Chasing Nirvana

by Rafaa Dalvi

Come tigers with your paws



I have my thorns.



Wander into a dark and wondrous world of emotions in Rafaa Dalvi's flash fiction collection - Chasing Nirvana.



His stories are soothing, yet scintillating, explore the macabre and the supernatural, with a mix of the common and the special.



Witness the rise and fall of a rock legend, a cat-and-mouse game between a cop and a serial killer, and the last meeting between two lovers.



How far would a person go to understand a criminal's psyche?



Can someone find their soulmate through a one-night stand?



What plan does an author hatch to punish the literary agent who rejected his manuscript?



In this book are stories for every season and every reason. The heady mix of human depravity, satire, tragedy, revenge and drama makes these stories an essential cocktail of emotions.









"Breezy, Flippant, Poignant... Tales of pleasurable wickedness."



-Salil Desai, author





"Dalvi's voice is important because he chooses to tell stories that others would normally shy away from. I thoroughly enjoyed the stories."



-Bhaskar Chattopadhyay, author





"Gripping short-stories. I am both intrigued and scared by his plot twists. Thrilled to have read this book."



-Sanhita Baruah, author





"Rafaa Dalvi is a flash fiction expert."



-T.F. Carthick, author





"Taut, propulsive, riveting, Rafaa's stories pack a big punch. Chasing Nirvana has been carefully crafted for maximum impact. A highly compelling read."



-Vivek Banerjee, author

330 pages, Paperback

Published May 25, 2021

About the author

Rafaa Dalvi tries to escape from the mundane with words and contemplates befriending the voices in his head. He dreams about changing the world, one smile at a time.
Already published numerous times, his stories can be read in the anthologies – Curtain Call (editor), Kaleidoscope, Myriad Tales and many more. He has written three volumes of ‘Small is Big’, which is a collection of 100 micro tales. He’s the recipient of the Indian Bloggers League Booker Prize 2013. His book 'Small is Big - Volume 3' was awarded the Runners-up in the short-format category of Amazon KDP Pen to Publish Contest, 2019 edition.