Ranjit sat in his room going through some pages of information to prepare a report before he left for the office the next day. There were momentary glitches in the thoughts that distracted him. Ranjit was a very focused person otherwise and it took something more than the ordinary to bother him like this. Ranjit…

It’s an amazing thing about us humans, we can think, we can understand, we can very effectively overcome our pains and challenges, we can learn so many new things and develop in a way that has been unseen. I am always of the opinion that people should be open to learn and grow more. Just…

There was a time when you read news to get inspired. Reading news on the internet wasn’t something people did back then. Good old newspapers and magazines and the smell, the smell of any printed periodical, of the paper and some residual of the print itself, added to the experience of it completely. My paternal…

Bhavya was happy, watching two of her close friends getting engaged. These events usually carry that positivity of genuine happiness with emotions running deep along with memories of past and the ones that are imagined of the future. Bhavya looked at her watch, it was time to go for something important. Bhavya said her goodbyes,…

When Shruti last went to her late paternal grandparent’s house, she could feel something had changed. She had been there a few times after they were no more. But this time it felt different. Shruti was a freelance content writer and editor. She had the occasional freedom to travel and work, one of these working…

Everything in the room was neatly arranged. The big round clock on the wall displayed time as clearly and efficiently as any clock could, the new air conditioner was almost silent and one really had to focus to hear it running, the cup of the tea had gone cold and a tea film had formed…

Bravish walked around the room, to the study table. He picked up a 1 litre bottle of water and drank it, like he needed it to help him make his mind work. He drank almost the whole of the bottle and kept it beside a bottle he had emptied before. “I don’t even know what…

When we make friends, the first few steps of similarities are laid out right during the initial interactions, however this does not ensure friendship, it indicates that yes, you can comfortably exchange a word or two with this person. It’s the time spent in knowing and understanding where the friendship lies. In friendship, we accept…

As we go through life, we realise it has its own share of good surprises and also disappointments. We come by both of them in one form or another. In terms of disappointments, their initial experience starts with our own innocence and lack of experience, when we are in that phase with a naive perception…