Short Story: MANHOLE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 758 | Likes: 0
- Wriiten in Tamil By V.N.Giritharan | Translation into English  By: Latha Ramakrishnan -Like the Rajaraman of Jeyakanthan’s rishimoolam he has grown beard and moustache, keeping one of the legs in squatting posture and keeping the other in a raised and folded fashion he was holding his k  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 07:58 AM
The best birthday gift
By Mousumi Biswas in General Literary | Reads: 755 | Likes: 0
My entry for the 3rd phase of the contest The  best birthday gift          Priti picked up her phone to check out on her mails and messages . She deleted the unnecessary ones . A  notification showed a friend request from one Sambhavi Shibu of ' Friends NGO ' . Pri  Read More...
Published on Jun 7,2020 10:51 PM
An Airconditioned Extravaganza
By Archana Nair in General Literary | Reads: 741 | Likes: 0
With the heat soaring high taking a week end break was a blessing for Nina and her joint family of her husband, her naughty twins always onto redefining what's being naughty,and  her exceptionally lovable in-laws. They checked into the farmhouse of Sam's friend who was generous enough to hand o  Read More...
Published on Apr 21,2020 10:42 PM
Mom
By varun in True Story | Reads: 737 | Likes: 0
"Mom" The nights often feel cold, even though it's the month of May. I shudder awake sometimes, and look around in the darkness. The only person I'm looking for is you. Your touch, calming my senses and telling it's perfectly okay to have these nightmares. Your voice, piercing the dark and soothing  Read More...
Published on May 15,2020 11:19 AM
Love self
By Lisha Patnaik in Poetry | Reads: 737 | Likes: 0
She lost herself  Little by little, In search of warmth  Her heart filled With agony of laughter, Her owns spilled Words of fear Of being left out Love being not around Never finding it again. It’s not a person A concept of whom She built in heart That didn’t get fulfilled. If   Read More...
Published on May 24,2020 03:05 PM
Rhyme of an apocalypse
By Arun Dev Kumar in Poetry | Reads: 731 | Likes: 0
It came knocking one day, without a call; like the storm uncalled, the trap of a trawl. Hooks like fangs that barge deep within; efface one and then a kin. An isle that was once life, in ecclesiastic peace; where oaks were shade with flowered streets. The clan that escalated, seized by riches; spoil  Read More...
Published on Apr 23,2020 09:00 PM
Eswari....the jewel of CV 19
By Ganesh Venkataraman in General Literary | Reads: 718 | Likes: 0
Eswari.....her face beaming as always, dot from the time the sun's rays graze the locality......till about noon......when she gets a little exhausted from her demanding profession ! Even CV 19 could not covet her, as she disregardingly ignores the aerosol, wearing sterilised mask & clinical glov  Read More...
Published on Mar 23,2020 06:58 PM
Firebird!
By Akshay Nagmule in Romance | Reads: 717 | Likes: 0
PRESENT! I woke up with a hue of compound confusions, surrounded by visible yet silent tears and all I could sense was a void within myself. Strange how I could sense a void but myself. It did take me a while to realise what I felt and moreover; why!? Indulgence onto thinking ‘Why do I love c  Read More...
Published on Apr 9,2020 12:13 AM
Paying It Forward
By Dilip Patel in True Story | Reads: 704 | Likes: 0
At Asia Plateau, the International center for training and conferences of Initiatives of Change, Panchgani, India, we have privilege of coming across some amazing true stories from amazing people who come from all walks of life to undergo training in personal change. Here is a story, stranger than t  Read More...
Published on Apr 2,2020 11:20 PM
December
By Nandini Chakrabarti in General Literary | Reads: 703 | Likes: 0
December scares me a little, curtails me and forbids me to live free. I’m unsure if it’s anxiety and fear of losing somebody because all past decembers have been mournful that way. I try to keep myself busy and at work; so sometimes I end up overworking myself. The stress hurts my should  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 11:41 PM
Dear friend from the oceans
By Sayan Das in General Literary | Reads: 699 | Likes: 0
Dear friend from the Oceans,                                                    I hope the sunset today is as flamboyant as it was when we chose our paths.  You chos  Read More...
Published on May 4,2020 02:33 PM
The Mis-Adventures of Le'xander Malcolm Part 1
By dominique mcphearson in Western | Reads: 693 | Likes: 0
My dear Jenny,   I pray this letter finds you in good spirits.  The Lord's good grace seems to have finally ended five years after those damn Yankees abandoned us. They hoped our spirits would dwindle after they destroyed our guns and choked our supply of gunpowder, but they were wrong, f  Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 04:49 PM
The Good Things—Rediscovering Yourself
By Nitya Swaruba in General Literary | Reads: 693 | Likes: 0
The experience of absolute freedom and the true sense of self comes only in the state of singularity. People of the world have always been good followers. They follow their peers, their boss, their clients. Constantly adapting to the ways of others. Oftentimes, a self-proclaimed philosopher becomes   Read More...
Published on May 5,2020 05:46 PM
The Wedding After The War
By Madhu Shruti Mukherjee in Poetry | Reads: 686 | Likes: 0
The Wedding after the War “Faster, you fool! Faster I say” In her wedding dress, bellowed Ms. Holloway. “I have no time; my lover’s coming back from the War We’ll get married today at that little chapel we both adore.” “How long does it take to gather daf  Read More...
Published on Apr 2,2020 07:43 PM
Short Story: A CO(W)UNTRY ISSUE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 684 | Likes: 0
- Wriiten in Tamil Byy V.N.Giritharan ; English Translation From Tamil By Latha Ramakrishnan -As it was Sunday the road looked less crowded than usual. No traffic jam, either. Ponnaiya’s Honda Accord was creeping smoothly along St.Clair West. Driving a car during Sundays or holidays was Ponnai  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 08:07 AM
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