“Dhoni finishes off in style, a magnificent strike into the crowd, India lift the World Cup after...

I downed my morning coffee. Its bitter taste was just the thing needed to clear my mind as I slowly turned...

A Ceraunophile’s Musings

The alarm buzzes for the umpteenth time as I wake up with lazy eyes, clearly in want of more rest. I find myself...

Academics

“किया था जो वादा एक माँ से वतन के लिए, छोड़ आया मैं घर उस माँ के वचन के लिए।...

Akhri Sandesh

It so beautiful to close my eyes When the world turned theirs away from...

Alan

Happy birthday Alice, Wow! You are 18 already! Don’t worry. The yellow patches on this paper are not my...

All I Could Have Said

ये कोई किस्सा दासतां या कहानी नहीं है, एक शिकायत है बेज़ुबानों की, इसलिए मेरी ज़बानी है।...

Bezubaniyon ki Shikayat

A peculiar sense of nostalgia warms me up as the rickshaw makes its way through campus in the dead quiet of the...

Campus

It’s been over 14 years since poppa left. Left for good, cuz I’m sure a man like him went to...

Clocked Down

“Reply to your Frankfin application”, a mail popped on my cell phone screen while I paced towards my...

Damn!!

A usual day of November dawned upon Sheetal as she entered home with a glistening piece of gold adorned around...

Epiphany

Ding, Ding, Ding! With resounding clangs, the stress-inducing morning bell chimes are born. The day is...

Exams

Grand old Oak. He was always an optimist. A glass half full kinda guy. His spirit was contagious to all us...

Grand Old Oak

Letters have always been an incredibly romantic form of communication. Perhaps it is the beauty of tumbling...

How we Say Hello

No, it wasn’t raining cats and dogs. It was literally pouring in buckets. And I stood there – a des...

I Met Him

Escaping the chaos and hubbub of life, I sit there, in the special corner of my tiny, rented house gazing...

“Mum, why is the house moving? I want to get out of the closet!” Takashi whimpered in his mother’s arms...

Kazoku

It’s an unusually hot summer night. The heat in the air is palpable. The tension too. These coppers had...

Kindling the Wall

Dear Saint Nick, Growing up, the most formative exposure I had to Christmas was books and television...

Letter to Santa Claus

Luggage – check; tickets – check; keys – check; wallet – check; ID, phone, charger, power bank, laptop...

Luggage

“I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night...

Out The Window

Once born in a mighty place, paradise they call their home, Hidden in their...

Refugee Day

The clock strikes the time but you are still awake, Thinking and thinking about the day that...

Silent the Monster

The final buzz, the vibrating phone lights up in the dimly lit corridor as I trudge my way back to my room...

Stairs

15 assignments due, 4 backlogs, 2 grade-backs! Buzz buzz! Internship canceled...

Stress

“It seemed to be another frantic morning in the ironically lazy and uneventful suburban town of Scranton...

Stuck with Michael Scott in an Elevator

A Text From a Stranger

“We’re all either a station waiting for the right train or a train in search of the right station.We dwell...

The Accidental Adventure

It’s October 2008, the US stock market has crashed, most investors are going bankrupt, hundreds of...

The Analyst

His feet stopped moving as his eyes followed the sound of fluttering wings. The shade of the sky turned a...

The Rusty Guillotine

Dear Diary, Why am I still wondering around, eh? I know I will never be able to figure it out, but...

The Writer's Dilemma

I met her during my official release of the third book in the series ‘Canvas’ that I had been continuing...

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