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Boomerang - Voices Old & New

I wasn't surprised when my short story 'Boomerang' was shortlisted in the Indireads Short Story competition in August 2014. I was sure about the plotline and its execution, what I wasn't ready for the overwhelming popular votes and interest the story garnered.







Yes the final results were based on votes a story amassed and 'Boomerang' was declared a winner after some agonizing weeks on 22 September 2014. The feeling was unimaginable for a science student cum IT professional to enter into the pub...

2014:Reminiscences

Image courtesy kristiholl.net The year 2014 was a happening year, as any year is… the family was in good health, there were some career progression, a few personal targets were achieved, on the down side I gained a few kilos instead of losing them, why let’s see…

Year 2013 left a void in my life when my elder one left the nest, and joined college. After months of pre-occupation with board exams, the entrance exams and the admissions, I was left with nothing to think or aim at.

I have always bee...

Difficult Yet Right... Maybe

Note: This article was written for 'Lessons Learned from Indians', a unique initiative by Krish Murali Eswar. Their motto is to 'Share Your Lessons Learned in Life with the World so that Others Learn from Your Life'.


When I got my first job everything was euphoric, first salary, first award, first promotion and… first
stressful incident. The emphasis here is not on the incident but on the stress and repeated stress.

So there I was, many years of corporate life, frequently falling sick, indiscri...

Hollywood Re-caliberated... Fellow Indians

Image courtesy IMDb New Jersey, USA 1998

Excited I sat there with my friend, ready for my first movie experience in US of A.
It was in one of the theatres, which had eight movie halls (a unique thing in 1998, for a person who was abroad for the very first time). Noida, where I was based, was about to boast its image by planning to have a three hall movie experience in Centre Stage Mall at Sector – 18.

But I digress; the movie was ‘Armageddon’ with my favorite Bruce Willis starring in it. The fil...

Addiction

I am an addict!

It all started because of the stupid (my favorite word at that age) school library rule. We had to issue at least one book every week. Little did I know the stupid rule was about to change my life. The magic must have been in the air when I found Nancy Drew ‘The Mystery of 99 steps’. Though I don’t remember the entire story, but I can still feel the lingering euphoria when the mystery was solved. Nancy Drew was my first mystery/ suspense heroine.

The second wave of magic weaved...

Venom & Elixir

Note: This story is written in a spurt of imagination and later was published in Writer's Ezine.

The little girl was standing at the threshold of the room, unable to understand the fuss around the two babies in the cribs beside her mother’s bed in the hospital.

Her mamaji, was standing at the only window in the room, deep in his thoughts and her mother was sobbing with occasional hiccups. The little girl waited for her father to take them home so that she can have hot, soft and fluffy rotis, he...

Temptations

Note: This story was written for Femina Fast Fiction.

She watched Abhishek sit in the taxi from their fourth floor living room window. He looked up and waved at her, she lifted her hand in farewell and smiled, a smile which didn’t reach her eyes. Abhishek, her husband of two years, worked in merchant navy and had left for another three months stint and had yet again refused her desire to start a family. He wanted to be rich and settled before taking additional responsibilities.

It had started t...