Malini Bhattacharya, Author at INVERSE JOURNAL

Malini Bhattacharya

Malini Bhattacharya studied English literature at Jadavpur University, in Kolkata, where she was born and has lived most of her life. She writes fiction, creative nonfiction and (very rarely) poetry. She also translates, especially the work of contemporary women and feminist writers to and from English and Bengali. Her work has appeared in Coldnoon Travel Poetics, Litro, Tehelka, The News Minute, The Better India, Agony Opera, Aparjan among others. She is working frantically on her first book.

Day and Night — A Short Story by Malini Bhattacharya

March 11, 2022 | Fiction

In Malini Bhattacharya’s short story, a young woman protagonist goes through her day busying herself in a frantic focus behind which a creeping subtlety gives way to a night full of dark thoughts and traumatic memories. The story is relatable to the extent that it verbalizes the experiences of victims and survivors, and purposefully disturbing because such experiences are so common and rampant—and not discussed. Given the sensitive nature of this story, reader discretion and parental guidance is required.