This is a story about Reena, a young lady in her very early thirties, her 5 year old daughter Minnie and an old man who is a recent neighbour. Old Man: I had the same feeling when I retired after 42 years of service in a chemical industry as I had when I left the orphanage after graduating with a diploma in materials management. While I was leaving, Father Pinto told me: ‘Son, the time has come for us to part. You have been an excellent ward and have grown into a mature, responsible and sensitive person. Good bye, son. Lead a good life. Don’t forget to help others the way God has helped you.’ I had walked into an unfamiliar world. It was an arid expanse of land. Three tall chimneys were emitting clouds of yellow smoke from an L-shaped building that was the main plant. It settled on…
Umpteen poetry and oodles of lyrics have been woven around it. Gazillions of songs have been sung about it. In every language known and…
He was the handsome sort at that time and I was only a four-year-old girl. I still remember his bright face and his two…
I was never great with funerals. Usually, I tried to find an excuse not to go. Well, to be honest, I tried to find…
Charlie wasn’t sick. He didn’t live in a bubble or anything like that. But still. It started when he was at school talking to…
Frail little Sonya sat sobbing in the corner of the room. She was hungry. Her mother Tapashya sat near her, saying soothingly, “Do not…
There she was with the glass of wine, sitting at the edge of high stool, swirling the sparkling burgundy, passing time while circling around…
SUNDAY, SOMETIME BEFORE THE SUNRISE Her head was throbbing with pain as she pried her eyes open with great difficulty. She was lying on…
“Mitzi! Mitzi, you get back here right now!! Mitzi!!!” Roxanne was starting to get seriously worried. Mitzi, her eighteen-month old white toy poodle, had…
“So, you have decided to get married to Abhi Deshpande.” Pragati did not bother to answer her roommate Runa’s query. She behaved as if…
