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Golden Pink

Golden_Pink

Golden Pink, Yes, That’s the color, Of hope, of the first rays of the sun, Of the first blossom of the spring, Of the tiny infant fingers on newborn hands, Clutching air, seeking that giver of life. The color which speaks, In infinite variables, Like a crackling fire on a winter night, Like a faint […]

The Girl Problem

The Girl Problem

Hariya had thrown his chappal at Titli. “Karamjali”, he yelled, bearer of bad luck. But Titli jumped over the flimsy stick fence and ran off into the fields not stopping to listen him say, “This girl is the problem of my existence.” She ran as fast as she could till she was surrounded by high, […]

Missed Chance – A Short Story

A Love Story

Missed Chance – A Short Story A story of love and loss Story I want to tell began in my bedroom. A story of me and her. A story of was and could have been. “When was the last time you saw a girl naked,” she teased me. It made me realize that I was […]

Friend

Friend

Chand looked at the passing cars through the iron strips of the railway fence. He was waiting for more than an hour now. Every couple of minutes a train would pass by deafening him with the thud-thud on the tracks. Not that he was not used to it. He heard it more often than he […]

Edifice

Edifice

Edifice – The Poem A grand edifice of a humble thought, A penniless life, glory in death it bought, Ravenous rumbling of hunger in earth’s bosom, Grave understandings of vaccum suction, Dark black, red, brown and white, Dry sands and wet sands, granite, A virtuos deed, a dime a dozen, Gone, Long lost and forgotten, […]

Love

Love

Love – Short Story Neha came out of the kitchen angrily. She had her bath just a while ago and her hair was still wet and the sindoor in her head still fresh. She was wearing the yellow and green salwaar kameez bought by Rohan last diwali. But she was not wearing the dupatta which […]