The floor was cold, a thousand little needles were piercing through her skin, momentarily still suffering the sunshine rays that gave her flaming red back a few days prior. Amy turned a watery gaze to her hands, relieved they at least had left their burning colour behind for a warm honey shade. “If I have to die, let me be as fair as the moon.” The makeup was still intact and the mascara vaguely blurred around the corner of her eyes, which was a crucial bit to make her face decadent yet romantic rather than neglected and scrubby. Long hair fell soft on her shoulders, and a self-satisfied smirk shyly made an appearance on her lips. She knew she looked exactly how she was supposed to. Men had been staring at her figure throughout the whole evening. Those drunken pigs that she was relentless in despising but whose gazes brought…
Today marks the second anniversary of her marriage. However, no one seems to be celebrating it. And how could she, or rather both of…
“Hey Sagar! When did you come to Delhi?” Vikas was surprised to see Sagar in the Sunrise Guest House canteen. “Yesterday evening. We’ ve…
It was my first day and I was on edge while taking my first step to commence a new journey. I had arrived at…
The water of Zam Zam, once a symbol of purification, that his former crime partner brought him from Makkah, couldn’t cleanse the guilt that…
JUNE 2018 “Walker!” Elliot called from the porch. Oh shit, I thought; I’d forgotten about the camping trip. “Hang on!” I threw my…
“What was your other thing?” Chandler said. “Come on, I’m getting stiff here.” They were on the tennis court bench at Polliwog Park, in…
Jenny woke up late in the morning, with the sun already streaming through the bedroom curtains. She rolled over to greet her husband, but…
‘Please, don’t fire me,’ said Colm. The manager looked him in the face and kept very still. ‘The decision has been made.’ ‘But I…
After a gap of two years from our last trip to Kathmandu and Pokhara, we again went on a road trip. Apart from my…
