Shikhandin

4 works

Shikhandin is the nom de plume of an Indian writer who writes for adults and children. Her published books, as Shikhandin, include “Immoderate Men” (Speaking Tiger), and “Vibhuti Cat” (Duckbill-Penguin-RHI). Contributor to Magic Stories for Eight Year Olds by Penguin RHI, and Flipped: An Anthology of School and Sports Stories by Harper Collins. She has been honoured with many national and international awards.

September 2, 2023 In Memoriam

In Memoriam – Jayanta Mahapatra: Requiem for Jayanta Dada, by Shikhandin

I (28 th August 2023) I feel your absence like an earthquake. The wayan earth-hugging invertebrate...

June 15, 2022 Poetry Collections

FIREFLIES and 4 other poems

One April evening I saw the dance of fireflies Small smoulders coruscating amidst the gnarly boughs

December 1, 2021 Fiction

Patchwork

Joy ignores the tension in the seams of his pants. Peace had darned them so carefully,...

December 15, 2020 Non-Fiction

Baldilocks: Defiance and Identity Through Hair

For a few months after my head shave, I called myself Baldilocks, partly in jest, partly...