Bhumika had known Jayesh since childhood. They lived in the same neighbourhood and had the same circle of neighbourhood friends. As the friends grew up, time started becoming very limited in their life and they met when time allowed, but among them Jayesh was the one who was available the most, he had what people…

There is a small village near a prominent river of religious importance in the country. Life there is simple, the village has been maintained quite well, and it hasn’t been taken over by any private builder with a plan to open a resort or something of that nature anytime soon. Since there were some towns…

In the mornings of weekdays, the metro stations became crowded with people. Metro trains are a comfortable means to travel in a metropolitan area, where there are less trees, more buildings and the heat can reach unbearable limits in summers. Vidhi took the local train for going to college, they lacked comfort and a bit…

On a pleasant sunny day, when it seemed like everything good about life was flowing in the air, the bell for the lunchtime rang. Gitali and Manvi ran out together, holding their lunchboxes. They were in the same fifth grade but different sections. Lunchtime, games classes, activity classes and school events were some of the…

You know that feeling, when you are fifteen minutes away from leaving work, but the heavy rain hasn’t stopped and is showing no sign of slowing down, you already know some roads will be ineffectively trying to drain out excess water, the traffic will be immense and after struggling in bus and then the local…

On a Tuesday morning, Mr Raheja woke with a heart heavier than usual. He had nowhere to be particularly that day. He had long retired from the role of a news editor at a prominent news channel. He had never had a time in his life when he wasn’t busy doing one thing or the…

There was light music playing and the air carried the cold from the air conditioners. There were children looking around at what they could associate with their worlds and there were parents trying hard for a moment to forget their everyday lives and find that moment of relaxation. The shops with their see through glasses…

Akul did not have a friendly face because of the expression of seriousness that he usually carried. Yes, the one that makes you think that a person was in a bad mood. It was not something recent but rather from his school days. One can say immersing himself in all those violent games had not…

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…