Short Story

The Drive

She unclipped his seatbelt and hers, moving closer to him, forcing him into an embrace. He resisted for one long

How’s It Gonna Be

He saw her, recognized her – and turned away. Time doesn’t stop, background voices don’t fade away. But they did.

Poetry

Bus Baby

A poem for Noor Fatima

Poetry

Promise Me

Each day I feel you next to me ...

Poetry

The Chowk Jam!

Here is one on Chowk - You’ve come a long way baby!

Satire

The Covered Trucks

PART II - We left Vapi the next morning, March 3. We started out towards Nasik, back into Maharashtra. Nasik

Narrative

Third Letter to Uncle Sam

But why don’t you send us trousers as well? Don’t you ever take off your trousers? If you do, you

Satire

Making Waves in the Sky

We were now only a few hundred feet above the ground and cutting through the air really fast. All eyes

Short Story

Baajoo Kee Gulley (The Side Lane)

is not only one of the more well-known phrases Manto uttered and wrote,it also described a trait in his personality

Halloween Party

His left arm instinctively reached out to stop the coins from rolling away.

Poetry

A Rainy Day

I’m hit by the agony she must have felt!

Two Score and Ten

Books that have somehow changed my life...

The Discovery

A young office worker makes a discovery

Sex and Censorship in the Cinema

There is a growing trend in cinema, especially so-called Independent and World Cinema, to show real sex on screen. This

Advantage, Men

Not all men… are such perverts though. You still have a gentlemanly breed, at your neighborhood pharmacies, which unfailingly wrap

Ramblings On the Fence

Searching for your realities in a melting pot.