Mallika Bhaumik has a Master's Degree in English literature from the University of Calcutta. Her works have been featured in Mad Swirl, Cafe Dissensus, Oddball Magazine, Shot Glass Journal, Kitaab, In Parentheses, Stag Hill Journal, Harbringer Asylum, Madras Courier, The Alipore Post, and more. She is the author of two poetry books: her first, Echoes, won the Reuel International award for the best debut book (2018); her second, How Not To Remember was published in 2019. She is also a nominee for the Pushcart Prize for Poetry. She lives and writes from Kolkata. You can follow her on Instagram: @bhaumikmallika.
Personal Essay by Mallika Bhaumik: At the Bengali festival for the goddess, the pomp and grandeur involved in the worship of ‘Nari Shakti’ is in stark contrast to the apathy shown towards the Durgas whom we come across every day.