Ramya tapped her fingers impatiently on the handle-bars of her pink Scooty as she waited in yet another Wednesday morning traffic snarl at the busy Madhya Kailash signal. The countdown timer was flashing a number in the high seventies but … [Read the rest...] “Where The Heart Is | Lavanya Donthamshetty”
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Born this Way | Enakshi Biswas
I tend to think of myself as a natural disaster. Maybe I am born this way. Like that ne time when I earned the wrath of a nun while walking down a road. Initially she had smiled at me indulgently … [Read the rest...] “Born this Way | Enakshi Biswas”
(Re)Memory | Anjitha Sreekumar
Dear brother,
I know you are surprised to find a letter from me after all these years. I am choosing a letter over all the other means available to me because I am convinced I need to feel my pen … [Read the rest...] “(Re)Memory | Anjitha Sreekumar”
Jonah and the Whale | Bill Burnyeat
“If you should write a fable for little fishes,
you would make them speak like great whales.”
— Goldsmith to Johnson.
Merritt British Columbia is a small town in a valley at the confluence of two highways leading abruptly … [Read the rest...] “Jonah and the Whale | Bill Burnyeat”
A City of Potholes and Star Sellers | Nitin Kumar
“You are late,” said Somshekhar.
“I am sorry. My son…you know how he hates getting up early on Saturdays,” said Nagabhushan.
“You are seventy three. When will you be independent? Take a bus like the rest of us, old man.”… [Read the rest...] “A City of Potholes and Star Sellers | Nitin Kumar”
Unconfined | Lahari Mahalanabish
Gopal’s slight frame marked itself by giving very subtle slopes to the huge green blanket. Kalipada was relieved to see that the floors where clean and the smell of Ethanol defeated other odours. He had been apprehensive when his neighbours … [Read the rest...] “Unconfined | Lahari Mahalanabish”
Good Enough | Nikhil Sikaria
Fifteen years had passed since I had visited the place. Now that I think about it, it was probably like following a tradition of sorts. Since its establishment, my grandfather had always visited Corbett at an interval of fifteen years. … [Read the rest...] “Good Enough | Nikhil Sikaria”
I Wondered Why He Used One Shot | Chad MacDonald
I heard a scream coming from out the kitchen window. My bed springs popped and snapped as I rolled off the top of the mattress. The blanket dragged behind me like a lizard’s tail. It was only one quick loud … [Read the rest...] “I Wondered Why He Used One Shot | Chad MacDonald”
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