Kasi left his office for the bus stand to catch a bus to his native place. His father insisted that Kasi has to be there on the festival day of “UGADI” every year. It is about six to seven hours’ travel from the town. He tried to complete his office work early but could manage only to get into the last bus. As Kasi settled in a window seat, he started grumbling for his father’s insistence that he should reach on the festival day to keep the family tradition. His parents, his grandparents have the custom to go to their village temple and pray on this festival day. Kasi collected a few sweets for his parents and a dress for his sister as he does every time. The bus crawled onto the highway leaving behind the narrow streets of the town. The bus was full of passengers, each having their…
Satish was now in his thirties and introspecting about his life. In college he had an overflowing confidence with a ‘could not care less…
It is a full moon night. In the distance, there is a large mountain, with rocks and boulders. At the bottom, there is a…
She was the one. The one he was going to marry. When her father arrived from the city of Kazan, far away on the…
Every Sunday at 3 pm, Horst took the ferry from the Wannsee quay to the last stop on its route deep in the forest.…
The frenzied crazed chopping of marijuana plants by the savagely deranged forces of Riverside County Sherriff Chad “El Choppo” Bianco continued on unimpeded into…
The phone rang. It was around 9:30 at night. I was preparing to go to bed as usual as I am an early-to-rise and early-to-bed person. It’s…
We who gathered at the St. Teresa Del Norte Saloon rebelled against the norms of the day, whatever the norms were, it didn’t really…
Thirteen-year-old Nina sang a little tune as she danced around the velvety green lawn among the red roses and purple bougainvilleas. Her voice sounded…
Not George Michael again. I can’t stand this tune. Still, got to admit, he could hold a note or two. The two of us…
