Long post alert! But I just want to let it all out here. I have already learnt that writing about something traumatic is one of the ways to make me feel better. It’s been five months since my last memoir blog post here. I have turned to Twitter for micro-blogging instead of writing long blog… Continue reading My Fingers in The Mixie – Unburdening Through Recollection
I wrote this short story in 2022 and submitted it to the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023, but it did not get shortlisted. Then the synopsis of this story was featured in the Somewhere Or The Other Publishing Short Story Contest and it won the first prize in the Romance category ($50 prize money). The… Continue reading The Mind’s Sketch – Romance Drama Short Story
I wrote this short story in 2021 and submitted it to the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022, but it did not make it to the shortlist. Through the open window of the hall, I watched life unfold. A sparrow had just flown in and landed on the compound wall; its teensy wings were dotted with… Continue reading A Boy-ish Obsession – Drama Short Story
16 years ago, I woke up on the morning of Nov 8th, to the sounds of firecrackers bursting all around. The Diwali mood set in as soon as I entered the kitchen and inhaled the aroma of grandma’s Maida Maavu cake which she’d cut into diamond shapes for us to eat later. My mom came… Continue reading My Diwali in The Pre-Smartphone Era
This story was first published on Women’s Web in 2021. I have made minor changes to the narration. The breeze rampaged the reeds forcing them to swish and sway to its vagaries, forwards and backwards, this way and that. Everything was as it had been yesterday and the day before. The cuckoo bird continued its… Continue reading The Unorthodox – Drama Short Story
What’s your favorite word? Well, interesting. I’m happy that Jetpack has given me two consecutive prompts that have made me start blogging again. I’m a logophile (someone who collects words). I love everything to do with words because I’m a poet and I always love to research new words to shape them into unlikely metaphors.… Continue reading My Favourite Words
Book Title: Now You See Us Author: Balli Kaur Jaswal Publisher: HarperCollins India Blurb: Hidden lives. Buried secrets… It’s time to shine a spotlight on it all. Corazon, Angel and Donita have all come to Singapore to work for a living. The thing that unites them? Their labour must remain unseen. Then an explosive news… Continue reading Book Review: Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Have you ever had surgery? What for? It was the year 2008. The 24th of June. A warm afternoon. A sudden stomach pain engulfed me out of nowhere while I was in school. When I returned home, my mother took me to the hospital and the doctor suggested that I take a scan. The scan… Continue reading Vacationing in the Hospital
Read the previous parts here – Part 1 and Part 2. Vishnu’s Experiment Vishnu curled his pinky finger with Nayani’s. They decided that a leisurely evening walk would be a great stressbuster. Also, Nayani wanted to try another experiment with Vishnu. She was intrigued to know whether it worked for everyone. Even to those who… Continue reading The Telephone Booth – Part 3
Read the previous part here – Part 1. Nayani Gives Back An hour had passed since the eerie incident, but Nayani could not step out of the telephone booth. She sat on the booth’s floor, her head buried in her palms. Even after much thinking, she could find no plausible reason for the incident. How… Continue reading The Telephone Booth – Part 2
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