“Just this one increment and bonus that I am expecting in the next two months, and I am done with this Raichand. I think it is time for me to leave this job,” Swami declared and munched his muffin with gusto the other day. Jigneshbhai and I noticed that his bites got aggressive every second … Read more
The one thing Jigneshbhai likes is a quiet life. He is not the kind who gets restless and worked up when there is not much happening. Give Jigneshbhai his daily freedom, his daily work and his daily food, and the company of a few loved ones and friends to talk with, not all the time … Read more
This story was first published in the magazine “Indian Periodical” in the issue dated April 11, 2021. You can read it at the link here. Indian Periodical is an independent publishing platform that carries articles, poems, stories and other topics related to India and Indians. “It’s you, again,” I sensed her and said to myself. … Read more
“These exercises are quite tough,” Swami said. “It’s easy for Sam to tell me to do them. He has run a triathlon. But I am no good at it,” he added. When he looked at us for a response, he caught me with my coffee cup at my lips, and Jigneshbhai biting his muffin. I … Read more
“Puttuswamy parked my car behind his red, C-class Mercedes. And at that moment, I got a nagging feeling that today is not going to be my day,” Swami told us at the café when we met a few days later. Swami narrated the happenings of the meeting day. “You know how good my hunches are, … Read more
Swami told me and Jigneshbhai last week over coffee that he had told his trainer Sam that he was going to run a 10k. “What did he say?” Jigneshbhai enquired. Not that he was overly enthusiastic about running a 10k, but he was keen to know what happened. So was I, but I saw that … Read more
This story was published in the e-journal Literary Yard on May 05, 2021. You can check it out here. Literary Yard has been ranked among the Top 100 best Literary blogs on the planet, and as the Best Poetry Blog in India in 2018. “No Papa, I didn’t lose the pen,” I cried in agony, as … Read more
“It is quite extraordinary,” Swami said as Puttuswamy drove past Town Hall, “that whenever I do some research on a medical problem before going to a doctor, the symptoms I read about suggest that I have got all the diseases listed in their most malicious form.” Jigneshbhai realised that Swami and his Google doctor had … Read more
