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Mother- The Quintessential, Underrated Fashion Designer by Amrita Lahiri Bhattacharya

From classic tailored ones to sexy draped silhouette. She gave more attention to detailing. Stylish overtures and a lot of embroidery....

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Sylvia: A Poet's Last Night by Deepak K Choudhary

Shut inside her room, She kept writing Till late that evening, Slipping into the cold, misty Depths of a dark night Friends called her,...

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When We Meet By Soumyashree Bhattacharya

In the vibrance of pubescent spring, the hyacinth adorned season's king, amidst the petal lacquered meadows we meet, moistened with the...

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A Selfish Father by Manideepa Lahiri

"Didi! Bandh karne ka time ho gaya hai." Startled, I glanced up from my book and found the chaprasi hovering above me. I looked around...

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Where Are You Now? By Preeti S Manaktala

In the whispers of the night As I glance the sky I feel you guiding me to the Orion and to the clusters above “They hold a whole new...

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The Devil's Catch by Lisha Patnaik Das

Not once did you say The flowery curtains Are beautiful in a way! They veil my pretensions, Your valiant absence Comfort of lies that we...

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The Grey Infinity by Sudipta Chowdhury

You, the surreptitious verse of moon, Flare up my passion when the clock struck twelve, Facilely incarcerated my petals in your crevasses...

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The Nightingale and the Rose by Babita Kejriwal

A lonely lover laments For a bright red rose, A nightingale flying above Decides to melt his woes. She flies over hill and vale Searching...

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Charu a poem by Mahua Sen (Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s story Atithi)

As the sun goes down, I hear the quiver of my heart ... the pale evening gloom twins with my skin. The sweet fragrance of parijaat wafts...