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Harikrishnan: Is Latha the chosen one?
Hari was the final year law student at the Government Law College, Kochi. He had first talked to Latha at the houseboat party, but she had been on his mind, since the very first time he saw her waiting for her driver to come pick her up at the entrance to the St. Teresa’s College. […]
Where the mind is without fear: Rabindranath Tagore
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not […]
Wrong email address
A couple going on vacation but his wife was on a business trip so he went to the destination first and his wife would meet him the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email. Unfortunately, when typing her address, he mistyped a letter and his note […]
Every Dog Has Its Day
Today would have ended like any other day in the tiny village of Fatehpur, if Jaikishan had simply woken up late and done absolutely nothing the entire day. However, Jaikishan had gotten out of bed quite early that day. And unlike most days, he decided to take that half-an-hour ride to Bodhgaya, where Buddha attained […]
Madhura: Horns of the dilemma
As Madhura packs her bag on the day after her conference had ended, she was still divided about her recent decision to go back home to her husband and daughter. As she pulled her luggage to the taxi, the driver came out to help her with her luggage. Once she was seated inside, the Taxi-driver […]
On Children by Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may […]
A dish of ice cream
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” “50 cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand […]
Latha meets Hari
Latha was having a seemingly uneventful Monday, when she ran into Harikrishnan. Hari had been one of the guests at her birthday party on the houseboat. They had spent some time chatting up about random stuff spanning from literature to politics and sports to philosophy. He had been more interesting than the rest of the […]
Abhinav Patel & his colorful thoughts
It had been a while since his last affair. Last time, he had moved away from the stereotypical affair with the secretary and gone for a colleague instead. She was a manager in the company. They had met during his promotion party lunch that he had thrown for the rest of the employees in the […]
Bade Bhai introduces Shraddha
Shraddha Patel : Abhinav Patel’s Wife Age: 30 years old Occupation : Homemaker Author: Let Us Write
Is Shraddha a bit unreasonable?
Shraddha Patel : Abhinav Patel’s Wife Age: 30 years old Occupation : Stay at home mom She was born into a middle class Gujarati family settled in Delhi, Shraddha was married off soon after she finished her Masters in Economics from Miranda House. Abhinav was quite a ‘good deal’ as her friends had put it […]
Short Story: ‘The Last Leaf’ by O. Henry
IN A LITTLE DISTRICT west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called “places.” These “places” make strange angles and curves. One street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a. valuable possibility in this street. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints, paper […]
Fair price by Paulo Coelho
Nixivan had gathered his friend for supper and was brewing a juicy piece of meat. Suddenly, he noticed they were out of salt. Nixivan called his son: “Go to the village and buy salt. But pay the fair price for it; neither pricier nor cheaper.” His son was surprised: “I understand I shouldn’t pay more, […]
SR Bose: A Look Back
As was mentioned earlier, S R Bose started as most journalists do; armed with leftist ideologies and with a will to do what is right, to make politicians accountable, to weed out corruption from the bureaucracy. Essentially, Bose started out as an idealist. He had all the elements going for him. He was doing his […]
A Psalm of Life
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not […]
Anuradha Sen: Second honeymoon?
As the year was drawing to a close, Anuradha starts considering taking a holiday with her husband. Things between them had always come with the occasional ups and downs and the last time they had spent time together was before Arghya was born. That was two years ago. The thought had struck her when she […]
Do not go gentle into that good night
We chose a poem by Dylan Thomas that recently came to the forefront after it was recited by a character in the Movie Interstellar. This poem sees the poet plead with his sick father (who was going blind) to put up a fight against his sickness, and to not go gently into that goodnight… Do […]
Madhura: An Introspection
Soon after she got off the flight at the Bombay Airport, Madhura bid farewell to Sara Parker and was on her way to the hotel. The Organizers of the Conference were hosting it at the Taj Hotel and found it convenient to arrange for the stay of the participants there, instead of arranging for their […]
Review: ‘And the Mountains Echoed’ by Khaled Hosseini
Here’s our review of ‘And the Mountains Echoed’ by Khaled Hosseini. We would love to have your comment on this! A Story About Siblings. If I were to sum up the essence of Khaled Hosseini’s latest book that released last year, it would be that, it explores the unique bond between siblings. Although the story […]
Latha-the rich girl
Latha is your typical upper-middle-class girl, who never had to worry about not getting what she wanted. Now in her second year in college, she recently celebrated her twentieth birthday by hiring a houseboat for the day in the backwaters of Kerala. She is the youngest daughter of an industrialist in the city of Kochi […]