DESERT POSIES

Suma writes with the kind of fierce compassion that forces you to confront uncomfortable truths. Her stories inhabit the shadow lands between tradition and modernity, duty and desire, survival and dignity-and she refuses to offer easy answers. These are not stories that comfort; these are stories that illuminate. What sets Suma apart is her unwavering gaze. She writes about domestic violence, child abuse, political corruption, and systemic injustice without sentimentality or melodrama. Her writing demands something of you as a reader. Her stories will stay with you long after you close the book, not always comfortably, but always truthfully.

Rajnish Kumar

Author, Entrepreneur, Mentor 

In this gripping collection of short stories, Suma Arun Bhat delivers punch after gut punch when you least expect it. She straddles varied themes with aplomb and delivers social commentary with a keen, observant eye. Her stories are so powerful that some images stay with the reader long, long after they're done reading them.

Shruthi Rao

Author, Editor, Translator