As if the cold winds blowing angrily in this particular evening was not enough, a distinct yet subtle coldness prevailed amongst the two sisters. Neither of them knew what to speak, or whether to speak to each other. A year back on this very same day, they both had experienced the power of grief, how it could tear apart the […]
The sun was slowly peeking through the light grey clouds. It seemed as if the weather was on a mission. The sun and the cloud were its weapons. Together, they seemed innocent and calm. That was the evilness of it all. Brutality is at its best when it wears a veil of calmness. The weather was doing its trick. People […]
Maria looked around her. Every object in her home seemed to mock her. We are all one, barring you. Go find someone of your kind, they seemed to say. Maria kept her mouth on the pillow and pushed it towards her face. She screamed into it once and then again. She felt a layer of dirt on her skin and […]
Amrita shut her eyes for a while. She asked her driver to play Robert Miles. Her heart was racing and she could feel a tremor in her hands. She felt emptiness crawling through her stomach, almost gagging her throat. The car stopped at the signal and she looked out of the window. A woman whose age Amrita couldn’t place, sat […]
She was running to save her life. She was gasping for air and felt a tug at her chest. She could not run any further, and finally took a few seconds to gather her wasted breath. She was about to hold her stomach to stop that cramp from engulfing her completely, but her hand got pulled. ‘Run! We have to […]
Sunday morning was the busiest time of the week. People came in from eight in the morning. Chicken had to be weighed, fish had to be sorted and mutton had to be cleaned. Dressed in his black pants which he folded till his knees and the white ‘AFIDAS’ t-shirt, Kishore knew he would hardly get time to breathe. He was […]