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”
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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”
The Swing.
“Nice girl”, what was her name again? Naniba asked as I closed the main door. “Naniba…!” I involuntarily rolled my eyes. You just finished talking with her for an hour about Khambaliya! How could you forget? Naniba smiled, her wistful, old person’s smile, reaching her soft brown crinkled eyes as she slowly straightened the palluContinue reading “The Swing.”