Why did God give the human species the intelligence to invent the mobile phone? Sitting alone in a plush restaurant in despair, young Rakesh Oswal threw his phone away. Even in the AC of the restaurant, his forehead had a few drops of sweat. Lots of questions filled his tormented head. In a moment, he … Read more
At 9 AM every weekday, Suchetan sat at his desk and followed the same routine. He opened up his laptop, plugged in the power cable and waited to see the value of his capital before starting work. Every day he saw the value of his money going down. He had pictures of Goddess Laxmi on … Read more
On a normal working day, Rajat Gupta would be in some corporate meeting this time in the afternoon. But today was a light afternoon at work, to his delight. So he was sitting at his desk staring at the laptop screen, pretending to be busy. At his level in the company, he couldn’t afford to … Read more
“Where are you, Ravi? I need you to clean this room,” Ravi’s grandmother yelled from the first floor. Ravi was on the ground floor of their tea estate bungalow staring at his late Grandpa. “It’s been six months already since you left us,” Ravi said. He wiped his wistful eyes staring at his grandfather’s photograph … Read more
It had been five weeks since his mother forced him to join the karate classes of Sakpal Sir. For 16-year-old Vinay, it felt like these were the worst five weeks of his life. Being obese was reason enough to attract unwanted attraction. But by being the last to complete any exercise, Vinay made others feel … Read more
“No Papa, I didn’t lose the pen,” I cried in agony, as Papa slapped my open palm with the cane he had in his right hand. “This will teach you that you shouldn’t speak lies. If you have lost the pen, don’t say you haven’t lost it,” Papa said. “Open your other hand,” he demanded. … Read more
Thimappa gathered the garbage with his shovel and pushed it on to the cloth sheet. It was at that time that he saw a small object shining through. He lifted one end of the cloth sheet and Santosh held the other end. Together they lifted the garbage, swung the sheet, and pushed the garbage into … Read more
I see Ram Pyaare Yadav park his two-wheeler a few meters away from my shop. It is a three-wheeler actually, with brakes, gears, and the accelerator near his hand. There is a row of small chappal shops lining the lane at the end of which he parks it. Ram Pyaare Yadav doesn’t stop at any … Read more
The rhythm and movement of the truck in which they had put my cage made it difficult for me to read the headlines of the newspaper lying outside. I tried hard to concentrate and finally read it. “Leopard spotted in apartment complex,” it said, and it had my photo next to it. I had appeared … Read more