From the Chief Editor's Desk

Dear Reader,

I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our contributors, and well-wishers who embraced the previous issue of PYSSUM Literaria with much warmth and encouragement. Your engagement continues to inspire our journey as we strive to create a meaningful space for creative expression, dialogue, and reflection through literature and the arts.

We are grateful to each of our contributors who responded to our theme ‘Fractured Identities.’ In a world shaped by shifting histories, personal struggles, and evolving social realities, identities often emerge as layered, contested, and beautifully complex. Through this issue, we attempt to hold space for these fragments, including voices that question belonging, narratives that confront displacement, and expressions that seek wholeness within rupture.

The collection brings together poetry and fiction that traverse memory, marginality, resilience, and self-reclamation. The works gathered here do not merely portray fragmentation; they illuminate the possibilities of re-imagining the self beyond imposed boundaries. Alongside these creative pieces, we continue our effort to foster thoughtful engagement through conversations and reflections that deepen our understanding of identity in its many forms.

We warmly invite you to immerse yourself in this journey of PYSSUM literaria and share in the conversations it hopes to spark. Your reflections, responses, and continued support nurture this evolving literary endeavor, and we look forward to hearing from you through our various platforms. With gratitude for your companionship on this journey, we present this fresh assemblage of voices for you to explore.

As we were finalizing the submissions we received the sad news of the loss of one of our contributors Dr Divya Joshi (1967-2025), an academic, poet and translator from Bikaner, Rajasthan. We mourn her untimely demise and pray for her family and her loved ones.

A special thanks to editor Elizabeth Neuville for sharing her thoughts with us. Thank you to Jyotirmoy Joshi and Vedamini Vikram for curating this issue with meticulous attention and care. Dear reader, thank you for your time and patience.

Dr.Ranu Uniyal

Chief Editor

PYSSUM Literaria

February, 2026