Tag: Short Story
Don’t Let Him Take Away Your Laugh
This is a tale of a meeting between two dreary, scrawny, fairly old women on a
The Watchmaker
It was July, and the last of the warm Gulmohur shards scythed the sultry Delhi air
Hairoil.mp3
Which music class aunty teaches English songs? Everyone knows I don’t go to music class now.
Faraway Delhi
Delhi calls. It calls in low hums and wheezing breath, and people go. Half asleep-half awake,
Assumptions: A Tale of Shattered Legacy, Honor and Revenge
This short story “Assumptions” delves into the chilling descent of a son into the depths of
Nasreen
Nasreen threw herself on the floor and yelled, “What made you leave?” “How will I feed
The Proposal
Neha looked at the setting sun from the window of her apartment on the seventh floor.
Life of Simpio: The AI That Questioned Existence
In 34th century Mumbai, the Indian Robotics Division creates an AI – called Simpio – modelled
I Rise in Flames
Up and down, in a gentle rhythm, goes the chest as she whistles through her tiny
The Mummy Shop
This short story ‘The Mummy Shop’ was rejected by BOMB magazine. She pulled the plastic tightly
Butterfly
I met her three times before she vanished from my life. Not only from my life,
Genetricks: A Short Story
Set in 34th Century Mumbai, Genetricks follows Junior Officer Savitri Bigule from the Mumbai Genetic Crimes
