Author: dipankardasgupta

• February 24, 2026

  Haiku 162

  colourshe spells in braille First published in Modern Haiku Vol. 57.1 Winter-Spring 2026 © Dipankar Dasgupta
• February 5, 2026

  BLOG À LA TWINKLE KHANNA: EPISODE 4

  04 February,, 202610.48 AM On my way back home from office in a crowded bus, someone had sneezed right on my face. Long ago. And, however irrelevant it may sound now, I woke up this morning recalling the feverish night that followed. In the darkness, I had fumbled for the thermometer on the bedside table.…
• January 30, 2026

  Haiku 161

  bordermy shadow precedes mewithout visa First published in Mariposa 53, Autumn Winter 2025© Dipankar Dasgupta
• January 30, 2026

  Tanka 13

  wild jasminesat a sleepy way stationin full bloom …the bihag she hummedas we waited for our last train First published in Mariposa, Autumn Winter, 2025© Dipankar Dasgupta
• January 30, 2026

  Tanka 12

  remainsof the tailorbird’s nestthis autumn evefaint traces of her needleworkon my handkerchief First published in Onions in Moonlight: Tanka Society of America 2025 Members’ Anthology, January, 2026. Editor Michelle Brock© Dipankar Dasgupta
• December 21, 2025

  Tanka 11

  long closedChinese restaurant in the airthe taste of aji-no-motoand college girl friends First published in Quail Eggs, Issue 3 – December 2025 © Dipankar Dasgupta
• December 4, 2025

  Haiku 160

  I wait for herin the matinee queuelong night First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 49, November 2025 © Dipankar Dasgupta
• November 15, 2025

  Haiku 159

  village pond
• September 26, 2025

  Tanka 10

  mom’s sepia smile
• September 26, 2025

  Monoku 3

  loud, cloud, burst