What! Where? Morning already? When did I get into the bathroom? Oh yes, I did want to pee… Mmmm? Why is she shouting again? Why can’t I doze in the bathroom? Five more minutes please… Aah I HATE school… I want to sleep… “Is today Monday?” Please, […]
On a regular day, I can run the fastest. But on a day like this, with no food and water…oh, my legs hurt…my stomach’s hurting too. Climbing down the hill wasn’t difficult. The slope let me feel as if someone is giving me a push from behind. I […]
It’s been a hard day. These few notes and coins are all that I could barely manage. *Gurumai wouldn’t be happy… She has been pressing all of us to bring more money these days. I am trying…trying to bring in as much as I can. Maybe tomorrow will […]
“I begin to love this little creature and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a know which I do not wish to unite.” – Mary Wollstonecraft I scrolled through the news feed. It was spammed with such flattering messages. These mundane messages. I am so […]
Oh, not again. Why can’t she sleep soundly at least for an hour? It’s 3 in the night. I’m still on duty. Stop sucking my blood at the wee hours, brat. Aargh, the snoring. Does he even know how many times I wake up every night? Deep sleep […]
Unshackled The aroma of sweets…my mouth is watering! This halwai certainly knows his job. Bright and sunny day. Spring now. Festive air. Such a delightful time. My Suman is getting married in two days. Clothes, utensils, gifts for her in-laws…all is done. Sheela is giving her gold earrings […]
I have been sitting here for a while. Half an hour or so. A long exhausting week. I am tired . The project is killing me – returns are pathetic. No growth. I hate Shashank. Ass ! “ You know something , Sir ? Shashank isn’t as sincere […]
What was my crime? Why did the man in the black boots target me…was he from enemy country? why? Why kill my friends… Why did he do this? Is he coming towards me? Let me hide under the desk…are those black boots approaching me? Why is he is […]
“The similitudes of the past and those of the future The others that are to follow me, the ties between me and them. The certainty of others, the life, the love, sight and hearing of others. Fifty years hence, hundred years hence, or ever so many hundred years […]
Bare empty ruined I stood in the glaring hot orange ball’s heat not knowing how long the torture would continue. The sun showed no mercy and mercy was not what the humans showed me either. Why are they called humans when humanity was not what they had. […]
Author’s Note: The below story is a fictional representation of a thought process of a certain person as imagined by the author. This is no way reflects the author’s personal view on any specific class, creed or attire. The story in no way want to show any specific […]
Oh no, I’m late again. Old woman shout if she sees me enter. Kaiwan sir good. Understanding. Knows problems. Today I tell him I leave work in few days. Torture working for old woman. Day by day, she keep forgetting and makes me scared. Kaiwan sir opens […]
That dumb-ass husband of hers sat quiet, hidden from view. While she stood there, out in the open… lecherous eyes, lecherous grins bore through her skin. She looked straight at the opponents… oh she is a queen alright. A woman, with the coward of a man as […]
How did it escape? It should have been discussed. The pain. First. Now it, the question, creeps up. On the way to the hotel. But It was all fixed in a hurry. That’s why. Yes. First time is painful. Not just physically, emotionally too. As if a delicate […]