Category: Fiction
The Man In The Mirror
The Man In The Mirror Today I decided to try out an exercise suggested by a friend in a newsletter she posts every Monday. She urged us to stand in front of a mirror look at ourselves and repeat the following lines every time we feel down in the dumps. Here are the lines… […]
Joy in the Morning
Joy in the Morning Here is a conversation I had with the emotion joy this morning. Me: Hi joy, thanks for visiting me, you can put in more of an appearance, can’t you? How about being omnipresent? Joy: Like all other things in this world, I too like to be valued. I can’t […]
Krithika’s Revenge
The streets of Yamuna Nagar were enveloped in palpable darkness. The crescent-shaped moon occasionally peeped out of the horizon through the dark clouds as though it was doing its best to pep things up for the residents of the colony. The croaking of the frogs could be heard as they jumped hither and thither. The […]
The Double Murder
The Double Murder Meena Jennifer looked at herself in the mirror. Her face was smooth except for the two small scars on her right temple. How she wished she could get rid of those! Her memory stirred and she hurriedly put the scars out of her mind. She did not want to remember all that […]
The Billionaire’s Hobby
The Billionaire’s Hobby Billionaire Allan Worthington’s hobby was Taxidermy. He was also an expert shot with a rifle. His speciality was birds. He could shoot down birds like no one could. His aim never failed him. He had travelled far and wide in search of birds of all hues. He would fleece the birds he […]
My Gift
My Gift I surveyed the house I had purchased at the auction a week back. It was a tiny villa that had cost me a nominal amount. I had purchased it as a gift for my daughter. My daughter wore several hats, one being that she was a very good violinist. I never tired of […]
The Archaeologist
The Archaeologist The year was 2045 AD. Professor Jerome Jenkins the famous archaeologist was travelling to meet his team at the excavation site in Iraq. He and his team had discovered the site by a sheer stroke of luck the year before. The Iraqi government had permitted them to dig up the site with great […]
The Slimy (Z)ombie
The Slimy (Z)ombie The next morning found Gayatri and Varun standing at the point near the river where the filming had taken place. The time was 6.30 AM, and the Sun was rising. Varun did not want to attract too much attention to what they were doing. He wanted to get it over with quickly. […]
A Voice From (Y)onder
A Voice From (Y)onder By the time Varun and Gayatri got back to the inn, it was 8 PM. They went to Gayatri’s room. She said, ‘We need to look at the last 5 lines of the verses to proceed further. They still don’t make sense to me.’ She pulled out the piece of paper […]
A Talk With (X)avier D’Cruz
A Talk With (X)avier D’Cruz Aravankolom was a small village and Gayatri and Varun did not have to travel far to reach their destination. The auto-rickshaw soon stopped by the side of a bungalow. There was a security guard sitting in front of an Iron gate. They paid the auto driver and walked up to […]
