Madhu parked his rickshaw in front of his cottage and laid himself over the veranda. Startled, Chameli asked, “Are you not feeling well today? Won’t you take the rickshaw?” Madhu blabbered, “They have called for a strike today.” With apparent curiosity, Chameli inquired, “What’s that?” “Everything, I mean everything — the market, the transport, the […]
Debasish Mishra
DEBASISH MISHRA, the son of Prasant Kumar Mishra, is a native of Bhawanipatna, Odisha, India. He defended his doctoral thesis at National Institute of Science Education and Research, India, in 2024. His work has been published or in forthcoming in The Penn Review, Amsterdam Quarterly, Prism Review, Consequence, Flint Hills Review, and elsewhere. His first book Lost in Obscurity and Other Stories was published in 2022.
