Fiction

“She is the beauty that my eyes ever witnessed, The uncelebrated ninth wonder of the world, I wish Hitler would saw her melting eyes, and the world wars never had happened, I suspect that the smoothness of the butter was inspired by her soft silk lips, I bet that the moon comes every night to steal her luminous radiance, The sun rises for her, bright the world to make people witness her immense beauty, The trees jump in joy to inhale the carbon dioxide exhaled by her, The…”   “The dog poops for her so that she can inhale the pungent smells…” cried out my brother and laughed unconditionally for more than five minutes. I ran into my room with my laptop covering my face before the scene got worst. I cursed him for all the things he had done to me, and frustration overruled my anger.   “He may be the most handsome guy in the class, but I, Ravinder Sahu, am the cleverest and the topper of the college. So, ideally, all the girls should be after me…leave every...

It is a pleasant day and drizzling out there. A perfect day to spend time leisurely in warm shrugs. I poured the freshly brewed coffee in two beautiful porcelain white teacups and walked through my balcony to enjoy my hot cup of coffee with rain. “Come! Grab your coffee.” – I called my husband while sitting on my balcony. The scent of rain and the aroma of my coffee made magic to my mood. When I take my first sip from the cup in the chilling weather, I tend to forget my whereabouts, my hurried life, and even me as a physical being. I saw an adorable teenage couple going by the rainy roads, hand in hand, and the other on their heads to get rid of the rain. That scene of the cute teenage love birds took me to my teenage love... That’s when we ran into our vast college ground damped by the monsoon rainfall. Soothing raindrops and calming breezes awaken an adrenaline rush in both of us. A gush of feelings ran through the strings of our bodies. With every single footstep towards ea...

The Ghost less  Story   The story belongs to the times prior to this long pandemic, when we were like the wild animals in the jungle, had no boundaries, and roamed everywhere like free birds. That was a chilling Friday evening, and for software employees, Friday is an emotion, a door to freedom, and a start to a new life (the new life lasts for just a weekend). I planned to go for a night out to the Charminar with my friend, doing my favorite things, shopping, roaming, and eating… shopping, roaming, and eating… and this goes on overnight.   The watch showed 10pm. One more hour for my freedom. I had a 2 to 11 shift on that day. The day was so boring with meetings and KT sessions. “I don’t want this weekend to go in the void like the previous one. My night journey would start with a bike ride in this cool weather when my hair is dancing to the rhythm of the breezy air, and my eyes are witnessing the beauty of the foggy pathways that are just about to reveal the path...

I Miss You, Stranger... "'Stranger!!' I stuck with extreme awe. I have never seen such a person in my life. His clothes are completely different from what we wear. He has brown eyes unlike us and has short grey hair. He has a broad chest and muscular body just like my father.  He is having something hanging from his neck that resides just below his broad chest. He is trying to communicate with a wild heir though he has no knowledge of it. It looks so funny at first sight. His innocent smile made me smile unintentionally. I could see him for hours and maybe for days.. Oh! my evening prayers😬 I need to rush..I wish I could see him again!"          It's been 90 days since I saw him. Still, his memories are fresh in my mind. His innocent smile, brown eyes, broad chest, and his aroma, everything makes me re-live that moment. But I needed to remember that he was killed by my tribe. My tribe is very conserved. We are living here for ages and no outsider is allowe...

Zarah! "Sauce ?” "No, Thanks. I’m not a person who likes sauce much" says Zarah "That’s good. In America, I mostly have food outside. So, I am used to this kind of food" said Anshul "So you freak out more ? !" – Zarah "No. I work more. This society made this gender to spend more time on work. There I am" – Anshul             *** Chuckles*** "True" said Zarah controlling her laughter. "I heard you are working on some boutique idea" –Anshul "No No. That’s not boutique, I am actually uh..making things from unused and mm.. unnecessary stuff. Things like decoration material and gifts kinda" –Zarah "Oh! It’s like BEST OUT OF WASTE ? !" –Anshul "Exactly. BEST OUT OF WASTE" said Zarah with a light in her eyes. "I used to do that when I was in school. With bottles, color papers and all that stuff. Those were the best days. So, this is your future plan ? " – Anshul "Nothing ...

Pretence I magine when you wake up this morning, you are in a strange hollow station. You observed that the platform number says 2020 and the time in digital clock 20:20. In front you, there are two trains. One that takes you to your past and the other takes you to your future. I sometimes feel regret about a few things in past and always wished to change them. So, I have chosen the train that takes me to my past. It was the day when my CAT results were released. I was so upset and lost hope on my future and life too. What if I could get a chance to change my results? Oh ! Yeah I did it. Suddenly my train entered into a new track where I can see a lot of people appreciating and praising me that I AM THE BEST. I resigned my job and applying for loans. And then this pandemic !! This erased all my dreams. The loan doesn’t sanction and there is no source income at this hard situation. I saw myself frustrated, anxious and helpless. I pretty didn’t like that picture so I ran back and back a...