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Hell hath no fury like a city scorned
The city seethes with an ancient and terrible fury. Her streets pulse with remembered betrayals, each abandoned building a wound that...
Paromita Harsha
Jan 251 min read
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Creature feature #1 - A Guardian at the gates
She walks towards the gates of Nippur. Within it live gods, not men. "Not men," she thinks to herself. "Not the men." Before her stood...
Paromita Harsha
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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SHE ALWAYS STANDS BEHIND
I saw a video online in which a very famous actress married a very famous actor, and his mother had this to say about her: "She always...
Paromita Harsha
Aug 2, 20241 min read
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NIRAH
Nirah brings a message from the watchful sky. He arrives at the gates of Nippur with torment in his heart. “I can see the future,” he...
Paromita Harsha
Jun 25, 20241 min read
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The heatwave
The city was the hottest it had ever been in its existence. The cruelty of the heat was not abated by the fact that it was...
Paromita Harsha
Jun 20, 20241 min read
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The Djinn within
Explorations of childhood “Little girls - they do dream” The little girl had found the spirit within her innocence. She knew that if she...
Paromita Harsha
Jun 2, 20241 min read
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MOVING
My strength found me when I was in an extreme crisis. I closed myself to all forms of communication, and I repeated that I was better off...
Paromita Harsha
Apr 17, 20241 min read
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BAGH
Last year, around the time of the Durga puja, I spent some time in south Bengal at my ancestral home. South Bengal is rife with stories...
Paromita Harsha
Apr 17, 20242 min read
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