About
Indrani Ganguli
Indrani Ganguli is an interpreter of languages. She’s as adept at staring down recalcitrant witnesses in court while taking down their depositions as she is compassionate with those who clearly are devastated at being there at all.
Her stories are rich in classical allusions even as they explore the social consciousness (or lack thereof) of the times we live in.
Indrani Ganguli is a previous participant in The Irregular SloWord BirthMonth Festival. She has also been a guest outside the Festival.
See more of her work here
Please read her short story in ISBF-2022 here.
Her poem in ISBF-2021 can be found here.
Her short story in ISBF-2020 may be found here.
She is also a contributing poet to this collection of poetry titled A Place called Utopia
1001 Nights Too Many
by
Indrani Ganguli
Even after a 1001 nights
Even as besotted Shariyar
Waited for the one woman.
The one woman
The woman who had remade him.
Even as the kingdom celebrated
Even as all the fathers
Of all the daughters
Wept tears of relief
Even as Dinarzade
Finally made it home,
Even as the wazir promised himself
That he will finally sleep,
What was Sherezade thinking?
How many female corpses did it take,
For her to make it to the Imperial suite?