Short Stories

BILL

Nov 09, 2017

Bill literally pussyfooted into my life at a crucial juncture. My two children were in the most difficult (for me) teenage phase where they found fighting each other a more exciting vocation than trying to determine what they wanted to be in their lives and how they would reach there.  My husband was going through […]

BABURNAMA AND SICKBED

Nov 09, 2017

Seven Years Later: She leaned her head against the headboard, exausted by the pain and fever and let out a sigh. Gathering her faculties together, picking up Baburnama with her one hand and putting on her reading glasses with the other, she settled down to heal herself as best she knew; by reading. She would […]

THE PHYSICS OF LOVE

Nov 09, 2017

“My love for you is photosensitive, you know?” He looked puzzled at her, then slowly started to shake, low rumble-like laughter escaped his lips, graduating into a full throated guffaw. “O my God! Mahi, you are unbelievable!” “Really.” She was laughing too. “Look, I love you more in early mornings, just when dawn is breaking […]