The light are off now. The infamous power cut has returned to haunt the best among the less affluent in the city. The moon is mocking the night as he lights up the little lamp on the table. His desk has over three course books opened in front of him. As he holds up the…
Read MoreBecoming a year older: List of self reflections
Turning 20 was fabulous. Turning 18 was like forever. Turning 16 was simply the best. Since then it has been about growing up. Taking charge. And that is not really sweet, eh? Growing up is never easy for anyone because it involves change. And while we often advocate change, it always manages to freak us…
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The Sound of Autumn
You can smell the spring, feel the summer, hear the autumn and feel the winter. The first thing on my mind when I hear the word autumn, is surely the sound of the leaves, walking over them; the crisp dry yellow leaves. The sound as I step over them in the backyard. Autumn’s yellow leaves…
Read MoreThe World in Books
In books can we travel to places that would have never existed. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, GRRM’s Westeros, JK Rowling’s Hogwarts, CS Lewis’s Narnia. So many more that we have not read, so many others that are still locked into our minds. In books can we take down science and travel to the past, the future…
Read MoreThe Sky That Night: Flash Fiction
11 years ago I woke up at 3 AM in the morning. I patted over my cousin who had come for a sleepover to wake up. She woke up with tired eyes, so much willing to go back to sleep. I reminded her of what we were going to see and her ever round eye…
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The Moon Tonight: Flash Fiction
May be it has been ages that I stared at the moon in the night sky. Suddenly today, I can see the crescent moon in the evening sky. Through my glass window I stare at it, lying on my bed. A bit dizzy because of the flue, the moon seemed calmer than the usual sight.…
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The Wordcastle 