A Short Story by Parthapriyo Basu

Parthapriyo Basu

I have been inclined towards literature right from my boyhood, but didn’t choose literature as my academic discipline, rather I had been interested in studying natural and manmade processes which reveal the truth behind earth landscapes. There I had sown the seed of contradiction in the soils of my interest area.Since then,pursuing the contradictions of existence. Literature didn’t spare me either, and has been squeezing out essence out of my meagre resource of creativity

A Short Story by Pankhuri Sinha

Bilingual Indian poet and story writer. Two poetry collections published in English, two story collections published in Hindi, five poetry collections published in Hindi, and many more are lined up. Has been published in many journals, anthologies, home and abroad. Has won many prestigious, national-international awards, including the Seemapuri Times Rajeev Gandhi Excellence award, awards in Chekhov festival in Yalta and in Premio Besio Poetry competition in Italy, Sahitto award in Bangladesh, and Premio Galateo in Italy for poetry in mother tongue. Also, awarded by Albania, Nigeria, Romania among others. Has been translated in over twenty six languages.After 14 years in North America, currently residing between New Delhi and Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

------------Pankhuri Sinha