by Kaberi Mukherjee | Jul 31, 2018 | Five00-2, Handpicked, Short Stories
This is the story of eight-year-old Rani, wedded to a farmer’s son. In those days, small girls were married off to a man much older than them. For it was believed that a man’s best partner would be a woman one-third of his age. Unlike others, Rani’s in-laws were kind...
by Jayashree Pillai | Jul 30, 2018 | Five00-2, Short Stories
Diwali was just around the corner and the much-abhorred cleaning was underway. Anika had just finished with the fan and was now clearing out the loft. Poised delicately on a ladder, her head swathed in a towel to keep the dust-out, she swung the broom from...
by Meenakshi Anand | Jul 30, 2018 | Five00-2, Short Stories
One moment they were running around the barren field, and the next they were in a deep pit! Falling on top of each other, it was quite a shock and they struggled to get back on their feet. With the light already fading, it seemed even darker here. While they kept...
by Mithru | Jul 29, 2018 | Five00-2, Short Stories
The fire behind them crackled as Kate finally gave up her cold war with David observing his calm demeanor as darkness since the Sunset. “What if we are stuck on this island for life?” Kate finally managed to start a proper conversation with him. Lying on her back,...
by Sita Mary Thomas | Jul 28, 2018 | Five00-2, Short Stories
“The view through each window will be different”, Saira says in the Malayalam movie ‘Bangalore days’. Is that so? My bedroom-windows always gave the same view. The windows that Amalu opened in the morning. Down there is the play-area. Then a house...
by Nagamani Kuchimanchi | Jul 27, 2018 | Five00-2, Short Stories
Abhijeet Tiwari woke up to a surprisingly cool morning, after spending a sleepless night in the humid weather of Chennai. Born and brought up in Gahrwal region he is not used to Chennai weather and welcomed the respite. He was recently posted in Chennai branch of the...
