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
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
This story was published in the e-journal Literary Yard on April 03, 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. Ten Thousand rupees for every boy she evaluated as her prospective … Read more
It was the annual conference of the bacterial community. The debate over whether the Human exists took an ugly turn between groups of bacteria. The ‘doesn’t exist’ side was especially aggressive and up in arms. They argued that the Human is non-existent based on sound logic and rational thinking. “The invisible, nonsensical being that you … Read more
On a cold evening in November, the Air India flight from Mumbai started its descent to land at the international airport in San Francisco. In the flight were Mr and Mrs Joshi who were visiting their son and daughter-in-law. A retired government of India employee, the seventy year old Mr Joshi and his sixty-five year … Read more
“Ladies and Gentlemen, May I have your attention please?” announced Jaspal Rana from the stage. “This occasion deserves special cheers. Everyone please raise a toast to welcome Mr and Mrs. Malvinder Singh.” Indeed the occasion was special. Everyone had gathered to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the wedding of Jaspal’s best buddy of fifty years … Read more
On a Sunday afternoon, Balaji, an engineer by profession, was having coffee with his wife at home when the telephone rang. “I am calling from the Hulimavu police station. Can I talk to Balaji?” “Yes this is Balaji speaking.” “Sir, you have to come to the police station for address verification for your passport. Can … Read more
On a normal working day, Rajat Gupta, who worked as a marketing manager with a large private company, would be in some corporate meeting at this time in the afternoon. But today was a relatively light day. So he was sitting at his desk staring at the laptop screen, pretending to be busy, but actually … Read more
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” Ravi remembered his grandfather reading out to him many years back from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Whenever Ravi complained about something, his grandfather would come up with some quotation to inspire him. This was one of his favorites. His grandfather had expired around … Read more