Bitter: A short story: A country broken; a family annihilated; and a secret that ate her inside

Smita Bhattacharya‏

فروری 2021 · Smita Bhattacharya

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Published by London Literary Review and Elsewherelit. With an ending that will leave your skin crawling.

India. 1947. A bloody event changed the country’s fabric. A family was annihilated. Only one among them survived. But she turned into a hollow shell, because of the secret that was eating her inside. 

‘Bitter’ is the story of a woman who escaped to India during the Bengal (India) partition of 1947 and saw better days but had to live with a bitter secret all her life. The story is narrated by her niece, a reluctant observer, who learns of her aunt’s escape from her elders and watches her grapple with nightmares from that day on. But while her aunt’s life purportedly turned for the better, only after her death does her niece discover what the escape cost her.

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Smita Bhattacharya is an author of cosy and psychological thriller mysteries. She lives in Mumbai. She is also a management consultant, coffee lover, and gipsy-in-her-head. She has solo-travelled to over 40 countries and conducts workshops inspiring others to do the same. Needless to say, her stories are heavily inspired by her travels and those she meets. Smita has six published books and counting. She has worked in a vineyard, in a newsroom, in a school, in a library, in a bank. She has too many stories to tell and not enough time. Website: https://www.smitabhattacharya.com/

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