumpkin- creepers and a big chalta-tree hovering over it. It being a…
‘Absentminded Majoni’ by Juanita Kakoty
People thought she was not like this as a young girl. It afflicted her only after she became a ‘professor’. But I, who have almost been her shadow in our years of growing up together, always knew that absentmindedness was…
‘Silver lining’ by Shobhana Kumar
Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The party was almost drawing to a close. Empty champagne glasses carelessly arranged themselves along with discarded plates, crumpled paper napkins and used cutlery on the pale cream…
‘Betrothed’ by Juanita Kakoty
Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The flowery chiffon dress left a soft warm sensation every time it touched him. He pulled her close to him, his strong hands around her soft stomach, cheek…
Haiku poems by Yoshira Marbel
Haiku1 Expiry date reached Maker awaits an arrival Dying for a smoke Haiku 2 Looking at the skies Crescent moon glistens Eating cheese cake Haiku 3 Friends dancing in the rain Leaving an awesome party Such a wet…
‘The Tsunami Tragedy’ by Martine Olthof
Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology A real life story By Martine Olthof On 26th December, 2004, a huge tragedy hit South East Asia. At 07:58 local time Bangkok and Java) a Tsunami was…
‘Silent Night’ by VandanaKumari Jena
Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The Collectors Conference was over at last. As the valedictory session ended, she heaved a sigh of relief. It had been difficult for her to keep her eyes…
‘The Perpetual Traveller’ by Yoshay Lama Lindblom
Short story selected for the 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Vendors flocked on the shadowed train station of Santragachi near Howrah city. There might have been an orange orchard tucked in some corner of the district as the…