FOREWORD Women talking, women together, women voicing their observations — one can safely say that from......

Budhnu was a rapid learner. A new language every six days as he picked up tourists......

a silent lizard flicks its tail, patient companion as I sit staring at the fan...

Battle Number He took a swing at her a whiskey-tinged record flew in circles...

The smell of phenol floats in the morning fog. At the entrance, I slip my feet......

I like pressing the calling bell in my Dida’s house. It is on the wall in......

Stand on your toes tall, watch the world Let the morning Sun glaze your thoughts...

Stand on your toes tall, watchthe world. Let the morning Sunglaze your thoughts – Orangeyellow, let......

Old woman Komboothi was probably over seventy years old. Among all the people her age in......

I peel a pomegranate,Each aril a red scar,My home is overrun,The peril is not far. A......