Category: Stories

  • To Meet A Mantis

    2nd September, 2024 Nature always fascinates. The plants, insects, birds, animals, rocks, rivers & lakes, you name it. Everything that the eyes can see, the hands can touch, the feet can feel, the ears can hear, is a brand new sensation to me every time. One such instance occurred with me today yet again. It…

  • The Reds & Blues

    The man hung on some strings with his belly facing the ground. Two men in white, face covered, wearing aprons, working on each of his body parts. One took a hot needle looking like object, maybe a foot long. He stuck it into the forearm of the man. When I thought that was all, he…

  • The day I saw my first sunrise at the beach

    11th March 2023~ 4:00 AM We were staying at the Chaplin Hotel, a simple 2-star hotel, with a rooftop bar and an “under-renovation” family restaurant in the basement. Mung, Cing and I just rushed to grab our things as soon as we woke up. I didn’t bother cleaning up or anything for two reasons: we…

  • I was there with Dante

    This is a creative piece that I wrote a couple of months back for a creative writing competition at IIT Madras. It is also a teaser for an upcoming novel based on the same theme. Do drop your comments on the same.