Asian Extracts Issue 1 is Out!

We are proud to bring to you the first issue of Asian Extracts.

This issue features writings on the theme Home. You will find prose by Ratna Pande, Soujanya; poems by Gina Gallyot, Lavanya, and Chinmay Jha; art by Neerja Shastri, and more.

We hope you enjoy reading.

The issue is available in print (on demand) as well as a soft copy. Please support Asian Extracts by encouraging your friends and family to buy a copy. You can place an order by sending us an email to rxnarang@gmail.com.

About Asian Extracts

Asian Extracts is an independent literary magazine run by volunteers who are committed to discovering new writing and art by emerging and underrepresented writers from Asia and/or Asian-origin and launch them to the world platform. We believe in publishing emerging writers alongside established authors.

The magazine is published quarterly.

अनमयस्क कविता: Chinmay Jha

Photo Credit: Jr Korpa (@korpa)/ Unsplash Public Domain Dedication

अनमयस्क कविता

बैठा सोचता हूँ

आज शायद-

बेतूकी हर बात कविता

उठ के चलना,

बैठ जाना,

लडखडाना

और संभलना

कुछ नयी

और हाँ-

हर पुरानी बात कविता

दिन पहर

या शाम बोझिल

हर सुबह की बात कविता

एक नशीली रात कविता

बैठा सोचता हूँ

आज शायद-

बेतूकी हर बात कविता|

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Chinmay Jha is a gold medallist in Mathematics at undergraduate-level and an Economics graduate from Delhi School of Economics. In day to day life, he works as a Data Scientist in the field of Machine learning & Artificial Intelligence at a consulting firm. For Chinmay, writing is a creative hobby and an escape from the mundane reality. He writes poems and short stories and is fondly known among the group as "the one who writes Bougainvillea!"