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I kick off The contemplation. It is called vibrancy. Come closer We have a long journey To go through. We met in hazy days, What could we have done, Nobody chooses a thorn And dislikes a budding rose. Efforts are underway, But life is a rolling stone. It goes on, Not in our version, But […]Read Post ›
No one in the neighbourhood remembered the first time they saw Samuel Das selling balloons, but everyone remembered the morning his body was lifted from the roadside like a broken doll, his colours scattered, his breath gone. Until that day, he had been simply Sammy—the balloon-seller who walked along the pavements of Old Park Street, […]Read Post ›
book review of Twilight of Love: 100 Stories by Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee
Transcendent Zero Press announces our Pushcart Prize nominations for the year 2025. “The Hangman” by Theresa C. Gaynord “Open Grave” by Theresa C. Gaynord “Crown of Fear” by Theresa C. Gaynord These three poems are found in Where the Road Meets the Sky: In Search of God Poems 9-11 by Sutapa Chakraborty, trans. Rajorshi Patranabis […]Read Post ›
short fiction about staking your claim in the everchanging world
I am often intrigued when I see we teach a thousand things to our growing generations, but conveniently ignore what they need most. It is training in human relations. If at all there is a mention of human relations, it is in the context of business oneupmanship. I think it is not irrelevant in the […]Read Post ›
poem by Biratnigar-13, Nepal’s poet Sushant Thapa
Nepalese poet Sushant Thapa
Is freedom real or a socially constructed illusion?
short fiction from India
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