Flaming Flowers Volume 2
The Flaming Flowers anthology, Volume 2, features a diverse collection of Bengali women’s stories, each weaving its own unique narrative thread through life, society, and the human condition.


The Flaming Flowers anthology, Volume 2, features a diverse collection of Bengali women’s stories, each weaving its own unique narrative thread through life, society, and the human condition.



Works of some of the finest living practitioners of modern Bengali short fiction, including Swapnamoy Chakraborty, the winner of the Sahitya Academy Award, Sakyajit Bhattacharya, and acclaimed Bangladeshi writers such as Mojaffor Hossain and Shaheen Akhtar, have been curated here for Anglophone readers.



In this inaugural issue, we have sought to include a wide range of poets, especially those published in magazines based in Kolkata.



In Charanbhumi, Bhagirath Misra weaves a captivating tale of our western uplands, of itinerant shepherds, their lives, their joys and sorrows, strongly imbued with local colours, smells, dialects and idioms.



A simple “slice of life” story set in a provincial town in Bengal, this novella gleefully and inexorably pulls its reader into the complex, intertwined lives of its characters—people whose mundane insignificance is redeemed by their inextinguishable humanity, their capacity for hope and transcendent imagination.



Immerse yourself in the works of remarkable contemporary women writers, exploring universal themes and profound insights.



Two strangers, Achira and Samudra wash ashore in one shared accommodation in the maddening city of Mumbai.
