Short Story

Shine Bright Like A Diamond

I pressed the bell of Flat 302. The door opened after some time with a click sound. There stood my…

July 1, 2024

Chrysalis

Stuck in traffic for four hours, Krishna looked around. Her eyes rested on a Kashmiri couple for a while then…

May 17, 2024

Perfect Woman

You have constrained your life between these four walls. How many times have I asked you to change, to grow?…

May 7, 2024

The Matchmakers

“I don’t want to listen to another word,” shouted Anju. “I just won’t do it.” She covered her ears with…

April 26, 2024

A Strange Connection

The loneliness does not stop.It begins with the first splash of cold water on my face and infiltrates into every…

April 15, 2024

Drum Beats

Shanti woke up on the wrong side of the bed. She had a throbbing headache. When she went to the…

April 5, 2024

NADIR

I was visiting Kolkata after 20 years. The city had changed drastically with the passage of time. There were huge…

January 30, 2024

Forgetful Kamla

I had begun observing a quiet cheer in Kamla’s demeanour. Not that she was a sad person by nature but…

January 2, 2024

Settling Scores

Zaher Aslam scowled at his computer screen as though it were a real person. It seemed to be these days,…

December 26, 2023

Finding Love

Irene gazed at the rows of limp clothing, sandals and shoes. It seemed only yesterday she’d left school, full of…

December 14, 2023

That Bubbly Feeling

“I hear your daughter’s done pretty well for herself, eh, Hansa? Winning that science prize?”“She has, yes.”It was hard for…

December 6, 2023

The Longing

I was traveling from Jaipur to Hyderabad to attend one of my friend’s wedding on an early winter morning. While…

May 30, 2023
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