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Touchpoint
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Surreal Elation
The door of the bedroom opened and Mrs Bhimwal stepped in. She parted the curtains and the light of day flooded in revealing a colourful wall of the bedroom with different colours of butterfly and flowers. She moved towards the bed and folded the open blanket from its top end to reveal a sleeping 11…
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Dodged
What are you most excited about for the future? The white painted wooden door of flat number 136, in building B of theOakwood Apartments slowly opened with enough space for an eye or twoto see through. Esha looked at the empty corridor, then she opened thedoor wider to check whether the door of the apartment…
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Overcast
One day, the onset of the afternoon was not in its usual colours. I slidthe two wine-coloured curtains apart to reveal the glass of thesliding doors behind. I switched off the LED bulb which illuminated amild crystal white light. The disappearance of the artificial lightallowed the clouded light of the sun to play a more…
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Comprehension
Rohil stared at the mound of the clay spinning on the wheel head ofthe potter’s wheel. He caught a quick glance of his teacher who wasobserving him very closely. His teacher had just shown him how it wasdone by holding Rohil’s hands, but Rohil had somehow instantly lostall the confidence to do it. Rohil returned…
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Obligation
Manav stared at the glass in his hand. The blue coloured drink itcontained was non-alcoholic, he had enquired before picking it up fromthe tray, but what the drink actually was, he forgot to ask. The beverage had the smell of a fruit juice, but it didn’t look likeany fruit juice that Manav had ever tasted.…
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Spoor
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Walking Ahead
The school helper entered the classroom V-B. Alka had recently joinedin for the position. The room was empty. The students had gone to thecomputer lab of the school. Alka looked around at the light-yellowwalls of the room with boards displaying different creative efforts bythe children, even the doors of the cupboards were not spared fromthem.…
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Waiting Without an End
Nandini covered her face with the scarf that she was wearing aroundher head. Even though she was standing in a shaded area, the drops ofsweat refused to stop coming. She looked at her watch, then at herphone. ‘I am reaching in 10 minutes’ – that was the message Nandini’s friendOmya had sent her an hour…
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Gravel
The sound of the tire moving over the road with gravel on it. Girikstared at the passing structures in the form of buildings. It had beena longer drive than what Girik had expected. This client had requesteda home visit to understand an investment policy. The client was anindividuals with considerably high wealth, whom the firm…
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Unwanted Silence
‘Where is all the water going?’, seven years old Aadhavi asked heruncle Mr Mehra while staring at the wide river with ever speedingwater. ‘It is heading towards the sea’, replied Mr Mehra. ‘So much water goes to sea, the sea must have a lot of water by now..’said Aadhavi. Mr Mehra smiled, ‘Yes, it has…
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Another Morning
The dining table was dressed with food items for a Sunday breakfast.13 years old Darika sat with a sandwich in her hand looking outsidethe window, lost in a world of her own. Mr Garg, Darika’s grandfather sat opposite to her. The majority of hisface was covered by the newspaper he held in his two hands…
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Definition Of Home
Mehak and Mina were returning from their tuition this Friday. English literature. English literature has taught them many things and one of the most important things is being sensitive and talking about every topic under the sun.. Literature of any subject helps you to learn the twists and turns of life, the agony and joy…
Early Morning Memories 