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Articles by Sucharita Dutta-Asane

I am a freelance writer based in Pune. While fiction and non-fiction make up my bread and butter, fiction writing is my passion. Last year I won the 2nd prize from Oxford Bookstore's e-author contest for debuting Indina writers for my collection of short stories titled The Jungle Stories. Was shortlisted for Caferati-Live Journal contest, 2008 and The Unisun Reliance Timeout Book Club awards, 2009.

Fear is the Virus
August 13, 2009 – 9:49 pm | 7 Comments | 77 views
Fear is the Virus

Fear is the Virus
My house stands off a busy thoroughfare. Throughout the hectic day and night, it is impossible, well, almost impossible, to cross the road easily or soon enough. Last evening a toddler could …

Revelation
July 29, 2009 – 3:51 pm | 7 Comments | 54 views
Revelation

Last Saturday was a revelation, an ego-bashing time-out that nonetheless refreshed my soul. The ego met its nemesis at SOFOSH, the adoption centre in Pune. SOFOSH is an acronym for ‘Society of Friends of Sassoon …

The Virtue of Sharing Pain
July 24, 2009 – 4:02 pm | 7 Comments | 87 views
The Virtue of Sharing Pain

Tragedy has a way of insinuating itself into life, and we can do nothing about it. Well most of the time. This is a common fact of human existence; what is not so common …