Category: Fiction

  • Savitri Bai – a journey from Swiss haven to cultural India

    Savitri Bai – a journey from Swiss haven to cultural India

    Most Indian children who were growing up during late 1980’s would relate to the childhood memory of watching regular telecasts of television series called Param Vir Chakra. In fact, there is no denying the fact that, this television series was quite instrumental in arousing patriotic feelings among young, impressionable minds or at least made them […]

  • The Polestar

    The Polestar

     The ‘new normal’ that the families are experiencing due to the Corona-virus pandemic is where most parents are working from home and children are staying indoors perennially. While parents must tackle home chores along with work from home challenges, the constant struggle to engage young minds constructively became an add on to the existing list […]

  • Meagre needs but boundless desires

    Meagre needs but boundless desires

    Raghavan was jumping from one online portal to other in order to arrange groceries and vegetables. Meanwhile, his wife Meenakshi was putting their daughter Srinika to bed. Soon after the little one was fast asleep her mother tip toed out of the room. While closing the door her eyes fell on two pairs of snowshoes […]

  • Nightmare in Dreamland

    The bell rang. Naina jumped up with joy stating, “Baba has come home. Maa, come fast it must be baba at the door.” Megha rushed out of the kitchen, wiping her hands to open the door. It was indeed Manas. Megha could make out from the look on his face that he was very tired. […]

  • Other Side of the Fence

    While returning home after dropping her daughter Naina at guitar class, Megha noticed that the area near her society was developing at a fast pace. At a few places, shops have been demolished and the area has been converted into a supermarket. A couple of huge gated communities are also coming up. Her thoughts went […]