Lights, Camera & Action!

Mridula unzipped her purse & took out her phone. A missed call alert! With a sigh, she typed a quick message & kept it inside. She knew it was important for her mom to know if she reached her location & on days when she was hard-pressed with time, she would quickly type a message…

Ishq, Mohabbat, Zunoon…

It was late in the night and I had fallen asleep on my part of the bed. A thud sound jolted me awake from my sleep. The smell and the very presence of him made my knees come closer to my bust and I held them tightly. I tried closing my eyes tighter as my chest pounded…

Santa is real!

“Malti! Malti!  Where is my tea and why is there Poha in breakfast? You know I do not like it. I need pancakes now. And yes, please take care that Yash takes his project work to school. I have an important board meeting and I just cannot look into the hassle.” “Madam Ji, just give…

My Fireplace

The sun was bright and I was ecstatic to have landed in a place where I had once dreamt to be !India ! But as soon as I reached the place, my dream turned into a nightmare within no time. My wallet was stolen in an unknown land and I knew nothing in this distant…

Rain-soaked Mornings

I looked out of my window and there were black clouds hovering all around. A patch of grey floated up above my roof. The zephyr blew and touched my face as I stood still. Scrolling on my social media, and seeing posts of rains drenching roads and fields made my heart dance a little. I…

Anguish in Love

Rajat grabbed his phone. No message yet! Irritation was visible on his face. It had been so many days that he had spoken his heart out! He switched on his TV and there he saw the Lord with big eyes, Lord Jagannath concluding his Rathyatra while returning back to the Shree Mandir while participating in…

Phone on Silent Mode

Shalini returned home exhausted from the office and quickly removed the dupatta that felt like a rope being attached to her nape. She opened the fridge and took out the bottle of water and held it in her hand. A drop of water trickled down the bottle just like a bead of sweat that dropped…

And finally, they met!

“Can you please pass me a glass of water?” Atul said with a hint of hesitation in his voice. “Kruti …please !” Atul repeated. “Ohh yeah… sure… sorry I don’t know when I had fallen asleep.” Kruti woke up from her slumber and passed on the glass of water to Atul. She looked at the…

Layers of time

He rested his head on her bust as she glided her fingers in his hair. There was complete silence. Just two heartbeats trying to decipher each other’s language. The friction between the layers of their skin had as if given solace to both their souls. The embrace between the two bodies was as tight as…

Karela Katha – Part 3 (The End)

Part 1) This link is for the first part of the Story which you can read by clicking HERE! Part 2) This story is the continuation of part 1 which you can read by clicking HERE! ‘Banke Ji, we specially request you to please come. Please. 7 pm. ok? Without fail.’ One of the seniors said. I…