Sachin Ravikumar is a journalist based in London with roots firmly in Bangalore, India. He likes short fiction and travel writing, and his work has appeared in the Soup Magazine, an independent publication based in Mumbai, and Kitaab, a Singapore-based platform for Asian writers. You can find him on Twitter: @sachinr27 and Instagram: @sachinravikumar.
A poem by Mitra Samal: ‘Your poem seemed like a dream / hiding under the warmth of / your breath, in the chillness of winter.’