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
Quislings
by
Indrani Ganguli
Nobody knew of the deep dark place you gave me.
They saw the gold of the fireworks
The purple pansies, the deep red of the rose.
They envied. They bided their time.
And then they took away the heaped riches
Took it all away
The hopes, the dreams, the laughs
And the words.
Yet The dark lurked Unseen
Unfelt
Unknown
Your legacy to me.
I fashioned a loop of the darkness
And snagged the dark side of the moon
And drew out the silver phoenix
The dark was your real gift to me.
“And drew out the silver phoenix” – wow, the imagery!
A deeply inspiring poem.
Yes. I found it extremely moving.