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Gyaan Ruchi aims to reach out to women from economically weaker sections of society, on the periphery of educational opportunities, and help them to transform their lives through literature and the arts.
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Short Stories
The Cratchit’s Christmas Dinner
Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present stood in the city streets on Christmas morning,…
The Bet
By Anton Chekhov It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up…
Requiescat in pace
-By Mehul Philip He looked in the mirror every night, hoping he’d wake up a…
Sacrifice
-By Shama Vijayan I drove along the winding road up the slope and as I…
The Beggar woman
-By Shama Vijayan This is a true incident that happened to me years ago in…
The masks of monsters
-By Zain Merchant “You what?” she asks, incredulously. She is dressed in a lovely pink…
Monster’s elixir & pet serpent
-By Zain Merchant They stood silently on the chipped brown table next to the fridge…
Reflections
Cinderella & The Battle
CINDERELLA I remember seeing those sapphire eyes for the first time; so beautiful. Maybe…
Wall Art, The Fan & Poetry?
WALL ART It stands in clear sight with its vibrant colors. The paper birds…
Sexuality in the time of Sobriety
“It’s about time we shed these prudish pre-conditioned layers and talk and deal with sexual…
10 Women who changed Literature
Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966): At her death, the Russian poet was considered the greatest woman poet in…
Summing Up Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden’s relevance today is based largely on the prescience of his works. For…
LITERARY CHAMP OF THE WORKING CLASSES
I am not competent to comment on Dickens novels, per se. What I can do…
Chekhov – The Modern Dramatist
Anton Chekhov was a prolific writer and his short stories and plays had great insight…
Poetry
Excerpts from Broomrider’s book of the dead
Excerpts from Broomrider’s book of the dead by Mukta Sambrani A book in no genre…
The Garden Of Life
Every wayside blossom has a beauty all its own, If only the restless traveller would…
Mastication
Crane your neck to an eerie eyeful of a stranger pursuing a tree of mangoes…
Our Kamla Bai
Our Kamla Bai, With a pierced nose and a bun Both held up higha A…
Take Your Time
“Whats on your mind?” she asked him in almost a whisper. “Nothing.” came the blunt…
True Beauty
Have you seen the light of hope, In the eyes of the blind? Have you…
Wild Quest
If it were not for the incessant hooting of an owl would this night survive…