I never realized I would be a ‘hero’ someday. Then again, I didn’t know many things about me before that day…the day my baby girl was born. So much is said about how a woman’s heart and soul transforms when she has a baby, how the...
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The Passing
I never realized I would be a ‘hero’ someday. Then again, I didn’t know many things about me before that day…the day my baby girl was born. So much is said about...
The Guest of Honour
The Pavilion was clean and dry. The weather was cool and breezy. No insect was seen or felt. And as Khanna Mam entered Sarpa with the Chief Guest and the reporters,...
Killer Instinct
Jake saw Helen walking in front of him. The crunch of leaves under their feet resounded in the lonely woods. She was excited about their weekend away from the...
It Happens Again !
“Dad, Tushar uncle has come” the voice from the hall disturbed my morning newspaper reading routine. It was my daughter Kalpana. I was surprised to see...
The Walker
It was half past six on a snowy Sunday evening and Trisha Peterson was applying a generous dollop of her Olay sensitive skin face wash. She used her fingers to gently...
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The Passing
I never realized I would be a ‘hero’ someday. Then again, I didn’t know many things about me before that day…the day my baby girl was born. So much is said about how a woman’s heart and soul transforms when she has a baby, how the motherly love... [ Read ] »
DESH
Save The Tiger ? Don’t Be An Ostrich..
Unless you are a poacher servicing the illegal Tiger parts trade that goes from India, via Nepal into China ; or you are an imbecile ; or you are a heartless sadistic pig, you will have little to no issues agreeing to the... [ Read ] »
SHORT STORIES
The Regrettable Hypothesis Of Arco
Midnight and whereabouts, 1973, upon the sidewalk bricks of Chowringhee, inside the squalor of a tent emerged the incredible body of a boy infant. At all places and in all times thereafter people were to identify... [ Read ] »
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Spiritual Growth: Seek Answers or Ignorantly Perish ?
Humans live in two dimensions. One is to survive comfortably if possible and the other to seek spiritual growth, which more often than not is mixed up with religion. When we attain the first goal of our life that... [ Read ] »
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Pakistan, Now You Are Mad ?
Sports and Politics are different and both should not be mixed, is the most cited argument in favor of sporting ties with Pakistan. People argue that not playing with Pakistan or Pakistani sportsmen would not serve any purpose as it would... [ Read ] »
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