January 13, 2024

Fiction

Selma Carvalho

By Selma Carvalho

The Friday they leave for a weekend in Belgium, Anju discovers Freddo is cheating on her. She doesn’t share her knowledge with him. What she should have said was, ‘Freddo, I’m tired of this shit. This time, I’m leaving.’

Her heart feels like it is going to stop breathing all on its own, distinct from the rest of her. The pain is so intense, she realises it is possible for the rest of her body to survive the carnage, while her heart, expelled from her being like a refugee, would simply die.

Angana Bharali Das

Selma Carvalho

June 30, 2020

Fiction

Lydia, Show Me the Way

Selma Carvalho

June 30, 2020

Fiction

By Angana Bharali Das

Issue no 17

The strident yet soothing familiar notes of the band brought Lilly to the porch of her home. They were all there: the brass band and dancers and the congregation of her parish in Bandra. Colorful and joyous and free flowing; laughing and drinking and praying.