Tag: #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… […]

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 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 […]

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 Art of Writing a Fictional Novel
The Art of Writing a Fictional Novel I was once asked a very important and pertinent question in an interview I gave. The question was this: Are you a seat-of-the-pants writer or do you first design the details of the plot and write as per its demands? The answer to this question encompasses one of […]