Characters: Vitthal Rao: Painter, an irritable, bespectacled old man. Ramdas: sculptor, mild-mannered, thick grey hair, a friend of Vitthal Rao. Joseph (Jo): a puny young
Category: Inverso
The Quantum Leap
“You are almost there, Love! Come to me.” The veins in my eyes burned, leaking red. I turned my head, adjusting to the sudden brightness.
Rendezvous
The town square was crammed with people despite the rain, the mud, the cold, and the grey skies. At the loud beat of a drum,
Twists Of Fate
12th December Shalan opened her eyes. Her head was throbbing. She sat up on the bed and looked out the window. It was 6 am.
A Tale of Books
21st century All is well…. It was not ‘THE END’. It was a new beginning. There could never be an end to its life. ‘Men
In Search of the Unattainable
The Ruin of Dreams Dawn was just breaking over the horizon sending coral streaks of sunlight piercing through the cerulean surface of the Aegean Sea.
A Rendezvous so Timeless
AEONS AGO EPILOGUE A man from Mars is seen sitting on a volcanic rock with his eyes shut as if in deep thought. A bluish
The Oval Stained Glass
Today Faint Christmas carols intermingle with spiritual chanting, the religious room across turns a sanctum for anxious yet optimistic souls like me. I hold onto
In Search of Abbajan
Hira Mandi 2008 This afternoon, everyone at the kotha, including me, is irked by a reporter, but we can’t get rid of him. The long
The Wait is Not Over
Frida Kahlo – “I drank to drown my sorrows, but the darned things learned how to swim.” Nayantara looks at the message on her phone
When She Cascaded From the Heavens
Bhagirath – Mission Accomplished I stood waiting with bated breath amidst the ashes abandoned for hundreds of years. She was finally coming! After centuries of
The Homecoming
Veeresh returned home after 15 days! 15 days of uncertainty and agony! Of suffering and anguish! For himself and his family members! He felt like
A Sliver of Hope
Prologue 7th September 2018 I stood outside the Mumbai High court gates my heart pounding in anticipation. I sipped burning-hot tea instantly wheezing in a
The Game Plan
Resolution I could hear the faint voice of Nina but failed to pull open my eyes. Perhaps, I was bogged down by fatigue. Suddenly, I
A New Life
Today (December 2022) I have often heard, ‘we have only one life to live, and we should make the most of it.’ Sadly, I could
Deceived by Destiny
April 1998 Footsteps, he detested the clamour of the footsteps. The rubber-soled shoes striking the sleet-covered roads accompanied him across the threshold and then halted.
Storm Before the Calm
April 15th Binodini’s worn-out pale sari looked old and stale next to the blazing bright white of her daughter’s shroud. The dry coarse wind possessed
The King of Birds
Prologue: “mātṛ devo bhavaḥ” There is no shadow, no shelter, no protector like a mother; and today, the entire devalok witnessed a saga of a
Anaadi-Anant
The End ? Or Another Beginning? Kaliyug! It’s here. I smiled as the realisation dawned on me. I lay there, feeling the crippling poison enswathe