“Oh! Yo, Master! Oh, what the heck is this?” Woof, woof! Scampering around on his furry little paws on the tiled porch, making a really irritating ‘pitter-patter’ sound. “MASTER!” Howls aaaaaaaoooooooo…. woof, woooof! Scratches the mesh door furtively to come inside. Master comes thumping in through the kitchen, bangs open the mesh door, only to find his…
But now I knew half the truth. It was time to know the rest….. I rode towards the Hospital where the autopsy was conducted according to the papers, and called the pathologist. I wasn’t hoping he’d be helpful anyway. And he wasn’t. He denied ever conducting the autopsy. He denied being at the hospital too. He…
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We’ve all heard stories from our mothers, grandmothers and other homegrown bards. I too, grew up listening to such stories. Most of them came from the Mahabharat, the Jatak Kathas, some from Baba Yaga and the likes of Cinderella. But some special stories were my Mother’s own imagination. This tale…
Her father’s number was flashing on my screen… I didn’t want to take this call. I didn’t want to at all. What did he want from me now? Why call me when he knew I had left her? I knew why, of course. He would blame her leaving home on me and call me names.…
“You’ll regret leaving me…” She had left, Suhana, but her words and haggard face were still with me, seared in my brain, hanging on the tip of my tongue like a bitter pill that I had to swallow, that I must swallow if I was to move forward. And I did. I swallowed… I…
Meet me at the Sunka Lake Hill at 7 tomorrow morning. I’ll be waiting for you. But I’ll wait only till 7.15… 😉 The cracked note in my hand read…. I was sure it was you. It had to be! Who else would write to me like this? Normally, people don’t write notes like…
That smile… That coquettish, girlish, mischievous smile you gave me just before you left the store, was the highlight of that Sunday. I couldn’t stop thinking about it whenever my other worries were not around. I say this because I had a lot going on in my head that day. There was the chance…
