Sixty-Five isn’t quite different from sixty-four, as Devendra discovers soon after his birthday. By the same vein, thirty-five isn’t vastly different from thirty-four. They celebrate both today, his sixty-fifth birthday and their thirty-fifth anniversary. He sips his wine watching his wife and the sunset alternately from the beautiful sands of the ocean. Both the sights … Read more
At the open house of Vidya Niketan School, all students sat in uncomfortable silence. Most of them were with their mothers. Some of them were with their fathers. They waited for the class teacher to call them. They dreaded the impending discussion about their performance. Most of them wondered why this day existed. Some of … Read more
My new book “2 BHK for Rent” is now available. You can check it out at the link below: Inspired by experiences while living in an urban apartment, 2 BHK for Rent is a set of common place stories that will surprise you with the stories behind people we know and see, provoke thought … Read more
I recently read this collection of Bengali short stories translated from the original by Arunava Sinha. It is simply outstanding – to put it in short. Verily a collection of carefully curated masterpieces by some of the most well-known as well as not so famous writers from Bengal that provide the reader with the cultural, … Read more
On a wet, gloomy, rainy morning, when the alarm rang, Supriya snoozed it again. She pulled the blanket over her ears. A few more snoozes followed. Her eyes sensed a streak of mild sunlight peeping into her bedroom from the window curtains. Though the sun was not seen, that small ray of light on the … Read more
My latest book, ‘A Bend in the Road: Stories Inspired by a Road Trip’ is now available! Inspired by experiences on a Road Trip, A Bend in the Road is a thought-provoking, amusing and often surprising set of stories that will take you on a journey across India with a set of real characters and their somewhat imaginary stories. For lovers of short intriguing stories, this … Read more
Just a note to let you know that my latest book “Potpourri: A Motley Bunch of Short and Long Stories” is now available. It is a collection of Thirty One Stories of varying sizes – some of them very short (less than 1000 words) and some quite long (up to 9000 words). The topics in … Read more
Just a note to let you know that my latest book “Melange: A Medley of Short Stories” is now available. It is an Omnibus of Forty Seven Stories across the four collections that I have written in 2021 and contains a wide variety of tales. It is available on Amazon in Kindle format and on … Read more
2021 is coming to an end, and due to your readership and providence at play, what started earlier this year as an experiment in blogging stories and articles has made it through the year. I would like to thank you for reading my emails and posts. I have received a lot of comments, feedback and … Read more