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.

Bombay in my Beat

Selma Carvalho

February 11, 2020

Fiction

The Drowning

Selma Carvalho

February 11, 2020

Fiction

By Mrinalini Harchandrai

Issue no 15

Zarine Arora thought it was ironic that the name of the store was Iccha. “Wish,” she translated in a soft breath, repeating the word again and again like a mantra as she waited. She tried to perceive a wish rise within her.