A sample cover of the book: Indigo-blue handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.

Even Birds Go Home

Author: Purabi Bhattacharya Pages: 128 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 500 ISBN: 978-81-961291-7-0 (9788196129170) About the Author Purabi Bhattacharya writes from the granular ground of Gujarat, guardianed by the prickly cacti and hot air, pining for the rains, the pine fragrance and the undulant Khasi hills of Shillong where she was born. The serenity, simplicity and serendipity of the serpentine alleys that saw her growing up seeped into the very core of her being. So much so, even two […]

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Sand Column

Author: Purabi Bhattacharya Pages: 96 Year of Publication: 2019 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-93-5045-191-5 (9789350451915) About the Author Purabi Bhattacharya is a Gujarat-based writer of poetry and prose, hailing from Shillong. Her first book of poetry, Call Me, was published by Writers Workshop, India, in 2015. Teaser From the northwest From the northwest a strong wind blows it sees most farmlands and hutments, stunned and sulking promises tossed out through the Arabian and the sea turns pale. Fourteen summers have gone. Fourteen times between hot […]

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Call Me

Author: Purabi Bhattacharya Pages: 80 Year of Publication: 2015 Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-93-5045-102-1 (9789350451021) About the Author: Purabi Bhattacharya was born and brought up in Shillong. She is now based in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, where she lives with her husband and teaches English in a college. Outside of teaching and writing, she loves to paint and photograph. She has presented a photo-poetry exhibition called Connecting Dots in an art gallery in Gandhinagar. Her first poem was published in Wanderlust, an anthology compiled […]