“Weather today will see most of the country under heavy spells of rain…” The weather lady on TV warned. Amara told her mum that whoever does the forecast needs to be fired because “they’re full of shit!” Her mother slightly chuckled. “Are you sure you don’t want me to pack you some roti for lunch sweetheart?” She asked her daughter who was marching all over the house, gathering things she needed for the day ahead. She was tired, she was moody, but she was still playing catch up at University. Amara had been staying up countless nights working towards assignment deadlines. Her books and papers were scattered all throughout the house and she rummaged around like a headless chook every morning after them. “Ah no thanks!” Amara jokingly rasped. “Do you want me to get bullied again for being a curry muncher?” The two laughed as Amara grabbed her backpack…
I was sitting on the mat, completing the remaining afternoon prayer, and somewhat feeling uninterested in life. As the dry lips uttered the…
“The banging is only going to get louder. Should I open the door?” asked Kalyaan, frantic from the sight of the mob outside on…
“And then there was this whole screaming episode?” “Yes, of course. That’s how all the neighbours got to know.” “Well, thank God she wasn’t…
At twenty-six, was Gayatri Iyer a typical Tam-Brahm? Well-endowed, blessed with sparkling white teeth, her beautiful eyes were forlorn. She had renewed her passion…
He waited in the dark. It is said that ‘patience pays’.Well, if that were true, he would certainly have been a king by then,…
In the wee small hours of Wednesday morning, before the cock could sing its cock-a-doodle-doo, the alarm went offin a harsh crescendo, and Kushal…
“I want a pair of new shoes, Maa!” Aman, a twelve-year-old boy, demanded with an expression on his face which clearly told that nothing…
Gopi hurried inside the crowded Sonapur-bound bus, and looked around in vain for an empty seat. There was none. Have to stand all my…
