Iris – Dreams Unlimited

Akram

Akram is dead. Brutally dead. Painfully dead, Maggot eaten dead. Was he human, for the world around him?Who knows? For he died like an animal, Screaming and rotting. He had a mother, a sister a brother. But most of all, he was mourned by his hen. For his mother, his sister, his brother and hisContinue reading “Akram”

Vini

Twelfth standard or HSC is hard and what you do in that one year can make or break your life – or so they used to program us kids in my day. So when the year began, the tuitions amped up, the homework stretched into nights and the tests became the incessant reminders of howContinue reading “Vini”

No More Goodbyes

I am never again doing a goodbye. I am tired of goodbyes. I think I have had my very unfair share of goodbyes for someone only hitting their late thirties … I think I am numb now. You know… like how your leg feels, or doesn’t feel when you get up after sitting cross leggedContinue reading “No More Goodbyes”

The Break-up Bench

And yet another love story ended on me.Have you ever imagined having the butt end view of love stories? Pun intended.Well, you see….destiny has decreed that that’s what my life will be.I was born here.Right in front of this lake.Let me see…It must have been some seventy years back. More? Maybe. See, Sameer there, belowContinue reading “The Break-up Bench”

A Pigeon-y Tale

Pinky felt a pit in her stomach. As if the world was ending. A flux of terror, doom and guilt stormed within her as the frightened, confused and desperate cries for help filled the air.They were trapped. All twenty of them. The net was strong and tight. It cut through their soft wings and delicateContinue reading “A Pigeon-y Tale”

Rewriting Red

“Which color?” “Not Red” – I typed. Then deleted. Do you seriously erase a color from your palette for a person? Is that a thing. It shouldn’t be a thing. “Um .. shades of blue?” I typed back. “Ah…well, this model doesn’t really do blue that well. Are you open to shades of red? ItContinue reading “Rewriting Red”

Grumpy’s Mornings

“I don’t do mornings” – that’s a tshirt I am going to be asked to get cremated in. I DON’T DO MORNINGS -I want to shout it out from the top of my terrace and let the whole town know. I don’t do mornings – I want to put that up as the work IMContinue reading “Grumpy’s Mornings”

Abandoned!

No…no no no no no….Nooooooo!She can’t do that. How could she do that? She did that!No….Help! Help! Help! ………. I’m drowning!No wait. I am not drowning, I am floating. But I’m floating away. Far far away. And …and I’m alone. Nooooo! Why couldn’t she have let both of us go. Why only me? ……… I’veContinue reading “Abandoned!”

Love and Beyond : The First Date– Part 1

Natasha should have known that it was going to end in tears. Because it began in tears. Lots of tears. She had been peeling onions for dinner that evening when they matched. “Buzz Buzz. You have a new bee in the hive” – The yellow notification popped on her phone. She didn’t even have toContinue reading “Love and Beyond : The First Date– Part 1”

Ghosted! Anonymous

Hey sunshine….Good morning. – Amit texted, even before his eyes agreed to open completely.…..He waited. The last three weeks had been amazing. After years and years of swiping right and sleeping around and jumping from one affair into another. Sometimes wading through, sometimes sneaking out of, sometimes quietly disappearing and sometimes reluctantly wiggling out ofContinue reading “Ghosted! Anonymous”