Chachaji, the station master
By Smriti Sharma in General Literary | Reads: 1,330 | Likes: 0
“The train has been delayed by 2 hours . We are sorry for the inconvenience.’’          I took a long sigh and continued reading the news paper. Being a small railway station and early hours of the morning  , the platform was scarcely filled with peopl  Read More...
Published on Mar 28,2020 10:03 PM
Her
By Tanvee Yusuf in Romance | Reads: 1,327 | Likes: 0
I have been ringing since the last fifteen minutes while Alex continues to snore as loud as a dyspeptic pig. I wish he would at least press snooze because I am starting to feel tired. If only humans were as considerate as we are! I mean I take care of all his needs. I wake up early in the morning ju  Read More...
Published on Apr 16,2020 01:06 AM
My Jolly Roller Coaster Ride
By Rajimurali in True Story | Reads: 1,324 | Likes: 0
IS IT A ROLLER COASTER RIDE???????.........THEN LET ME ENJOY IT"" “Life is like a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs. But it’s your choice to scream or enjoy the ride”. My roller coaster ups began in the month of march 2016 when I was diagnosed with tongue cancer. My biopsy r  Read More...
Published on Apr 1,2020 10:48 AM
True Friend
By Lolita in Poetry | Reads: 1,274 | Likes: 0
Some are far and some quite near Yet when I am lonely why do I fear Some are a call away and few are in thoughts But the joy of knowing oneself can never be fraught.   The fingers that first wipe away my tears , are mineThe eyes that sparkle and gleam when I laugh aloud are also mine.So how com  Read More...
Published on May 14,2020 07:40 PM
alexander the diogenes
By AV ~ Aashish Vaishnava in Mystery | Reads: 1,271 | Likes: 0
“it is easier to conquer than to surrender”   i have heard a story that once king alexander (the great) paid a visit to philosopher diogenes (the cynic). while crossing his village. diogenes was sunbathing when alexander stood by him and said, i have heard a lot about you and i am i  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 08:19 PM
Yesterday and Today
By Dalia in Fantasy | Reads: 1,270 | Likes: 0
"I" ,the same person of different transitional periods met, “Yesterday" and "Today!"   Yesterday thought,” he was the wisest generation"; Today boasted,” he was the most intelligent generation!" But, both of them forgot,they were the "time-equivalent" of each other! And,what m  Read More...
Published on Apr 24,2020 07:59 PM
Reign's End
By Anushka Das in True Story | Reads: 1,268 | Likes: 0
There it was. So beautiful , so pure. It’s mere presence radiated joyousness , it burst into perfect strands of raucous laughter. It’s aura lured, it’s beautiful spectre beckoned. It burned too brightly and if you got too close, you burned with it. It was so close and yet unreacha  Read More...
Published on May 17,2020 09:01 AM
Mom
By varun in True Story | Reads: 1,241 | Likes: 0
"Mom" The nights often feel cold, even though it's the month of May. I shudder awake sometimes, and look around in the darkness. The only person I'm looking for is you. Your touch, calming my senses and telling it's perfectly okay to have these nightmares. Your voice, piercing the dark and soothing  Read More...
Published on May 15,2020 11:19 AM
So did she
By Divya G Prasad in Poetry | Reads: 1,232 | Likes: 0
Amidst the quietness, shreaked a lot of pleas. Yet, they confined her. So did the system. She was up against four. The four walls now engulfed each single. The deeds were finished. So was she. They slithered on the floor, crited to let them free, Coz they had families, But, so did she. She was ki  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 08:36 AM
First Date After Marriage
By Minal Tribhuwan in Romance | Reads: 1,221 | Likes: 0
After a hectic meeting Ashish took out his cellphone and dialled his learnt number. He told his colleague that he is going out for his lunch and will be back in an hour or so.., he was waiting at the first table of their chosen restaurant. His eyes were all glued to a thick 7mm glass. He was trying   Read More...
Published on Apr 18,2020 10:47 AM
Short Story: MANHOLE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 1,220 | Likes: 0
- Wriiten in Tamil By V.N.Giritharan | Translation into English  By: Latha Ramakrishnan -Like the Rajaraman of Jeyakanthan’s rishimoolam he has grown beard and moustache, keeping one of the legs in squatting posture and keeping the other in a raised and folded fashion he was holding his k  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 07:58 AM
Short Story: A CO(W)UNTRY ISSUE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 1,216 | Likes: 0
- Wriiten in Tamil Byy V.N.Giritharan ; English Translation From Tamil By Latha Ramakrishnan -As it was Sunday the road looked less crowded than usual. No traffic jam, either. Ponnaiya’s Honda Accord was creeping smoothly along St.Clair West. Driving a car during Sundays or holidays was Ponnai  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 08:07 AM
A maid who acts.
By Amvi Mishra in True Story | Reads: 1,216 | Likes: 0
Meet Kamla. Kamla Moushi. She is 53. She is 5'10". She wears bright-hued nauvari sarees and glass bangles that dangle from her wrist and softly tinkle against the steel utensils she washes in our kitchen. Her long snowflake coloured hair is always oiled and neatly twisted into a braid. She has a wri  Read More...
Published on Apr 7,2020 12:50 PM
Batli-Paepurr
By Cindy Pereira in True Story | Reads: 1,215 | Likes: 0
About a year or two before my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she began to show small signs of it, forgetting obvious things, hiding food in uncommon places and almost always misplacing her rings, spectacles or her wrist watch, or something or the other. Quite naturally, as a result she  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 05:59 PM
June
By Abhishek Guha Roy in Fantasy | Reads: 1,214 | Likes: 0
June is always the favorite month for Sharley. The bold presence of femininity in the name of the month itself has a flavor of enchanting solace which pleasantly touches her heart. Along with its poetic magnetism, Sharley had her precious moments of life engraved in June. It was the month of her fir  Read More...
Published on Apr 14,2020 05:36 PM
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