In my seventeen years of existence, never had I experienced stillness before. My life had constantly been a frenzy of activities. From a sports class to an art class and Read More
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The clock had struck six. Dusk had set in. Lekha was busy rummaging through the items in the refrigerator while blabbering something to herself. “Ah! I don’t understand who touched Read More
Once upon a time there lived a King in a land not too far away. He was, Your Majesty King Year, The Great. He ruled over a kingdom, great and Read More
“Venkat, don’t forget the laddus*. I have kept them near the clothes in an airtight container.” “Yes, yes! I have already put them in the suitcase. And you have repeated Read More
It was a sunny Sunday evening. Amelia was moaning with labour pain. After 8 long years of wait, Amelia experienced magic. After her marriage, Amelia lived in the busiest city. Read More
It was already noon, when the car arrived at a halt in that sleepy town. Tired and exhausted, the young couple dragged their sleepy three-year old out of the car. Read More
The north Indian summer was gliding away. After a fortnight of showers and heavy downpour, it was the coolest monsoon in 5 yrs. The game was up for the sun Read More
She stood in her balcony, looking down at us playing cricket. I was fielding at the boundary, but neither were my eyes at the ball, nor my mind in the Read More
LONDON – 1917 Lord Augustus Davenport was a rather officious man. Portly at five feet six, he had a swallow complexion. His aquiline nose protruded haughtily from his jowled face, Read More
ComradeTales-10 “Javed bhai, did you hear that? The British are trying to dissect our mulk.” “Yes, Gopi. It has always been their policy. They were waiting for this. The Congress Read More
ComradeTales-09 Ketoki was excited as her older brother was coming home from Burma after 2 long years. Baba had gone to fetch him from the railway station. Her dearest friend Read More
ComradeTales-8 New York, 1994 Anjali was excited since morning as Varun had promised to take her for the show of 1942 – A love story, the latest Bollywood Read More
ComradeTales-07 “Gandhiji kaun?” 5-year-old little Indu, asked her father who was busy pasting flyers that had been handed over to him by the city press on the wall. Her father, Read More
ComradeTales-6 As Guru Rajan entered the class, a group of ten students rose to greet their beloved teacher. Everyone was cheerful on that bright sunny day except Guddu, a chirpy Read More
ComradeTales-4 On a cold winter morning, in the sleepy town of Gorakhpur, Hussain was at his home waiting for his friend Lakhi, who was coming to meet him from Chauri Read More
ComradeTale-03 Tanveer was making her way through the dusty streets of Amritsar. She had made kulchas for her friends waiting for her in the Jaliawala Bagh. A meeting was organized Read More
ComradeTale-2 “Bimal Da! What do you mean by Swadeshi?” questioned the chirpy ten-year old Rupa, as she noticed Bimal Da hustle about in the house, picking up random stuff from Read More
ComradeTales-1 She looked at the postage stamp in her hand again. Baba had handed it over to her today. There he was, her great grandfather, ‘Mangal Pandey’ the freedom fighter. Read More
