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After I’d waited for fifteen minutes in the hot sun, my cab finally arrived. I got into the back seat of the cab and asked him immediately - “Bhaiya, please switch on the AC?” He replied ...
I had barely removed my shoes, washed my face, hands, and accepted the cup of chai from my mother when she announced: Raj-uncle died today. Savoring the chai, I tried to put a face to the name. ...
She's seven. Dreams are born in her younger soul. She doesn't play kitchen game anymore. The birds are flying and she wants to be one of them. The aeroplane is her new toy. She wants to conquer the ...
Maria had never kissed anyone in her twenty-three years of life. On special occasions such as the New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day, she preferred to stay home to prevent herself from the magic in ...
"ઓહહ.... આજે કેમ લેટ થઈ ગયું?? ઓહહ શીટ!! મોબાઈલ સાઇલેન્ટ માં જ રહી ગયો,પછી ક્યાંથી એલાર્મ વાગે??" ઝડપથી તૈયાર થઈને નક્ષ ન્યૂઝ પેપર લઈને બેઠો ત્યાં ડોરબેલ વાગી.રૂમ સર્વિસવાળો ચા નાસ્તો લઈને આવ્યો હતો. ...
Ramesh is a bright engineer working as a Manager in a leading automotive company in India. He is nearing 40. His wife Swathi is also gainfully employed in a reputed audit firm in Bangalore. Both hail ...
She sat in the Starbucks cafe, sipping her coffee and staring out of the window. The blood stained knife lay next to her handbag, covered with her blue silk scarf. No, she didn’t kill anyone. She ...
Is death an ultimate solution to your problems? “Next person who is going to speak with us is Mr. Gaurav Srivastava, the Director of ‘Sparks of the Streets’ an NGO to support the poor children and ...
Even though I'm a native Telugu writer sometimes I use to have interest in writing stories in English. My wish was fulfilled when pratilipi introduced English and please read my stories if possible ...
“You are so naughty, Sir!” The air hostess giggled at me and said. “Yes, I am! But not a sugar daddy, my dear.” I was travelling from New York to India, after my annual vacation to my brother’s house ...
Fantasy 12:30 am, it was raining heavily.. the street lamps were blinking like humans blink their eyes when tears come up to them. I was standing beside a telephone booth near the bus stop for ...
Arun and Sumitra were very ecstatic since morning, as their only daughter Ananya was coming home after completing her Masters. Mr. Arun was a civil engineer and his wife Sumitra was a homemaker. They ...
Bruhannala is the name Arjuna used when he was in disguise as a eunuch for a year at King Virat’s court. He was cursed by Urvashi to live for a year as eunuch . This episode is taken from the first ...
Warning:- This story may haunt you while reading, may be for many days after reading, or may be forever. In India, you will hear ghost stories anywhere you go. You will encounter such stories from ...
Alia, clad in a blue polka dot frock, cried out from her colourfully decked up stall that faced the frolicking waves of the sea on the beach, “Only five rupees per story! Only five rupees per story!” ...