Short Story: MANHOLE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 730 | 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
An Airconditioned Extravaganza
By Archana Nair in General Literary | Reads: 727 | Likes: 0
With the heat soaring high taking a week end break was a blessing for Nina and her joint family of her husband, her naughty twins always onto redefining what's being naughty,and  her exceptionally lovable in-laws. They checked into the farmhouse of Sam's friend who was generous enough to hand o  Read More...
Published on Apr 21,2020 10:42 PM
Mom
By varun in True Story | Reads: 715 | 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
Let's be Strangers Again
By Shivangi Joshi in Fantasy | Reads: 714 | Likes: 0
Sara was deep into her book when the voice startled her. The book fell out of her hand and landed on the floor. She picked it up and turned her gaze toward the source of this annoying voice. "I am sorry", she said. "I was just asking what are you reading. You seemed pretty lost in the book. I am ass  Read More...
Published on Apr 18,2020 07:56 PM
Love self
By Lisha Patnaik in Poetry | Reads: 714 | Likes: 0
She lost herself  Little by little, In search of warmth  Her heart filled With agony of laughter, Her owns spilled Words of fear Of being left out Love being not around Never finding it again. It’s not a person A concept of whom She built in heart That didn’t get fulfilled. If   Read More...
Published on May 24,2020 03:05 PM
Rhyme of an apocalypse
By Arun Dev Kumar in Poetry | Reads: 708 | Likes: 0
It came knocking one day, without a call; like the storm uncalled, the trap of a trawl. Hooks like fangs that barge deep within; efface one and then a kin. An isle that was once life, in ecclesiastic peace; where oaks were shade with flowered streets. The clan that escalated, seized by riches; spoil  Read More...
Published on Apr 23,2020 09:00 PM
Eswari....the jewel of CV 19
By Ganesh Venkataraman in General Literary | Reads: 699 | Likes: 0
Eswari.....her face beaming as always, dot from the time the sun's rays graze the locality......till about noon......when she gets a little exhausted from her demanding profession ! Even CV 19 could not covet her, as she disregardingly ignores the aerosol, wearing sterilised mask & clinical glov  Read More...
Published on Mar 23,2020 06:58 PM
Firebird!
By Akshay Nagmule in Romance | Reads: 695 | Likes: 0
PRESENT! I woke up with a hue of compound confusions, surrounded by visible yet silent tears and all I could sense was a void within myself. Strange how I could sense a void but myself. It did take me a while to realise what I felt and moreover; why!? Indulgence onto thinking ‘Why do I love c  Read More...
Published on Apr 9,2020 12:13 AM
Paying It Forward
By Dilip Patel in True Story | Reads: 686 | Likes: 0
At Asia Plateau, the International center for training and conferences of Initiatives of Change, Panchgani, India, we have privilege of coming across some amazing true stories from amazing people who come from all walks of life to undergo training in personal change. Here is a story, stranger than t  Read More...
Published on Apr 2,2020 11:20 PM
The Good Things—Rediscovering Yourself
By Nitya Swaruba in General Literary | Reads: 683 | Likes: 0
The experience of absolute freedom and the true sense of self comes only in the state of singularity. People of the world have always been good followers. They follow their peers, their boss, their clients. Constantly adapting to the ways of others. Oftentimes, a self-proclaimed philosopher becomes   Read More...
Published on May 5,2020 05:46 PM
The Mis-Adventures of Le'xander Malcolm Part 1
By dominique mcphearson in Western | Reads: 681 | Likes: 0
My dear Jenny,   I pray this letter finds you in good spirits.  The Lord's good grace seems to have finally ended five years after those damn Yankees abandoned us. They hoped our spirits would dwindle after they destroyed our guns and choked our supply of gunpowder, but they were wrong, f  Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 04:49 PM
December
By Nandini Chakrabarti in General Literary | Reads: 676 | Likes: 0
December scares me a little, curtails me and forbids me to live free. I’m unsure if it’s anxiety and fear of losing somebody because all past decembers have been mournful that way. I try to keep myself busy and at work; so sometimes I end up overworking myself. The stress hurts my should  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 11:41 PM
Dear friend from the oceans
By Sayan Das in General Literary | Reads: 666 | Likes: 0
Dear friend from the Oceans,                                                    I hope the sunset today is as flamboyant as it was when we chose our paths.  You chos  Read More...
Published on May 4,2020 02:33 PM
Showering Thoughts
By Spandan Nath in Poetry | Reads: 666 | Likes: 0
When I stand in the shower, Unclothing ...wet scraps of linen, Naked and alone... Sometimes, stroking myself With the reminisce of you, softness! And water takes over Sliding through me, Filling chasms and eroding wholes tearless... Then, I wonder of unthought of thoughts!  I wonder if you hid  Read More...
Published on May 7,2020 11:02 PM
Pleasure or pain?
By Neema Kumari in General Literary | Reads: 663 | Likes: 0
He recalled the day he was alone in the hostel with Neha. Girls were allowed to go in boys hostel. And Neha had come to his room to work on an upcoming assignment. But his whole attention was on her. He admired her curves, her amazing back. Her thick black hair had an aroma of a freshly washed hair.  Read More...
Published on Apr 29,2020 07:09 PM