COVER ART | JANUARY 2025

Our Cover Art for Winter 2024-25 Issue is an artwork by Lunglei based artist Lalhruaitluangi (Hruaii)

This is what Hruaii tells us about this artwork:

“These flowers are called Senhri…in my painting, these Senhri flowers represent human beings. The woman (if I may call her “Mahni”) embodies The Self, and the elements surrounding her—hope, happiness, and perseverance—reflect the positive aspects of human existence.

Everything we have in life, especially the light that we each carry, is something that we create for ourselves, and this is what my painting seeks to convey.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS | WINTER 2024-25

FLASH FICTION

The Listener by Ashwini Shenoy

The Last Tea Leaf by Sneha Thomas

Strawberries on the Road by Sowmini SK

Giggle Loop by Suchitra Sukumar

The Fiat by Sushma R Doshi

SHORT STORY

Average Indian Beauty by Jiel Narvekar

Apsara Heights by Pritika Rao

Rinku and Malia by Shritama Bose

NON FICTION

Coffee as a Way Back To Life by Rushalee Goswami

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