Shail’s Nest

- A short story
The family huddle was in full swing in our drawing room. There was old Uncle Narayan sitting with a frown on his face looking like a bear on a bad morning, not that I’ve had chance to meet bears on their bad mornings! Next to him sat Mrs.Roshan, beautiful soul, face downcast, [...]

- a short story

I sit there amidst them. They are strewn all around me. The letters. His letters. I feel inexpressibly sad and yet there is in me a deep sense of joy seeing them. Bundle of contradictions. Isn’t that what he called me?? I smiled to myself remembering it.
“Te iubesc” he had told me [...]

Without realizing it, I suddenly burst out laughing. I couldn’t help it. He looked at me a trifle offended. Perhaps this had not been the reaction he had been expecting?? But then this had not been what I had been expecting either. I had lulled myself into some sort of false security in a relationship [...]

- a short story.
She hurriedly stirred the vegetables once and went back to chopping more onions. One needed lots of onions to be sliced finely, fried to a golden brown and sprinkled on top of the potatoes. It added that special flavor. And today she wanted the special flavor to be there more than [...]

Once Mr. Black and his brothers Mr. Blacker and Mr. Blackest were sitting with their cronies, Mr. Darkest Gray, Mr. Darker Gray and Mr. Gray. Night was falling and they were relaxing with a drink. Just then they see some sort of light and then suddenly there is someone standing without.
“Who are you?’ asks [...]