Her
By Tanvee Yusuf in Romance | Reads: 1,298 | 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
Chachaji, the station master
By Smriti Sharma in General Literary | Reads: 1,268 | 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
My Jolly Roller Coaster Ride
By Rajimurali in True Story | Reads: 1,259 | 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: 1,237 | 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
So did she
By Divya G Prasad in Poetry | Reads: 1,194 | 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
Mom
By varun in True Story | Reads: 1,194 | 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
alexander the diogenes
By AV ~ Aashish Vaishnava in Mystery | Reads: 1,189 | 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
Short Story: MANHOLE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 1,186 | 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
A Journey of Music
By Dr. Munila Naqvi in General Literary | Reads: 1,186 | Likes: 0
It was a dark night, and the sky was full of glittering stars and Ria was lost in her owm world. Remembering the good old times when she was able to see the real beauty of life with her eyes. 2 years back she met with an accident and lost her eyesight. But her dreams are so bright that even the dark  Read More...
Published on Apr 19,2020 01:01 AM
Yesterday and Today
By Dalia in Fantasy | Reads: 1,184 | 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
A maid who acts.
By Amvi Mishra in True Story | Reads: 1,182 | 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
Is it just Me?
By Alisha Nandeshwar in Poetry | Reads: 1,181 | Likes: 0
Is it just me or my heart that beats? That no longer wants to walk on the lonely streets. Or is that your charm that I cannot resist, Or your will to find the lost me in the midst. Maybe it’s your eyes full of fire, Or maybe it’s your words that dare me to desire. It must be the fun tha  Read More...
Published on May 16,2020 04:11 PM
Tragedies
By Vikalp Joshi in General Literary | Reads: 1,172 | Likes: 0
Dear person who finds this letter, 8000 metres above sea level and 28 degree celsius below zero, my smart watch says. I say, it’s been 17 days 8 hours and 16 minutes since I left home because it haunted me after she left that morning. I know she loved mountains and so I am here, hoping to meet  Read More...
Published on Mar 22,2020 06:57 PM
This too shall pass
By Priya Agarwal in Poetry | Reads: 1,169 | Likes: 0
Oh nature, my healer. Oh! You my last resort.. you have always justified my motive, and only you are my true support. Whenever I doubt my actions, Of not being at par with the world.. Whenever my reactions, Are misunderstood and curled… I lock myself for a while, I weep a little like a child  Read More...
Published on Apr 27,2020 01:09 AM
Short Story: A CO(W)UNTRY ISSUE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 1,163 | 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
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