Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 4:02 p.m.

b"

The rain drop

\\n

\\xa9 Sukanya Basu Mallik

\\n

As the rain drops on my head,

\\n

it cools my tensed up scalp,

\\n

and trickles down my head.

\\n

Descending upon my face,

\\n

touching my forehead,

\\n

eyelids, cheeks and chin,

\\n

dry.

\\n

Impoverished!

\\n

It waits there till it next falls on my bosom,

\\n

plum yet suckled.

\\n

It follows my stomach

\\n

and my womb that breeds life,

\\n

and flows through my legs up to my feet.

\\n

All thirsty and unfed.

\\n

The little drop tries

\\n

to cure my needy body\\u2019s ailments

\\n

But it can\\u2019t

\\n

owing to its small size,

\\n

And yet it tries!

\\n

It tries to feed the skin,

\\n

n which many fed,

\\n

it tries to quench the thirst-

\\n

seldom met,

\\n

until it too vanishes within the earth

\\n

alike thousands of such explorers!

\\n

About the author

\\n

Sukanya Basu Mallik is a multi-genre author, film and book critic. Her works have been published in various journals, magazines, and anthologies nationally and internationally including Reader\\u2019s Digest,Times Of India,Sahitya Akademi Bimonthly Journal, Lucidity Int.Poetry Journal, SEAL (South East Asian Literature) festival anthologies and AIPF Int. Anthology (Austin International Poetry

\\n

Festival). She has also received a number of awards; The Best Manuscript Awards for fiction & non-fiction categories (Mumbai Litofest, Literature Festival 2018)etc. Her short story \\u2018Healing of wounds\\u2019 has been awarded a certificate of merit by

\\n

National Children\\u2019s Literature Festival led by eminent author, Ruskin Bond. Her latest

\\n

releases include Mocktail and#Metoo. Her movie reviews have been published in various newspapers and journals of repute like 'Just film' magazine, Different truths,'Creation and Criticism'

\\n

ISSN: 2455-9687(A Quarterly International Peer-reviewed Refereed e-Journal Devoted to English Language and Literature) and many more. Her research paper 'Voicing of perspective through creativity \\u2013 an in-depth analysis of Devika Das\\u2019s works'. has been published by 'The Expression: An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal', ISSN: 2395-4132 (Online)| A Peer-Reviewed Journal |

\\n

"