“Jack and Jill went up the hill… Mamma, will you please fetch me a glass of water?” This was for the third time, in ten
Author: Aparna Nagda
Dr. Aparna Salvi Nagda is a Mumbai based Consulting Homeopath. She also co-runs an educational institute for the academic needs of young minds. Currently she is seriously pursuing her childhood passion for writing.
Immortal for a Moment: Small Answers To Big Questions About Life, Love And Letting Go
Go grab it, for it’s the perfect oiling and overhaul for rusted machinery called moron mind. It’s a way to enjoy being IMMORTAL within a MORTAL life! Leaving you with an excerpt on parenting, I loved most:
‘One of the biggest lies of parenting is that parents are always right. The second lie is that it is the children’s responsibility to make their parents happy when they grow up.’
Mutilated Version
Zainab adjusted her hijjab and kneeled down to seek blessings. Once the forehead touched the ground, it gave away the air of being someone. Prostration
Credit is all I Need
He reads me. He reads me religiously every day. He worships me like the Bhagwad Gita. It is a pious ritual to visit the temple
The Secret Chamber
Tick Tock Tick Tock….the clock is ticking on the wall or under my ribcage? The pounding heart might just break the rigid barriers of its
Its All I Have
Sisters for life; made for each other and the lovely bride. Don’t know what my name is, for Kangana always refers to me as Behana
A Letter to God
BANG! The door is slammed shut but with no retaliation from Mini. Wait. There is this Simon Go Back satyagraha, she is on. Not moving
That Thing About You
One can read and absorb the book in two days flat but the idea or concept stays with you much longer. The opening chapter makes you want to finish the entire book in a go. Such is the potential of our banker turned author Abhaidev.
Yours Naturally-21
“It is not a natural death nor is it the last.” The investigating officer paced his horizontal office in quest of a vertical solution. “Six
Ropy Obligations
The rope gave jittery tremors as if anxious of Chutki’s dancing endeavours. The idle minds watching her feat prayed to the cross for her safety
Kam Dham Dand Bhed
Karmanye-vaadhi-kaarastey maa phaleshu kadaachana; Maa karma-phala-hetur-bhoor-maa tey sango-stva-karmani Everyone had to go about performing their own duties. Fruitful or fruitless; cause and result was secondary.
Rest till Death
“He is slowly advancing towards Jay. His right eye is bleeding while the left twitching. His laughter is piercing my ears. I lie tied to
Donating Life
“Slow down the volume, Appaaaaa.” My voices always fall on his deaf ears. Why am I bothering? There must be no cells in the hearing
Magic of Belief
Surya turned around the first round of the stiff white bandage stuck on the patient’s wound. A thin stream of fine perspiration trickled down from
The Hanging Wisdom
One more sinister night sets its firm foot on the virtuous daylight. The woods hear the flutter of unseen wings. The tall shadowed pines stretch
Surrogacy-The Borrowed Nine Months
“Today is my first solo photo shoot. Look at my muscles and the full flesh…But hey wait! Why is this mass trying to stick to
Life is What You Give
Windows quivered, as the train passed by the houses that made a beeline along the tracks. Sudha rushed to see the speeding train. Desperately, she
Chained at Crossroads
Blood made a linear run and touched the tip of his bare toe. Astonished and horrified at the red trail at his feet, Danielle calls