Adoption

“He loves me and I love him. This is all that matters. Everything else is inconsequential in my scheme of things.” Anjali was clear. She was calm and did not show any sign of raging anger that she was feeling the previous day. Over the long night that she...

Second chance

“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asks calmly. “I didn’t have the courage” all she can manage. “You had the courage to bear it all yourself?” he asks again. “I had no choice” is her simple answer. She is in pain...

Chaiwale Chacha

It had become a routine. I would leave 10 mins early to stop at chaiwale chacha’s shack to have a hot, piping cup of adrak chai with ek rupye ki matthi. It was good, refreshing but more than that I liked to see that teeth-less smile on the beautifully wrinkled...

Bond

That morning had begun as everyday at Raichand household. By the time Mohit had come down to have breakfast, Radhika was leaving for school and Mala was trying to make that perfect cup of coffee for him in between kissing and hugging Radhika goodbye for the day....

Proposal

“Do you love me?” he asked. “What do you think?” she asked in reply. “A question can’t be an answer to a question.” he said ruefully. She laughed out loudly. He couldn’t help but smile. After all this was what he liked...

Pain

Why do things haunt us? Why can’t we forget and move on? I think that ‘s a human thing. How-much-so-ever we might like to forget or at least not let things happened in the past affect us, they do. And sometimes to the effect that they make those few...