• Love me like you do

    Tara looked at the mirror. The reflection was perfect. The waxing was a torture, but the effect was magic indeed. Tara almost felt the heat...1 min

  • ONCE UPON A TIME

    “So, it’s official, no more women,” the club secretary waved a letter from the census and statistics department that confirmed what their hearts desired. The...1 min

  • Jingle all the way

    The cakes baked and the gifts wrapped. The Christmas tree was dazzling with stars and bulbs. Perfect, Rita thought to herself. The kids will be...1 min

  • Let us be mature here

    ‘My co brother’s sister’s daughter has attained puberty.’ said A ‘Oh! very close relative. What is the good name of the girl?’, said B ‘Asha,...1 min

  • The Wormhole

    ME 14 was panting in the tunnel. He tried so hard to find the Wormhole. His clan males were lying defunct-shocked microchips.He had to visit...1 min

  • The Missing She

    The trees, thorny bushes, rocks, and streams looked artistic scattered all over the place. Fruits were in abundance, so were fish and other animals. It...1 min

  • The Deal

    He needed a new room. As he had been kicked out. Again.  It was dark and he noticed small children scurrying past with baskets in...1 min

  • ETERNAL PRESENCE

    “Tauba Tauba, Ruksaar, it’s ok that you work for them…but now you have started following their festivals too.” Farida Bi frowned looking at the plastic...1 min

  • THE GRAIL OF HAPPINESS

    “Mr. Adam?” “Yes, speaking.” “I’m sorry, we can’t do much about the missing complaint regarding your wife. It seems that all the women have suddenly...1 min

  • Wishes

    It was the night before Christmas, and all was quiet around the house. Not a creature was stirring, except five year old Lily Grouse! She...1 min

  • The Curse

      “Enough!!!” roared Maa Durga* as another wailing soul of an infant girl was brought to the gates of heaven. “There has to be an...1 min

  • THE COLOURFUL BOGIE

      It was Ronnie’s first train journey. While it took nearly seventeen hours to reach the subcontinent from New Jersey, Mumbai to Latur was going...1 min

  • Gaia’s Wrath

    That night, terrible tremors shook the world. Humans huddled close inside their houses. The world shook for two minutes and a deathly calm followed. *************...1 min

  • The Language Debacle

    The over crowded bus trundled from the depot. After a failed attempt at seat-hunting, I resorted to standing, holding the camera in one hand and...1 min

  • I FOR INDIA

    “Oh God, wonder how this country is still running?” Ravi cursed out aloud, as he stumbled on one of those paver blocks, that had come...1 min

  • Julie Aunty’s Pet Forever

    Three-year-olds don’t want to go to school. I wasn’t an exception. After months of unsuccessful attempts to make me stay for at least an hour...1 min

  • The Four Huskies

     “I don’t like this time of the year. Look at that guy, can we pull him even by an inch?” Rachael said.  “The master fed...1 min

  • Asha-a ray of Hope

    There lived a grumpy kid named Asha. Her parents fulfilled all her demands, still she was always unsatisfied. Fed up with her tantrums her parents...1 min

  • Just Purrfect!

    Perched on his shoulder, I read -‘Rooms for rent in the attic’. Purrfect…just purrfect.  Yum, yum…all those chubby, plump mice… smack, slurp.  Oooh, and maybe...1 min

  • Make me a Barbie Doll

    “Doctor, can you make me look like Barbie?” the little girl asked the plastic surgeon, clutching her favourite Barbie doll. Looking down at the five...1 min

  • The Long Coat

    November, 2014, Delhi “Oh please Meghna! Don’t tell me you are going to buy this!” Said a visibly vexed Sujay. But Meghna kept on bargaining...1 min

  • Choices

    Arun wiped away tears from his mother’s eyes. He had nailed the dream job, and was leaving for America, along with his wife. He felt...1 min

  • Complete

    Complete Within “Why in the world they had to be here?” Roger murmured as he tried to feel the surface below his feet in the...1 min

  • The Ultimatum

    “Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth was bestowed upon me over a decade back. I was promised that I will not be exploited any...1 min

  • Blurring the lines

    Alannah stood outside an old building. The carving on the wood looked familiar.  She jumped as the door opened with a loud creak.   “Miss?”  How...1 min

  • Tricked

    She paced nervously counting her steps, and at 100, she moved the curtains and looked out. He should have been here. Wonder what delayed him....1 min

  • To Err is Divine

    Dear Humankind You have been created in two different varieties called gender. A masculine and another feminine. Each one has been designed in a particular...1 min

  • Redemption

    Circa 2110 Dr. Treud’s clinic was swarming with men. Men of varying shapes, sizes and ethnicity had lined up in his swanky clinic. The waiting...1 min

  • Inferno

    Troubled and tortured woke he, By the trace of a memory, A drag he felt in his heart, He struggled to remember the start The...1 min

  • A Perfect World ?

    “Wake up” an inner voice spoke to Herman. 6 am sharp Monday till Friday, the alarm clock would dutifully buzz and wake Herman up. Herman...1 min

  • The Christmas Dinner

    The white snow on the gingerbread houses, little tufts of delicious smoke from the cigar like chimneys, tinkle of bells, decorated fir trees dancing to...1 min

  • Power Cut!

    “Shiv! Shiv! Every morning my “Dhyan” gets disturbed by this Azaan” the staunch Hindu, Chaubeyji murmured angrily. “Every morning, the same complaint for years” his...1 min

  • Fury of Vasudha

    ‘Appa, look, the water is receding,’ cried Balu desperately. Ranganna rushed to Balu’s side and peeped into the well. His body convulsed in fear at...1 min

  • Yes or No

    “Radhikaaaaa!” her mother called out furiously for the fifth time. “Are you done yet?” she shouted, banging the bathroom door in one hand and holding a...1 min

  • The Holiday Banter

    “You are wrong.” “I don’t need your advice.” Sravi and Appu, the ‘monkey’ cousins, were at it, again. Aged 14 and 11 respectively, they met...1 min

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