Ipshita turned the key of the main gate and with some struggle, the lock gave in. The house stood quiet and dusty. It had laid vacant for almost a month…
Two things that Bakya never came to love were Chennai’s oppressive summers and her son-in-law. And today, it looked like they both teamed up against her. Bakya stood before her…
“आपण साधारण वीस मिनिटांत मुंबई विमानतळावर उतरणार आहोत. सर्वांना विनंती करत आहोत, कृपया तुमचे सीटबेल्ट बांधा.” चंद्रहासला विमान नेहमीपेक्षा थोडं जास्त हलत असल्याचं जाणवलं. त्याने चष्म्यातून बाहेर आकाशाकडं पाहिलं. एव्हाना,…
An original Telugu-English translation of the short story “Sare Kānivvandi” first published in 1946 by Tripuraneni Gopichand.
Siddamma could hear their whispers from the kitchen. "Let's just assume he is…
'The Creation of Adam', Fresco by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
The golden evening light had not yet settled upon the earth. When one looked up, you could see it shimmering…
Vivaan sat by the window of his tiny studio apartment in Vienna, watching the street below. The glass fogged slightly with his breath as he exhaled. The city felt different…
The air was thick with dust, carrying the scent of ripening crops and dry earth. The sun blazed high in the sky, its heat pressing down like an unseen hand,…
Nobody saw Chalapati Rao so angry and restless before. He was generally known to sport a perpetual smile on his face. At times his smile was like that of an…
Part 1: Halla[1] “Dadu, why do you call me Halla gadi[2]? Was I really such a noisy kid? No one else calls me that… Oh, okay, I wasn’t irritating, I…
[Outro] I took a heavenly ride through our silence I knew the waiting had begun And headed straight… into the shining sun She has come down now to leaving herself…
The onset of menopause made my mother grumpier. Not that we knew anything about it then. Neither did she. She did not know what was happening to her body other…
I couldn’t find my new white ribbon that mummy got me the other day. ‘Where is it, mom?’ ‘What?’ Mummy as usual was busy in the kitchen. ‘My white ribbon?…