You’ve got a fantastic project, and have found a potential investor for this. They’ve given you two minutes to deliver a killer pitch and convince them you’re worth it.

This was a conversation between two friends.A conversation inspired by Virginia Woolf, who passed away on March 28, 1941

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 8 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Delete

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 7 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Phobia.

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 6 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Astronaut.

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 5 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Remember

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 4 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Shadow

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Middle

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Candle.

That evening, a blade sliced through string, through skin, red on red on red. Kutta, the man in khaki says. It is only later I realize it is me he is calling dog. Dog. Dog.

Using a Fulbright fellowship, Tarfia decided to come to Bangladesh to research the war and interview the women whom the Bangladesh government, in 1972, titled Birangona (war heroines). These interviews resulted in 'Seam' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).

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How can you talk about peace without taking into account war? Both are subjects not only of Tolstoy’s great novel but also of the two founding epic poems of Greek as well as Indian literature.

my eyes can barely take the weight of sleep/ now/ now that you are wording sentences on wars

On moonlit nights when the perfume of the roses thickened the air, I was in a trance, an ecstasy of body and mind. The beauty of the night has held an allure for me my whole life.

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 1 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Begin

The verses remind us that a withering, war-torn Earth can still birth new life and hopes of freedom.

Today, I am no dead man. But I am not happy, I will not lie to you.

When Coke Studio Bangla released Meghdol’s Bonobibi, their second song of season 2, listeners found themselves torn between loving the song and questioning it. Questioning as to why the song was done under the banner of Coke Studio, a project funded by an American-based multinational corporation; questioning what qualifies Meghdol, a band known for singing about urban life in Dhaka city, to sing about tales originating in the Sundarbans; and why the song didn’t delve deeper into the history and background of the stories they were trying to tell. It has raised a wider question about how music plays a role in storytelling.

Great Man, now that you are dead, allow me to squeeze your hand. The sage bushes in Umbria are heavy with bees, so I’m killing them with hypnosis.