Khero Khata

KHERO KHATA / Making headlines

We'll put up feigned politicians / And their fake promises instead

KHERO KHATA / The morgues are full

In Gaza, the names of the martyrs slip through silence, lost to a world too distracted to listen

KHERO KHATA / Bluebird’s anthology

Who do I tell, sir? The walls do not listen, The roads do not answer back

KHERO KHATA / Egg drop soup

The cream colored bowl held the steaming, almost translucent yellow broth with traces of white, garnished by an array of green onions slashed in an angle.

KHERO KHATA / Fixed

The rain began at dusk, its cold fingers tracing the cracked panes of the house like an unwelcome visitor. By midnight, the storm had grown wild, wind howling through the trees, rattling the fragile bones of the dwelling. I stood before the door, my hand trembling on the tarnished brass handle.

KHERO KHATA / Exit wounds

Tell me I am not a house without exits. Leave

KHERO KHATA / Kafka says

It’s been so long since we last spoke that I don’t think I can talk to you without confessing something. There you were, standing before me

KHERO KHATA / De mi para ti;

I see her now, but not in the way I have always seen her—through the lens of service, of duty, of roles—but as a woman whose edges were softened long before I learned her name

KHERO KHATA / The veil of shadow

He had consistently disregarded the villagers' accounts of bhoot-prets as local folklore. To him, they were just stories to scare the gullible

October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024

The ghost of Arun Das

Raise no alarm, if on a night dimly lit,

October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024

Bangali ghosts vie for the fishes

That night, the wind howled like the wolves as Shyam and Alameen rowed silently, their boat traversing through the misty air and the water rippling gently beneath them.

October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024

Mother saves her corpses before lunch

Mother woke before sunrise with the weight of the house pulling at her bones and moved against the cold floor, the chill biting at her ankles. In the corner hung the gutted rabbit, its blood pooling on the floor. Her fingers trembled, as she bathed herself in it, coating her skin red.

August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024

Survival tactics for “peaceful” protests

Stay in a group, never in alleyways

August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024

Dual faces of an unseen predator

In a world spun from the threads of chaos, we are born into a tapestry of shadows. We are shimmering maidens in the night, nurturing within us a fire both subtle and strong. Yet, the air around us is heavy with whispers–danger and desire intertwined.

August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024

The floodlights

Chaos. More chaos.

August 3, 2024
August 3, 2024

Bulbul pakhi

“Attention passengers. The next train arriving is a B train traveling westbound towards Boston College.  Please stand clear of the closing doors."

August 3, 2024
August 3, 2024

A man walks into a bar

a man walks into a bar but he looks like a little boy

June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024

The things I wish I had never known

I skip talking to myself for hours / The “me time”, before going to bed

June 8, 2024
June 8, 2024

burnt honey

i quite like the smell of cloves, even more when they're burning/ turning charcoal in front of my eyes