The Monsoon Issue of the Joao Roque Literary Journal 2026

[Selma Carvalho]

The Monsoons, electrifying and joyous. The banner picture denotes just how insignificant human beings are in the face of this immense force of nature. The featured short stories, essays and poems tell us something else—that the season has its own beauty, that it enforces on us a certain solitude, sensuality, uncertainty, a shared space, traditions, a willingness to let go, a desire for celebration

 

Short Story

Swept Away
By Brenda Coutinho
Associate Professor of English

Monsoon of Shame
By Nilankur Das
Curator at Museum of Goa

Essays

Fungus
By Sheela Jaywant
Columnist, author and school administrator

The Monsoon from Keralam to Goa
By S. M. Visakh
Political commentator

Childhood Monsoon Memories
By Fatima Gracias
Academic, Historian, author

 

Poetry

July in Goa
By Gargi Guha
Writer and poet

Petrichor
By Gordon Pires
Editor at oHeraldo

The Ways of Rain
Salil Chaturvedi
Award-winning poet and writer

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Wishing everyone a wonderful monsoon or summer as the case maybe.

Selma Carvalho

Author of Guts, Glory & Empire: The Epic Story of Goans in Zanzibar, 1865-1910 published by Speaking Tiger. For anywhere in the world Dogears.

[Caroline deSouza]

Thank you...  simply beautiful!

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