A Caribbean Mother’s Song
My sonny gone over de ocean My sonny gone over de sea He gawn dere tuh work for mo' money And dat...
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A Man With A Plan
‘Three sovereigns and not a paisa less!’ my mother raised her voice to the bewilderment of the girl’s father. ‘My son can...
9 min read
Ignored Innocence
Despite summer being at its peak, the day was windy with dark clouds looming over the buildings. It was Wednesday. Again. A...
3 min read
Broken Olive Branch
Saima was passing by a posh coffee joint when the clouds above broke into a fine rain. She froze in her steps...
3 min read
Half Bloom
Today seems to be a day of inescapable wetness. The downpour lashes the air furiously. The smell of fresh coffee, turning cold,...
3 min read
The Monsooner
‘Can you see a pattern here?’ asked the Inspector. ‘All during monsoon, Sir’, the new recruit answered promptly. ‘Hence I christened him...
3 min read
Melting Ice
I served the hundred and fifty-eighth coffee with a polite smile on my face. It was a poor decision to wear the...
13 min read
A Tete-a-Tete With My Evil Heart!
After driving around the city, I took a break at a lounge in Khan market. There were a couple of ladies gathered...
3 min read
The Devil
It was a lazy afternoon in the Heavens. God was sipping his tea in the garden. The Devil was napping in his...
3 min read
RASHÔMON
Jerry’s mother, Martha, not one of world’s shiny happy beings, had a saying: ‘When things go wrong, they keep going wrong until...
3 min read
Life in a Fairytale
~Listen to me while you read?~ My legs hurt from standing, but I had a job to do. Oh! The prince was...
8 min read
The Weight of the Soul
‘Tell me, what brings you to our hinterlands?’ His eyes smiled. I was comforted by his easy demeanour, especially after the unnerving...
13 min read
A Tryst at Midnight
His phone vibrated and lit up. There was a message. Terse and anxious. “Midnight, on the bridge. Come alone.” It was her....
3 min read
Beauty in the Beast
“I can’t do this, Vikram,” Sonia pleaded into the phone. “I respect you but I’d always feel pitied. Goodbye...” She looked at...
3 min read
Messed Up Love
Falling in love is something I just don’t do. I have seen you all, babbling, mindless, fools - looking for yourself in...
11 min read
Confessions of a Terror Victim
I always felt as if you were judging me mama, the pupils of your eyes following me like hissing snakes across the...
11 min read
Water’s Wrath
‘Varun, please pull me up. Please, Varun. Don’t do this to me. Not now. Please.’ Her shrieks were no match to the...
9 min read
Horizon
They say the last leg of the climb is the hardest when you can see the summit yet you struggle hard to...
9 min read
The Suicide Bridge
If the moon could be called romantic, then that night’s moon would be it. No hint of clouds in the sky, the...
21 min read
Cooper and The Animals of Asia
No, I cannot do it. This water body is huge, it is beyond what I can fly. I will definitely fall if...
20 min read
Cooper and The Lost Gold
The trees stood tall and dense and their foliage appeared, as always, to be keeping out much of the day’s brightness. A...
21 min read
Illumination
It was 4 am. Smoke billowed from the spout of the engine as the first train of the day chugged sleepily into...
15 min read
Nuboru – The Parallel Dimension
Shukrday (Friday-Earth) night on Nuboru! There’s an excitement in the air. In fact, this excitement is a weekly occurrence on this planet;...
13 min read
The Runaway Man
The bus screeches to a halt. A few people manage to get out without shouting out swear words. One of them is...
13 min read