Chrysanthemum Chronicles' Podcast
By Chrysanthemum Chronicles
Chrysanthemum Chronicles' PodcastDec 24, 2021
Poetry Reading by Indrani Chatterjee from Monochrome Verses
Oh! The surreptitious vogue of Bansuriwala,
Enchanting the mortals with his melodious strain.
Enlivening the morbid hearts dissimulated in the canopy of mist
As he nonchalantly moves across the lane.
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Indrani Chatterjee is a perfective homemaker and mother of an only autistic child. Even from the barred layer of felicity, her emotions occasionally well up to inundate the white in blue. Nothing is ceremonial in her revelation and approach, purely self motivated. She only wishes her readers to glide along with the rhythmic undulations of her penmanship. She's a co-author of the Shiva anthology titled 'Aniconic Cosmic Dancer', and another anthology based on the theme of love which has been published in the Anniversary Edition of 2022. Both are initiatives of the House of Chrysanthemum Chronicles.
She is also an ardent music lover specializing in Rabindra Sangeet (songs composed by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore). Currently she is pursuing a Senior Diploma in the same. She also pursues Karaoke singing and performs on social media platforms. Her son also shares the same love for music. It shapes the bonding between them.
A Call From Beyond ( Audio Poetry Anthology)
Bzzt...bzzt the phone vibrates on the side table of your bed. The light impedes your eyes and you pick the device up with eyes half open, half closed; but the number that is reflecting on the screen takes you with surprise, brings you back to senses and you are still in awe. It’s a call from beyond, will you answer it? What would be your first feeling, joy, excitement, or fear? Because that place called ‘beyond’ is where earth finishes and so does life.
Chrysanthemum Chronicles: A Contemporary Publishing House brings to you an audio poetry book entitled ‘A Call from Beyond’ made by love from Cc and with the voices given by the poets themselves who wrote their poems for this theme. This audiobook is a gift from all of us here at Cc and from the contributing poets for this Christmas season. Let there be love light and blessings. Stay till the end to listen to some of the brilliant poetry by the collaborative efforts of some of the greatest women poets of the time. The poets' names in order who have given their voices are Sheerin Shahab, Gowri Bhargav, Shristee Singh, Soumya Bharathi, Jyoti Nair, Daisy Bala, Dr. Paromita Mukherjee Ojha, Chandrika R. Krishnan, Nandita De nee Chatterjee and Dr. Shweta Mathur Lall.
All the different music credit rests to varied artists at Pixabay Royalty Free Music Website.
Promised For Eternity by Dr. Shweta Mathur Lall
Fortunate are the ones who can take a call for themselves, unlike Shubhadra who had grown up on borrowed grains. She looked resplendent, dressed head to toe in bridal finery. A bride who shall be envied for being a ‘SadaSuhagan’ for time immemorial. A bride who will be revered and plundered simultaneously. A bride who shall be a concubine to many but a companion to none. Lady of the Lord; married to the Gods- A Devadasi!
Every night she dressed as a bride and consummated her marriage. Her heart sang the song of distress, knowing well that no one would reply....
‘Always remember the bride, you cursed,
Shattered within, plundered on earth.
Her soul is parched, her eyes a dried well,
Alas! I am a bride, who didn’t cry, but died within.’
The author has chosen through her story a tribute to all the women who suffered in silence, this abominable custom of DEVADASI. It was practised extensively in South-East Asia and Southern states of India, for centuries. Though it’s now banned it’s still practiced in its contorted version.
#About the Author
Dr Shweta Mathur Lall is a practicing dentist by profession and a writer at heart. She explicitly expresses herself through words and loves to pen down her thoughts. She has excellent oratory skills and has diligently compered many functions. She loves to travel, explore places and nature in its simplicity.
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An Act of Kindness
Ellaraine Lockie is widely awarded and published, both nationally and internationally, as a poet, nonfiction book author and essayist. Sex and Other Slapsticks is her fourteenth chapbook. Earlier collections have won the Poetry Forum’s Chapbook Contest Prize, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest, Best Individual Collection Award from Purple Patch magazine in England, Encircle Publications Chapbook Competition and the Aurorean’s Chapbook Choice Award. Her poems have found their ways onto broadsides, buses, rented cars, bicycles, cabins, greeting cards, key chains, bookmarks, mugs, coffee sack labels, church bulletins, radio shows and cable TV. Ellaraine teaches writing workshops, frequently judges poetry contests and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh.
This is her Weekly Poetry Podcast powered by Chrysanthemum Chronicles.
Maternal Imagery
Ellaraine Lockie is widely awarded and published, both nationally and internationally, as a poet, nonfiction book author and essayist. Sex and Other Slapsticks is her fourteenth chapbook. Earlier collections have won the Poetry Forum’s Chapbook Contest Prize, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest, Best Individual Collection Award from Purple Patch magazine in England, Encircle Publications Chapbook Competition and the Aurorean’s Chapbook Choice Award. Her poems have found their ways onto broadsides, buses, rented cars, bicycles, cabins, greeting cards, key chains, bookmarks, mugs, coffee sack labels, church bulletins, radio shows and cable TV. Ellaraine teaches writing workshops, frequently judges poetry contests and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh.
This is her Weekly Poetry Podcast powered by Chrysanthemum Chronicles.
Music by WinkingFoxMusic from Pixabay
The Dancer by Preeti Brahmin
There is a tyrannized bride, Gauri, in the story whose tears at one point of her life, couldn’t relieve her of her plight; so she was advised not to cry. The same bride, after suffering years of trauma finds herself in a different situation later on. The new situation is one where there is only strength and positivity. There is no thought of tears at all for she has by then woken up to the power she has in determining her own happiness and growth. She looks back to her torturous past only to carry forward the beautiful and useful from there. In helping her realize her own worth and strength is the ‘new man’, with leanings towards the female principle, like the God Shiva. In the story Shankar comes into Gauri’s life, helps her understand her strengths and shows her the trick to subdue her weaknesses; the trick being complete faith and dedication to her chosen passion in life. After his work is done, Shankar exits from her life, leaving her with her bethrothed, who is also called Shiva, in a flood of beauty and love of her own making. The story intends to say that we are the creator, destroyer and preserver of our own lives on earth. We only need to choose truth and beauty and Shiva, the symbolic creator, destroyer and preserver, is our friend for life!
#About the Author
Preeti Brahmin hails from the Darjeeling hills. She has been an educator of children in village schools for the last twenty years in the Terai and Dooars of North Bengal . Between looking after her children in school and two girls at home she tries to find time to pen down her thoughts and experiences into poems or stories. She enjoys reading, gardening , wondering , growing and bonding with nature. '
The Last War
Ellaraine Lockie is widely awarded and published, both nationally and internationally, as a poet, nonfiction book author and essayist. Sex and Other Slapsticks is her fourteenth chapbook. Earlier collections have won the Poetry Forum’s Chapbook Contest Prize, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest, Best Individual Collection Award from Purple Patch magazine in England, Encircle Publications Chapbook Competition and the Aurorean’s Chapbook Choice Award. Her poems have found their ways onto broadsides, buses, rented cars, bicycles, cabins, greeting cards, key chains, bookmarks, mugs, coffee sack labels, church bulletins, radio shows and cable TV. Ellaraine teaches writing workshops, frequently judges poetry contests and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh.
This is her Weekly Poetry Podcast powered by Chrysanthemum Chronicles.
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The Orange Tree Survives Covid
Ellaraine Lockie is widely awarded and published, both nationally and internationally, as a poet, nonfiction book author and essayist. Sex and Other Slapsticks is her fourteenth chapbook. Earlier collections have won the Poetry Forum’s Chapbook Contest Prize, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest, Best Individual Collection Award from Purple Patch magazine in England, Encircle Publications Chapbook Competition and the Aurorean’s Chapbook Choice Award. Her poems have found their ways onto broadsides, buses, rented cars, bicycles, cabins, greeting cards, key chains, bookmarks, mugs, coffee sack labels, church bulletins, radio shows and cable TV. Ellaraine teaches writing workshops, frequently judges poetry contests and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh.
This is her Weekly Poetry Podcast powered by Chrysanthemum Chronicles.
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The Weekly Poetry Podcast by Ellaraine Lockie
The first poem in The Weekly Poetry Podcast is 'An Unholy Halo that dims in the Pandemic' read by Ellaraine Lockie.
Ellaraine Lockie is widely awarded and published, both nationally and internationally, as a poet, nonfiction book author and essayist. Sex and Other Slapsticks is her fourteenth chapbook. Earlier collections have won the Poetry Forum’s Chapbook Contest Prize, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest, Best Individual Collection Award from Purple Patch magazine in England, Encircle Publications Chapbook Competition and the Aurorean’s Chapbook Choice Award. Her poems have found their ways onto broadsides, buses, rented cars, bicycles, cabins, greeting cards, key chains, bookmarks, mugs, coffee sack labels, church bulletins, radio shows and cable TV. Ellaraine teaches writing workshops, frequently judges poetry contests and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh.
This is her Weekly Poetry Podcast powered by Chrysanthemum Chronicles.
Calcutta Pudding, Chapter 7
And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding. In this chapter Abe returns to his homeland in County Durham and is welcomed by his father. And for the first time in many years Abigail speaks about Devi which comes as a huge surprise to his son Abe.
#About the Author
Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'.
https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/
She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned Chrysanthemum Chronicles her literary platform now into a publishing house that is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses.
The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.
Calcutta Pudding, Chapter 6
And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding. In this chapter Abe visits his mother's maternal home, the Roy Villa and finds out that his mother has been long erased from the minds of her family members. This breaks his heart and what he does next will be revealed in this episode.
#About the Author
Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'.
https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/
She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned Chrysanthemum Chronicles her literary platform now into a publishing house that is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses.
The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.
Calcutta Pudding, Chapter 5
And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding. In this chapter Devi finds a way out of her otherwise gloomy life by making her homeland's delicacy, 'Calcutta Pudding' and also this is how the desert is born into the Jone's household. But how much her own lonely heart is devouring her slowly?
#About the Author
Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'.
https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/
She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles' her literary platform into a publishing house now which is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses.
The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.
Calcutta Pudding, Chapter 4
And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding. In this chapter Devi finds a way out of her otherwise gloomy life by making her homeland's delicacy, 'Calcutta Pudding' and also this is how the desert is born into the Jone's household.
#About the Author
Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'.
https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/
She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles' her literary platform into a publishing house now which is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses.
The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.
Calcutta Pudding, Chapter 3
And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding. In this episode we see Abe, Devi's son after knowing a little about her sinks into a sulking mood and feels lost in her memories when she was still alive.
#About the Author
Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'.
https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/
She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles' her literary platform into a publishing house now which is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses.
The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.
Calcutta Pudding , Chapter 2
And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding. This episode takes you of how Devi the protagonist of the story meets her lover and falls deeply in love with him.
#About the Author
Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'.
https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/
She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles' her literary platform into a publishing house now which is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses.
The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.
Calcutta Pudding, Chapter 1
And somewhere it’s the colonial era, a war is going on in 1944 Calcutta, but silently amid the mayhem a love story culminates between a Bengali Zamindar woman and a British General. She has fallen deeply in love with him and saves his life and starts living with him in his home town in County Durham, England. It’s only after her demise, her son finds many truths about his mother who could save only one thing from her past and made it her identity, her handmade Calcutta Pudding.
#About the Author
Monalisa Joshi is a writer, blogger, poet, reviewer and editor. As much she loves to write poetry, she also relishes in writing prose and fiction. She is presently working on one of her fiction book and writes poetry more often. She enjoys blogging and is quite active on social media platforms. She is an active member of an International poetry group called ‘The Awakening poets’ and also can be found on Face book and Twitter. Much of her writings and poetry are showcased in her blogs and can be visited at https://monalisajoshi105.wordpress.com/ and http://monalisa-wwwlisa.blogspot.in/. With a Major in English Literature she feels deeply inspired by Elizabethan poetry and Victorian women poet like Christina Rossetti and thus loves writing ballads and folklores. She is also the, Director, Founder and Chief Editor of an online and Print Magazine called 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles'.
https://www.chrysanthemumchronicles.com/
She had won third position in a short story contest held by Story Mirror in the year 2016 in the English Category. First position in writing a long poem held by the Enigmatic Magazine and in the year 2018 her name has been recognised among the top fifty winners under the prompt given by Author Anand Neelakantan of Bahubali fame organised by the Write India Contest, Times of India. She has three published books to her credit and her poems have been published in magazines like, Quillopia, Ink Drift, Kalaage and more. Her first poetry book ‘Stirring Spoonful of Emotions was published in the year 2014. In 2018 her second book of Poems and Musings with the title “Terracotta Dreams” was published by ‘Become Shakespeare’ and her third poetry book “The Devil’s Wife With Words Beneath her Cranium” has been recently published by Authorspress. She plans to write more fiction books in the future along with a play that she is working upon. She has recently turned 'Chrysanthemum Chronicles' her literary platform into a publishing house now which is different in its operating from the mainstream publication houses.
The above Audio Novel entitled Calcutta Pudding, has been written by her and narrated in her own voice.
The White House Ghost by Preeti Brahmin
This short story is an account of the experience of an ordinarily sane and rational person who has never succumbed to any unfounded beliefs. Yet when fate casts her into a blighted spell of loneliness, the protagonist finds herself being sucked into a into a web of paranormal contemplations . She gets mentally weaker as fear eats her up from within. She is gradually driven to the edge of sanity . Her mind might even have been permanently damaged had she not experienced the coming alive of her psychogenic terror right before her eyes. The shock of her worst nightmare becoming a reality is counterpointed by the shattering of that dreadful manifestation when fate again spins around to show its cognitive face , exorcising her demons and arresting her complete collapse.
Preeti Brahmin hails from the Darjeeling hills. She has been an educator of children in village schools for the last twenty years in the terai and Dooars of North Bengal . Between looking after her children in school and two girls at home she tries to find time to pen down her thoughts and experiences into poems or stories. She enjoys reading, gardening , wondering , growing and bonding with nature. '
Let's Play a Game by Zainab. M. M
Old houses have a lot of old stories, don't they? They have seen so much of life go by, so many secrets in so many corners. Sometimes these stories die with the inhabitants, but sometimes they don't. Sometimes these stories just lurk in the shadows, waiting for its conclusion at the right moment. When Maya and her family decided to return to her ancestral home, she thought that they would finally get the life they wanted. But who knew what she would find there and that her past would literally come to haunt her.
#About the Author
Zainab M. M. is a part-time writer and a full-time mom, both jobs she love to the dearest. An introvert by nature, good books and good music are food for her soul. Loves to travel, and hopes to one day visit London and touch the graves of the greatest writers buried there! Secretly wishes to one be good enough to win a Nobel Prize one day. Follow her on:
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Book Thieves by Dr. Santosh Bakaya
The protagonist in this story shifts to Lotus Colony, Jagatpura, Jaipur and through his bedroom window often sees an odd pair in the park, opposite the colony- a grandfather-grandson pair, who invariably comes on Sundays and sits on a bench under a a gulmohar tree . They
read – laugh – read – laugh … read …
Every morning the park is at its vibrant best when joggers in their colorful jogging suits, kids at their squealing best, and birds at their chirping best, raise a storm there. The protagonist also starts going to the park on Sundays, and tries to eavesdrop on their conversation and finds that the two are always reading and discussing books.
Then suddenly books start disappearing from his house ….
#About the Author
Dr. Santosh Bakaya
Recipient of many national and international awards,
academic - poet -essayist- novelist - biographer – editor -Ted Speaker –
creative-writing mentor, Dr. Santosh Bakaya has been internationally acclaimed
for her Poetic biography of Mahatma Gandhi, [Ballad of Bapu].
Her Ted Talk on The Myth of Writers Block, is very popular in creative writing Circles.
Some of her books are:
Where are the Lilacs? [Poetry]
Under the Apple Boughs [Poetry]
Songs of Belligerence [Poetry].
Flights from my Terrace [Essays]
A Skyful of Balloons [Novella]
Bring out the tall Tales [Short stories with Avijit Sarkar]
Only in Darkness can you see the Stars [a Biography of Martin Luther King Jr]
She runs a very popular column Morning Meanderings in Learning and Creativity.com.
Her International Reuel award winning long, narrative hundred page poem, Oh Hark! is about to hit the market in a new form
with illustrations by Avijit Sarkar.
'Rose, The Painter's Beloved' by Purba Chakraborty
Rose, the Painter’s Beloved is the winning story from the Audio Book created through Anchor Podcast, entitled as 'Unearthly Lores' by Multiple Authors. Written by Purba Chakraborty, this is a story about a haunted painting that does not stay in anyone’s house for more than two days. Art lovers, Mr. and Mrs. Datta spot the exquisite painting in an art exhibition and immediately get enticed by it.
A researcher of ancient arts, Nibaran Mallik tells the couple about the incredible story behind the colorful portrait of a damsel. The painting called Rose, my Immortal Beloved was created by David Eugene in his most lonely days.
The couple buys the painting even after knowing the story behind the painting. Will they be able to keep the painting in their house?
#About the Author
Purba Chakraborty is the author of 3 novels – Walking in the streets of Love and Destiny, The Hidden Letters, Canvas of a Mind and three poetry books The Heart Listens to No One, Letters from the Soul and Mythological Monologues. She has contributed her poems and short stories in more than 10 anthologies and various magazines. She is an English Literature educator, content developer and blogger from Kolkata.
Perfect Honeymoon by Ananya Mukherjee
This story is from the audio book 'Unearthly Lores' #episode 1 presented by Chrysanthemum Chronicles. The story has been written by Ananya Mukherjee and its about a young couple deeply in love, on the way to their honeymoon. It’s an account of what transpires from the time they leave home to the time when they finally appear at their dream destination. What changes in between?
#About the Author
Ananya Mukherjee is a former business journalist and an acclaimed writer with more than 1000 publications to her credit. Before moving to Singapore as the editor of HRM Asia, she had amassed years of experience in the Indian print and television media. Her journalistic acumen covers a whole gamut of subjects including politics, lifestyle and business. Ardh-Satya & Other Stories, Ananya’s first book, a collection of 20 short stories was published in 2016 and has received raving reviews from Indian and the international media. She is currently working on her second book. Ardh-Satya, an adaptation from the title story was recently staged at Dastak, a Hindi Theatre Festival in Singapore and at the prestigious Kala Ghoda festival in Mumbai, India.
Ananya also writes poetry in Hindi and six of her poems were recently published in a literary magazine called Nazariya in India.
She is a known figure in the cultural and literary circles in Singapore and India.
Ananya also wears a Corporate leadership hat and leads Corporate Affairs in Asia & Europe for a US based multinational company.