Category: life

There was once a food truck. Anish was the owner of the food truck. The items on the menu were not complex or fancy, it had everyday Indian household food items along with some common beverages like tea or coffee. “Will that sell?” a few wondered, but it did sell. The price was affordable, the…

There is always that one person who likes to push people towards the edge most will never cross and thus this person gets away with it. Mr Mehta had one in his neighbourhood. While everyone disliked the presence of Mr Rohatgi, Mr Mehta was affected by him the most. The neighbourhood Mr Mehta lived in,…

Jayan walked out of his house in the morning for the office and he came across an incident in the neighbourhood. Every day in the morning before 7 am, Mr Perumal went out for his morning walk. A man with a quick to rise temperament, preferred the peace of the morning with less people on…

Little by little, just like placing bricks we build our home, our lives with our families. We add possessions to satisfy our own wants and as well as that of our family. Mr Gulati stood with a smile welcoming a new addition. Mrs Gulati, although smiling, showed a bit of apprehension, while their son Praneet…

As the night was turning to its late hours. The number of vehicles and people on the roads faded. Omesh made his way home on his scooter. He had left office earlier than his office time that day. One of his childhood friends, Akhil had returned to the city. Unable to secure a good job…

Every time Laya opened her late paternal grandfather’s cupboard, she could feel the tears beginning to form somewhere within the emotions. It had been years since his presence was gone, but the wish to see him smiling once more never quite faded. Laya was using a large section of the cupboard now to keep her…

It was late at night, Pranit was returning from the hospital. He was there with his childhood friend Samar. Samar’s father was admitted. The air was mercilessly cold, but the car did a good job of keeping things warm inside. Pranit reached for the coffee in a disposable cup and found it empty. Just then…

Arun found himself in an unusual situation, it had been a long time, a feeling that seemed lost somewhere in time. The usual days of life consisted of long office hours that ended when Arun returned home at 11 pm at night and sometimes later. The weekends passed through a struggle to rest and motivate…

In our first book launch series I discussed how the idea about launch attending stuck into my mind and we went and here in this I would like to narrate how it was in the second book launch we went to. This honest series will help many to take the lovely initiative of going to…

It was raining heavily with water clogging the street and the hard-hitting drops keeping people restricted to wherever they were, maybe home or office or an educational institution or simply waiting under a shaded place. But Vasant was prepared for it, he knew these heavy rains very well and he knew how much his city…

It had been a long time since Tanvi’s family had walked into city life. Her paternal grandfather left the village right after his marriage and slowly most of the family followed, scattered across the country in search of a different kind of life. But the elder brother of Tanvi’s grandfather decided to remain in the…

The day had been deprived of the complete intensity of sunlight by a layer of smog that didn’t seem to be moving anywhere. Prabhat often glanced at the sky when he stopped at the traffic light. It provided him a form of calm, but with the present condition the calmness had been affected. At the…

Some monkeys ran around playfully on the roof of a house. Mr Markam watched closely from the closed panoramic window. What made the view unique was the old architecture of the houses around that had been maintained along with trees which remained untouched throughout the years.   Mr Markam looked at his watch and it…