“Where do I put all my stuff now? I remember this room was bigger.” Moving back home from medical college hostel wasn’t a transition as smooth as I had expected. Six years ago, I had packed all my life in two suitcases and today had returned with seven. A lot had...
“I told you. I have been driving through here since I was your age. Even Chandru knows me. “Kyon Chandru?” Baba surprised Chandru Chaiwala with his shrill “kyon?” Chandru replied with a nod and full display of his piano smile; the ebony of toothless spaces and ivory...
Sweet and spice I saw her standing in a corner waiting for the crowd to disperse as I was handing out the 'khatta jyada meetha kam' batch to twenty something year olds. I knew her since a long time, when she used to come with her late husband each week. She used to...
Juan Suarez was in two minds this morning. On one hand he was still up and about; but on the other hand he had been duped. That bloody clairvoyant had ripped a thousand bucks off him. " The death shall occur on Friday the Thirteenth", he had put on quite a show...
The Ultimate Game Camille Leroy checked the alignment of her pearls for the umpteenth time as she worried about the tea party, she was hosting that afternoon. The rich ladies from high society can be quite difficult to please. Six months ago, she wouldn’t have given a...
That dark stormy night twenty years ago was when she decided to make a deal with the devil knowing fully well that she would have to pay back with interest. The devil had bared his teeth and malaciously lent her his cold soul. " Twenty years" he had whispered. Minutes...
Sleep, like food, clothing and shelter is basic human need. How far can one go to get some moments of sleep?
A tale of hope in dark times
The lady in waiting 1645 C.E I woke up by the sunlight swimming in a single conical beam through the hole in the wooden roof. My head really hurt and so did my torso. Curse these tight corsets! One would think I would have gotten used to them by now but I certainly...