Tag:Indian Ruminations

Fiction

Tanu, factual and fictitious – Ayisha, Kerala

It was mostly like this for Tanu. The day would commence with a dull headache, sneezing, blocked nose and a lingering boredom stemming out...

IR - December 16, 2012

Poetry

A beach dawn – Sunil Sharma, Maharashtra

The dawn tiptoes Like a maiden dark, Collecting the sea-shells On the morning Deserted beach, Watched by the swaying palms, The breaking waves singing a song For the shy maiden From the...

IR - December 16, 2012

Poetry

An Evening in Alleppey – Priyaranjan Das, Kerala

As their waves were not like ours Nor the surf and the air I missed the camera when I was in Alleppey. The black water rolling into...

IR - December 16, 2012

Poetry

Washer woman – Sudhanshu Bhandari, Uttarakhand

It’s the twilight zone between night and day; The Sun is still not yet up there; The crepuscular horizon has a razor-thin streak Of red-light peeping out...

IR - December 16, 2012

Poetry

To Eleutheria – Dr. Gaurav Deka, Assam

The water rose on the painted faces, The bottled stars smiled their grace, The angst of the waning moon Fills my demon heart. With maddening violins upon the...

IR - December 16, 2012

Fiction

A Short Break- Kamala, Kerala

“I know you wouldn’t talk to me”, she shot back. It did nothing good, instead had exasperated his senses, for the reason that, he felt...

IR - December 2, 2012

Fiction

The vegetable vendor – Chandra Mohan Bhandari, Gujarat

All societies around the world are a mixed assortment of various kinds of people, and could be categorised on different bases: economic, religious, cast,...

IR - November 16, 2012

Fiction