Inclement weather was to be expected this afternoon. Mira had heard the weatherman repeatedly say this from yesterday evening. The small portico of their bungalow directly overlooked the Darjeeling Mall. It was getting ominously dark. The hills beyond were completely shrouded in a canopy of…
As I peeked through a tear in the backstage heavy curtains, the ocean of darkness ahead engulfed me in a hug of quiet expectation. The…
The storm last night was its worst this season. Kalboishakhi has been shifting ahead a few years now around their small village of Paramanandapur in Faridpur, Bangladesh. Early April…
The shoelaces were tangled in a dirty knot. She spent a good amount of time bending over trying to untie them. With her fingers stiff…
Her pigtail always won her terrible nicknames. They touched that mad uncontrolled mane on her head and gave her all sorts of names. Piggy Peggy…
জীবন মরণের সীমানা ছাড়ায়ে, বন্ধু হে আমার রয়েছে দাঁড়ায়ে… For her, it was a stillness we knew would come, eventually. A tale similar, yet vastly…
The window in his room was small, a humble 2 feet by 2 feet, with a wooden frame. His aunt would everyday replace the flowers…
Feature Image Credit: dailypioneer.com “রাস্তা চলেছে যত অজগর সাপ পিঠে তার ট্রামগাড়ী পরে ধুপ ধাপ…” Tagore The year is 1873. Calcutta echoes a strong colonial…
Have you ever walked down your child’s school corridor during break time or passed by a band of teens hanging out and happened to catch…
This was the eighth day of Sukkot; it was Shemini Atzeret in Hamadan, sitting pretty on the foothills of Mount Alvand in Iran. Dotted by golden stone and…