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Latha & Hari: What’s cooking up?
It had been almost a week since that first date. Hari had not called or texted in the meantime. Latha had been anxiously waiting the whole time. Finally, she decided to send him a text herself. She drops him a ‘Hey!’ About 15 minutes later, her phone lights up. She hurriedly unlocks her phone, only […]
Hi from Radhika
Radhika Gupta Age – 25 years Occupation – Event Management Radhika Gupta is your average Delhi-girl, working with an event management group that organises big corporate functions and parties for the Who’s Who of the country. She works really hard at her job. Puts in long hours. Often, she finds herself travelling to exotic locations […]
Announcement, Characters, Story
Introducing Mrs. Miranda Kerr
She sees Pierson rush into the Dining Hall, where she was seated with his sister. She was deep in conversation with Gigi when Pierson rushes into the Dining Hall when he had suddenly appeared. Pierson clearly looks as though he has seen a ghost, and in many ways, their marriage had pretty much reduced to […]
Act of love By Paulo Coelho
Rabbi Iaakov’s wife was always looking for an excuse to argue with her husband. Iaakov never answered her provocations. Until one night, during a dinner with some friends, when the rabbi had a ferocious argument with his wife, to the surprise of all at table. “What happened?” they asked. “Why did you break your habit […]
Jayson Chan
Jayson Chan Age – 31 Occupation – Automobile Engineer After finishing his 2 years of compulsory National Service with the Singapore Armed Forces, Jayson enrolled himself into the Automobile Engineering course at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Unlike the rest of his friends, who hoped to get into Computer Sciences or Accounting and secure themselves a future […]
How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love […]
Hi from Richard Figg
Richard Figg Age – 45 Profession – Pilot Richard Figg, had always had a fascination towards airplanes and flying. He signed up for pilot lessons soon after finishing up his High School. He has more than 3000 hours of flight hours to his credit and presently works for the Qantas Airlines. Author: Let us Write
Daddy BY SYLVIA PLATH
You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. Daddy, I have had to kill you. You died before I had time—— Marble-heavy, a bag full of God, Ghastly statue with one […]
Hi, from Bridget Drew
Bridget Drew Age – 31 Profession – Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Alma Mater – Harvard Business School Born in a little village in Suffolk county within England, Bridget did her undergrads in Economics from the Suffolk University before turning to the United States to study Business. Once she graduated from Harvard, she […]
I want to see you By Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207 – 1273 / Persia)
I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come ‘round the corner. Sense your scent when I come into a room you’ve just left. Know the lift of your heel, the glide of your foot. Become familiar with the way you purse your lips then let them part, just the […]
If Wishes Were Candy by Philip Goldberg
A young woman, having just celebrated her 20th birthday, graced the glossy black and white snapshot; its edges curled slightly. Adorned in a one-piece bathing suit, the young woman excited the eyes. Posed on the beach, sand at her feet, she appeared joyful, confident.The photo felt slick between her bony fingers as she gazed at […]
SR Bose: The background
He was shattered when the love of his life left him in Delhi for a job with a Theatre Group in Mumbai. It had been the same day he was confirmed as an anchor on one of the popular News Channels of the time. He had come back excited about telling her about his new […]
Bored to Death By Paulo Coelho
As soon as he died, Juan found himself in a very beautiful place, surrounded by all the comfort and beauty that he had dreamed of. A figure dressed in white came up to him: “You are entitled to anything you want.” Enchanted, Juan did everything he had dreamed of during life. After many years of […]
Pierson Kerr & his nephew
Pierson tip-toes to the living room where the TV was tuned into an episode of the Big Bang Theory. As he slowly slides the door open, he sees a tiny head turn around and at about the same time screams “Uncle Piers” excitedly. Despite his best efforts, including an experiment of positive reinforcement, Brandon has […]
Do You Feel Useful?
Ask a flower in the field: ‘Do you feel useful? After all, you do nothing but produce the same flowers over and over?’ And the flower will answer: ‘I am beautiful, and beauty is my reason for living.’ Ask the river: ‘Do you feel useful, given that all you do is to keep flowing in […]
Shraddha Patel –What is in store for her?
Shraddha enjoys the whole dinner. The ambience, the amazing food… what’s not to love about this dinner date? The couple have been having a light-hearted conversation throughout the dinner. At that moment, Shraddha wonders, ‘could life get any better?’ As they are finishing up their dessert, Abhinav suddenly puts his spoon down and starts fidgeting […]
A Moment of Happiness by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207 – 1273 / Persia)
A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water of life here, you and I, with the garden’s beauty and the birds singing. The stars will be watching us, and we will show them what it is to be […]
Jaikishan in Kolkata
Jaikishan wakes up with his arms wrapped around Holly’s waist. As he extracts himself and sits up on the bed, he remembers that moment in Gaya when he asked Holly to stay with him. Holly was too taken aback to say anything at first. However, when she finally came to, she responded saying that, while […]
Uncertainty is not the same thing as risk
By Seth Godin (He blogs at – http://sethgodin.typepad.com/) Often, the most important work we do doesn’t bring a guaranteed, specific result. Usually, the result of any given action on our part is unknown. Uncertainty implies a range of possible outcomes. But a range of results, all uncertain, does not mean you are exposing yourself to […]
Madhura – Homecoming
(this character sketch was inspired by the suggestion given by one of our followers, Vibhuti) As she gets out of the car, she is still mesmerized by the seven year old staring transfixed at her. At that moment her daughter calls out ‘Amma’. Her heart skips a beat on hearing that word. The young girl […]