Sreelekha Chatterjee’s short stories have been published in various magazines and journals, including Borderless, The Green Shoe Sanctuary, Storizen, Indian Periodical, Femina, and have been included in numerous print and online anthologies such as Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul series (Westland Ltd, India), and Wisdom of Our Mothers (Familia Books, USA). She lives in New Delhi, India. You can find her on Facebook: @sreelekha.chatterjee.1, Twitter: @sreelekha001, and Instagram: @sreelekha2023.
Personal Essay by Sreelekha Chatterjee: The monkey’s mouth parted and tufts of brown hair bristled wildly on top of its head. Had it come to finish the job, I wondered?