The old intercity bus, a bit rattling, blared its horn through the crowded road. The road wasn’t wide enough to allow this kind of traffic to pass through, a stretch of it was even broken. It was the market area. People from multiple small towns around frequented here for their wants and needs. Grisha had…

Mr Mahto rushed to the bus stop near his apartment. He was late for office that day and was occasionally reminded about it by the known people passing and some even asking about how he was late. Mr Mahto returned late from attending a marriage reception the previous night. As Mr Mahto was passing alongside…

Ritika had wandered far from home in search of a job and she had found it in another city. It had been four years of ups and downs, some crucial learnings from dealing with the challenges of life almost alone. Ritika’s parents would come by once a year and once a year Ritika would visit…

Mr Tiwari had begun to feel the arrival of this uneasiness in his life. He thought things would continue to be as they are and there would be no problem, after all he had given it a lot of effort throughout the years. He had spent time developing the trust, the closeness and now everything…

The city was new to Ribhav. He had come here after a transfer by his company. The city carried this distinct feeling of the past with many old architectures still being maintained and used. There were many trees around, with sounds of different birds. It felt calm by what could be observed in brief.  In…

The market was beginning to gain more crowd, as the day was coming to an end and more and more people were returning home from work.   Jai struggled with his grocery bags as he crossed the busy road and then the stream of walking people to get to the parking area. He put his…

Samay was having a tiring Friday at work. It was one of those days when it felt like a miracle was needed in form of motivation and on the other hand there was also the worry of having to explain the lack of usual productivity. Samay sometimes wondered if his manager looked through the cabin…

Yes, I am one of those types of people who go to social media for news. It is like a habit, that includes browsing through the sites of newspapers as well. Social media has the edge in the sense of providing videos and audios related to the news if available, but on the other hand…

As the evening slowly faded into the night. Anshu walked out to the veranda holding a cup of coffee. It was the top floor of the house, the view in front was of a park accompanied by some houses on the other side and the mostly clear sky above. Anshu felt it was a good…

Every day Reva would leave home early, for the nearest bus stop to her home in the village. There were only a few buses that went to the neighbouring city where Reva had a job. Missing the one in the morning usually meant a long and brisk walk to another bus stop on the other…