Author: dipankardasgupta

• June 29, 2016

  Soya — Flash Fiction # 8

  He looked across the Sea of China sitting inside …
• June 29, 2016

  Choice — Flash Fiction #7

  He spent the day debating, …
• June 27, 2016

  Love — Flash Fiction # 6

  He was madly in love with her though …
• June 22, 2016

  Flying — Flash Fiction # 5

  A baby caterpillar was slowly crawling up, …
• June 17, 2016

  Faux Pas — Flash Fiction # 4

  Torrential rains.
• June 12, 2016

  Mysteries — Flash Fiction # 3

  Part 1. Forty years ago. A crowd had gathered. Mostly nosey neighbours, watching in silence. A few mumbling to each other in tones expressing dismay. No one knew exactly how to react. It must have been early morning when it was noticed. Who was the first one to locate it was a mystery, no less…
• June 9, 2016

  The Neem Tree — Flash Fiction # 2 (Transcreation)

  Some are tearing away leaves for grinding. Yet others are frying them in oil. To apply on ringworm afflicted skin. A panacea for a variety of skin ailments.
• June 9, 2016

  Floral Design — Flash Fiction #1

  The two of them came out of the Coffee Shop on the other side of the street …
• May 9, 2016

  Naiveté of Civil Society and the Bengal Elections

  The Holy Roman Empire – which, according to Voltaire, was neither “Holy”, nor “Roman” nor an “Empire” – lasted for a thousand years. And it took an insatiable Napoleon Bonaparte to bring it to its knees. By comparison, three decades and a half of Left rule in the state of Bengal would appear to be…
• February 21, 2016

  Once Upon a Time a Girl: Not to Speak of the Cats and the Skull

  Spring, it would appear, is invariably followed by summer and summer in its turn by autumn, and so on and so forth. No wonder therefore that as the spring moonshine girl receded into the past, other seasons invaded. And I grew older. And older. Though not quite as old as I am today. In fact,…