by Tarun Bandarupalle Ram and Shyam, two buddies, make a tendency of taking a lengthy nighttime walk so they may spend valuable time together. Ram will think up absurd or nonsensical subjects to engage Shyam in a lengthy discourse. Even while Shyam participates actively and responds during the talk, he […]
Fiction
The Last Page…
by Navratra Nakshi has scored the highest marks in the entire state in metric exams and why not: a well-educated family, an engineer father, who has already constructed many dreams for his daughter’s future; a Principal mother, who gave her daughter all the lessons on “How to be successful!”; and […]
The Old Fox
by William Kitcher A sharp discordant cacophony filtered through into the old fox’s dream. He couldn’t identify it but it was familiarly disturbing and he woke slightly and his ears perked up. Despite being huddled up in among some weeds for warmth, he still shook with the autumn cold. The noise […]
The Man Who Loved Cinema
by Pratik Mainali He was a recluse who enjoyed movies. He spent most of his time watching films and lived alone in a little flat in the middle of the city. His flat was crammed with DVDs and movie posters from his favourite flicks, and he had a wall-sized TV.Except […]
Tea-Tale
by Pratik Mitra He had never been a passionate tea-drinker. One or two local people of his acquaintance just happened to drop by and he had to make himself available for a tea too since those two just drooled over a cup. He didn’t get the chance to come across […]
O’Reilly’s Dilemma
By Terry Wynne The call came right after dinner. Harry had prepared tater tots and macaroni and cheese for his daughter. She lived on this stuff. Dangerous food, however, for a middle-aged man to be wolfing down. O’Reilly sounded in a panic. He had just been let go at the […]
The God of Death
by Sonali Ganguly 1 When he got up, he coughed loudly as the room filled with smoke. He sensed it to be the same as the one coming from the puja offerings during the evening hours. Mom circulates the burnt coconut shells in the house, mixed with some scented powder, that creates […]
One Size Does Not Fit All
by Gaurav Goswami The soothing fragrance of the wet soil, caused by the overnight rain waffling through the open corridor, greeted Alankar, a forty-year-old man, on his arrival from the bedroom. The pleasant weather brought a serene smile to his face, but one look at the overflowing lush wheat fields […]
The Saxena Household
by Manya Saxena This is a story about a family, a Ghazal and a realization. Sunday morning brings the age-old Saxena household convention. The sweet sound of Jagjit Singh ricochets our heart’s desire. There’s something called peace and then there’s association. Sunday morning in the Saxena household brings one close […]
The Haunted Elevator
by Pratik Mainali The elevator on my work building was always a bit odd. Sometimes it would shake and rattle, and other times it would stop between floors for no apparent reason. But it wasn’t until last week that I realized just how haunted it was. I work on the 13th […]