To quote Ibn Batuta* “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. …”

The two year Covid felicitated break presented opportunities to venture into unfamiliar domains. My tentative steps into pages of Anthologies and short stories. Hopefully the journey continues……from the present down the years

2023…..

Wild Crone Wisdom: Poetry and Stories

by Stacy Russo (Editor), Julie Artman (Editor)

My story FEAR OF EMPTINESS is featured in the ANTHOLOGY

’Add the magic of Wild Crone Wisdom to your day. The powerful, complex, and often mysterious figure of the Crone is imagined here in stories and poetry from a vibrant array of contributors. The Crone appears as a beloved mother, moon worshipper, hungry spirit, wise elder, bawdy and spicy traveler, aged body, divine gardener, writer, dancer, dangerous soul, lifelong learner, adventurer, mythical being, nature dweller, witch, and beyond. Wild Crone Wisdom offers the lush, deep, and richly imaginative landscape the Crone inhabits and inspires.’

2. ……2022

Feminist Pilgrimage: Journeys of Discovery is a collection of personal essays by contemporary feminist educators, scholars, artists, and writers. My essay…a journey to my childhood home in Allahabad, India.

3 …2022

 Spring 2022 edition of Fenechty Publishing’s Anthology of Short Stories includes twenty great stories in different genres and by different authors. Three Red Peppers by Indra Chopra tells the story of how the Covid pandemic disrupted an Indian family life. https://fenechty.com/anthology-of-short-stories-spring-2022/

4 ……..2021

https://www.wordweavers.in/ https://www.wordweavers.in/2021/11/short-story-2021-winners-featured.html My story THE PEARL STRING was the third prize winner. This was my first attempt at short story writing.

5……2020

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/100-word-stories/colors-of-anguish-by-indra-chopra Another mini diversion…a 100 word story based on the horrendous migration of workers from Indian cities to their hometowns during Covid

• Ibn Batuta…medieval traveller and author of the most famous travel books, the Riḥlah (Travels) describing his extensive travels from his home country to as far as China and Sumatra (Indonesia)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta.