These days I am busy with spring cleaning. Yes, you read it right, spring cleaning in Summer! This is all thanks to lockdown that I have enough time on hands. This spring cleaning is of digital type, though. I am Read more…
“Hey, I saw something, a direction board, maybe a danger warning, probably, of which I am not sure, on a small wooden post, right before the bend that we took just now”, she said in one breath, shouting with frenzy, Read more…
She had walked up and down the cobbled street for most of her growing up days. Thousands of steps she would take each morning with her father to reach her school had the silent company of the closed shutters of Read more…
Yesterday, like every other morning these days, my new normal since lockdown, I was sitting near the flower-bed balcony of my flat which happens to be on the 10th floor of the skyscraper. A steaming hot cuppa of coffee was Read more…
The ugly war of words erupted again between him and her, stabbing each other’s hearts mercilessly with every word uttered, tormenting the mind of their eight-year-old son. The little boy retraced his steps back to his room, with a heavy Read more…
‘If you can’t run…fly’, words of his mother echoed in his mind as he glanced through the window from his bed, at the blue sky dotted with wandering clouds here and there, complimented by the flock of the returning birds, Read more…
“Do we really have to?”, she asked earnestly, as she secured herself with the seat belt after settling next to him. With his tight grip on the steering wheel and not wasting even a moment, pat came a reply, “No Read more…
Its been her dream to occupy that coveted corner cabin. It had the best view of the open skies. The very skies that fascinated her since childhood. Looking up, darting her eyes towards the starry deep blue skies, she always Read more…
The mobile rang in the dead of the night, sending shivers, as I expected the worst. “Sergeant, she is breathing her last”, informed the voice on the other side. Without wasting time, I raced out of the house and drove Read more…
Receiving the emergency call, I directed the constable to steer our patrol van towards the Madhuban Society that was in the heart of the city. While traversing the lanes and by-lanes, my mind was occupied with the thoughts of the Read more…
The mobile was ringing. He rushed out of the bathroom, all dripping wet, wrapped in a towel to attend the call. Checking the screen, he said to himself, “Guessed it” “Good morning Sir”, he answered and stood in rapt attention Read more…
Many hands were raised, as I displayed a fun picture depicting the job of the Astronaut, on the smartboard. All eager eyes were pleading me to give him or her a chance to speak about it, bobbing from their seats. Read more…
“Time to visit your favorite Kasbah’*, announced Amina as she secured ‘Shayla’** for Sarah with a broch. Sarah clapped, with joy cascading from her bright eyes. “Mashallah, you look so beautiful”, said old Amina in shaking voice, looking at Sarah. Read more…