• Short Stories

    Jumble Bumble

    ‘No jumble solving right now, Ishu,’ Ishita’s mother snatches away The Telegraph from her hand. ‘But Maa….’ ‘Come and have your breakfast. Believe it or not, I have errands to finish apart from pampering you and your father.The maid again…

  • Books,  Jeffery Archer

    Charity Begins At Home

    Charity begins at home. How many times did you hear this phrase in your life? A number of times, right? It tells us that we should take care of our own needs at first before helping others. But there was…

  • Short Stories

    Happy Valentine’s Day Baby !

    ‘To heck with Valentine’s Day,’ Mallika thinks as she presses Aditya’s number one more time. Same announcement.   The number you are trying to reach is not reachable.… ‘No, I am not going to call him anymore.’ A big box…

  • Short Stories

    Hammer, Hammer, On The Wall…

    Bang….bang…bang…bang  Who the hell is busy with a hammer on Sunday morning? I toss from one to another end of the bed but fail to hold back my sweet morning sleep.   Bang….bang…bang…bang  There it goes again.  The sound is…

  • Short Stories

    Bonding Over The Milk

    ‘I will keep an eye on the milk, aunty,’ Ritika assures.  ‘Are you sure? I can boil it once we are back,’ Madhavi says. Any mother-in-law would be happy to give her daughter-in-law some responsibility in kitchen. But Madhavi appears…

  • Short Stories

    Coffee and Dreams

    ‘Do you mind if I sit on this chair?’ Alisha, with her coffee tray, asks the person sitting on the other side of the table. ‘Please,’ comes a deep male voice from behind the Business Standard.  Alisha wastes no time…

  • Short Stories

    The Hanging Man

    ‘What is hanging !?’ Aditya asks to reconfirm if he had heard his girlfriend correctly. ‘A man…. there is a man hanging from the ceiling in the opposite apartment,’  Ruhi repeats the line she said a minute ago. ‘Ruhi….’ Aditya…

  • Short Stories

    The Best Role of a Lifetime

    ‘When will you play the role of a husband in reality? Or you want to simply waste your life like this?’ Ramola Bose asks her son the question which she repeats often after attending any wedding. Tonight, they are returning…