Warm golden rays of the sun gently filtered through the branches of the majestic banyan tree, making the leaves look like mystical filigree fireflies. Its trunk was wide like that of a wrestler’s sinewy torso and its branches reached out to the russet tinged sky like a melody. A medley of bird song filled the crisp morning air. Under this wise old tree stood the naam ghor, a modest bamboo and mud plastered, white washed room with a thatched roof and a door made out of bamboo sticks woven together intricately- no handle, no lock, just a door to give privacy to the Gods the household prayed to everyday. Aita was always the first one to offer prayers here every morning at six, bathed and dressed immaculately in a cream paatsilk mekhela and starched white cotton sador, her sadors were always white, with borders of different patterns and colours. With…
On the last day of my exams, I was waiting for my father to pick me up. It was a sultry afternoon, with no…
It’s been two weeks for now, that I had run on those grassy hills with Aahan. Never had I been so happy and carefree…
In 1776 I fought in a revolution, armed with a single-shot musket, against the world’s greatest superpower. Our mission, led by General George Washington,…
The Royal Garden could fit an entire nation. The hills, the valleys, the fields, the ranches, no one could tell where the garden ended.…
Liza yelled, pointing a firm finger at him: “Give that, you scoundrel. Or, I shall smash your head!” Frank turned to look at her…
There was very little conversation in the car on the drive back from the hospital. I was helplessly lost for words. “It’s alright.…
That afternoon,Mohan picked up the bunch of keys of their old bungalow at Khopoli, some 100km away from his Mumbai residence. He took along…
”That is the fan-tailed flycatcher, Baba,” Rachana exclaimed. “It sings very melodiously. Both the male and the female make their nest working together, using…
Satish’s thought engine was running rapidly. “I have got a fantastic idea. But I am not surewhether it would receive acceptance from my readers.…
